My husband still doesn’t have power at work, so we took our bikes downtown to see what was going on. If I could sum up uptown vs downtown in 2 pictures this would be it:

UPTOWN:

Hundreds of people wait on line for a bus on East 57th, while a crane dangles in the background.

Downtown:

People wait by fire hydrants to get water.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Uptown the city is packed, it feels almost like Christmas or a parade day because there are so many men women and children walking the streets. There are also the downtown backpackers that have come uptown to get charged, a shower, some coffee and food.

Here are some other photos I took along the way.

Uptown:

Lines for buses, lines for food, lines for dinner. People. People. People.

 

Downtown:

Silence, 3 cops to a corner, small business owners and restaurants open with no lights. Candlelit bars, pumps and many people with backpacks on bikes. 

Last Night:

Empty supermarkets, downtown nomads, looking down 5th avenue into a black hole, the east side bridges with only the Brooklyn half lit up. Driving on the FDR into nothingness.

 

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