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New York Blackout
It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.
In the height of a summer heatwave there were riots on the streets.
But as one New Yorker remembers - it wasn't all bad.
Photo: New Yorkers walking home in the dark. Copyright: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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By BBC World Service
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It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.
In the height of a summer heatwave there were riots on the streets.
But as one New Yorker remembers - it wasn't all bad.
Photo: New Yorkers walking home in the dark. Copyright: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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