When the Power Came Back, So Did the Crowds
By JACOB BERNSTEIN, BEE-SHYUAN CHANG, MARY BILLARD, ALEX WILLIAMS, RUTH LA FERLA, LAURA M. HOLSON and JOHN HARNEY
For four sleepy nights, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the bars and shops that make downtown Manhattan a party and retail capital went dark, but when the lights came back, they were open practically within seconds.