Snow Day Photos!

January 27th, 2011 by Keyana Stevens

Our readers sent us these photos of the snow (click to enlarge):

If you have snow photos, send them to tips@nyulocal.com or tweet @NYULocal and we’ll put them up here!
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NYU Students Make The Best Of The Blizzard With Monumental Snowball Fight

January 27th, 2011 by Christine Johnson

Mayor Bloomberg announced today that “New York City almost never takes a snow day, but today is one of those rare days.” He advised people to “stay at home and off the roads.” Even though the blizzard was intense enough to shut down all non-emergency government offices, NYC public schools, MTA bus services and NYU classes for the day, that didn’t stop NYU students (easily numbering above 100 throughout the night) from commencing a huge snowball fight in Washington Square Park.

Over a foot of snow was added to the already-packed snow from recent storms, making for some pleasantly awkward running, plenty of falling, botched attempts at sledding with broken umbrellas and snow angels that, due to the depth of the snow, looked more like dead bodies outlined for CSI. Read more…