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A Day with New York City’s Pothole Repair Crew
Each morning, at a small depot tucked away under the Williamsburg Bridge, the New York City workers who call themselves the “pothole gang” pore over a giant spreadsheet known as “The Daily Pothole.” On it are thousands of potholes all over the city: giant gorges caused by rain and sleet, small interconnected divots that can flatten tires, and pretty much every other roadway wound you can imagine. The sun is barely up, and yet for these men — members of a street maintenance team tasked by the Department of Transportation with roadway repair — the race has already begun.
Over the next eight hours, they will hit the streets, filling giant yellow trucks with smoldering hot asphalt, navigating endless traffic, and smoothing as many potholes as they can before the sun goes down (only to do it all again the next day). Does it get tiring? Sure. But in a city that’s always moving, roadway repair is crucial. On a good day, the team might fill 4,000 potholes. In an average week, they could resurface 100,000 square yards of road. After Hurricane Sandy, their crews removed 2,500 tons of debris. And every day, on a Tumblr called The Daily Pothole — named after that early morning spreadsheet — New Yorkers can take a peek inside the workings of a city system few have likely thought about. We spent a day with six men who help make up New York City’s pothole repair team.
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In Storm-Ravaged Rockaways, Voting — Against All Odds
At 6:45 a.m. the line was already a dozen deep as the polling super site in Far Rockaway, Queens, struggled to open. The gas for the electric generators, lights and six port-a-johns provided by FEMA had been stolen overnight. Poll workers fumbled with flashlights to set up the polling stations.
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Faces of the Voted: The Rockaways, Queens
“People are voting in the dark. There are no lights, there is no heat.”
It was how NPR’s Robert Smith described the situation at the polls early this morning, in the Rockaways, Queens, which is in one of the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy’s wrath. Of the 38 polling stations that had to be relocated in the borough, 23 are here — in tents, outdoors, running on generators, and some without heat at all.
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![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o2_1280.jpg)
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o1_1280.jpg)
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o3_1280.jpg)
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o4_1280.jpg)
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o7_r1_1280.jpg)
On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
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