Blackout in Times Square sale " on December 18

" on December 18

sits Thomas Crawford's bronze sculpture "Freedom

only a 10-minute ferry ride from mainland France

Times staff photographer Vincent Laforet took the image on April 16

'They done it

Blackout in Times Square sale " on December 18On November 9, 1965, the lights went out across nine northeaster states because of an electrical relay failure in Canada. The 13 hour blackout hit New York City in the middle of rush hour, leaving 800,000 trapped in subways. Traffic moved slowly as police officers set up lights and stood at the intersections waving cars and buses on their way. Allyn Baum of The Times captured this photo of patrolman James Kelly of Troop "B" directing traffic in Times