34 Photos of New York City in the Great Blizzard of 1996

There are snowstorms, there are big snowstorms, and then there was the Blizzard of 1996, when New York City basically turned into a frozen level from a video game. If you lived on the East Coast back then, you probably remember the chaos: schools closed for a week, airports shut down, and people trying to dig their cars out like they were participating in some kind of Olympic sport.

New York, of course, handled it the only way New York knows how, with a mix of determination, irritation, and people wearing absolutely zero weather-appropriate footwear. The city was dumped with over 20 inches of snow in less than 24 hours, turning Manhattan into a postcard and Brooklyn into one giant snow fort. Taxis vanished under ice caps, subways struggled, and every sidewalk became a slip-and-slide challenge that no one asked for.

But honestly? It was kind of magical. The city that never sleeps suddenly moved in slow motion, wrapped in silence, looking like a movie set. These incredible photos capture NYC during the Blizzard of 1996, when everything stopped, everyone stared, and the snow turned the concrete jungle into a winter wonderland.

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