Above, @isardasorensen snaps an amazing photo of lightning striking the city during the storm earlier this week.  The photo was shot from the Upper West Side looking uptown. Click through for more photos of the Upper West Side this week, including the gigantic line at the new Trader Joe’s (72nd and Broadway), the press conference [...]

Above, My Upper West tipster Scott snapped a photo of more damage that was done after two trees in Central Park lost some limbs last weekend.  Earlier this week, we reported on the damaged trees, which seemed to be the result of a lightning strike on Saturday night.  Now, we can see that the branches, [...]

Above, one of two large trees that suffered damage last weekend awaits cleanup and repair crews.  The trees, located in Central Park near the low 70′s and Central Park West, seem to have been struck by lightning on Saturday evening.  Both trees had large branches (some almost two feet in diameter) torn off, with what [...]