Oh, the summer of '03. Yeah, the one with the giant blackout that started in Ohio (damnit, Ohio!) and scared everyone to pieces. A decade ago today, the skyline went all moodily dark; hordes walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to get home; everyone was hitching rides home and indulging in cheap beers before they got warm. We cursed The Grid! Everyone has a story from that event. What was yours? [City Room; NYDN; Intelligencer; Gothamist]
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