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The newspapers, which had gone to press with their Thursday morning editions, scurried to pull together supplements. The New York Times dug out some old propane lamps left over from the ’65 blackout and sent runners over to the Holy Cross Rectory on West 42nd to scare up candles; as the newsroom still had plenty of manual typewriters, editors and writers kept right on typing. Outside the Daily News building on 42nd Street, a film crew was shooting Superman with diesel generators; after some pleading, the News borrowed some lights from them and ran wires up to their seventh-floor editorial offices.

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- excerpt about the 1977 NYC blackouts from Love Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes

Can’t help but feel a little romantic about the idea of being part of a newspaper staff when I hear stories like this.

(Source: lovegoestobuildingsonfire.com)

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