When the power went out in New York City, ordinary citizens jumped in to direct traffic through the crowded intersection of West 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.When the power went out in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , ordinary citizens jumped in to direct traffic through the crowded intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of West 79th Street and Amsterdam Amsterdam, city, Netherlands Amsterdam (ăm`stərdăm', Dutch ämstərdäm`), city (1994 pop. 724,096), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Holland prov. Avenue. Meanwhile, at least one city parking enforcement officer A parking enforcement officer or parking attendant is a member of a traffic control department or agency who issues tickets for parking violations. Where parking meters are used, they may be known as a meter attendant continued to calmly write tickets for illegally parked cars just a few yards away. Onlookers begged the unidentified officer to do something, but instead he reportedly got back in his patrol car and drove through the intersection, directed by one of the volunteers. |
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