tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845436933807383233.post899017653032865263..comments2024-03-25T15:29:41.085-04:00Comments on Kensington Stories: The 1977 Blackout in BrooklynRon Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013432967905835800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845436933807383233.post-71602980410803922962008-07-20T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-20T21:46:00.000-04:00You forgot Neil O'Callaghan - he was with us in Ko...You forgot Neil O'Callaghan - he was with us in Korvette's and had just purchased an Eveready flashlight package that came complete with batteries - he ripped open the package, popped in the batteries and we had light to get to the car...like you said, in retrospect it never occurred to us that we could have walked out with anything in the store - we all just left "in an orderly fashion" and left all the merchandise alone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845436933807383233.post-3984753713787033162008-07-19T18:52:00.000-04:002008-07-19T18:52:00.000-04:00I was living on Webster Avenue during the 1977 bla...I was living on Webster Avenue during the 1977 blackout. Our end of Kensington near 18th Avenue was quiet too. The next morning we all learned that all hell had broken loose in a lot of other neighborhoods. <BR/><BR/>I think the '77 blackout signalled the end of the "old Brooklyn" that our parents generation knew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com