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The lights of the Lower East Side and East Village are finally illuminated again after lower Manhattan suffered a massive power outage during Hurricane Sandy.
Power was restored for residents in Greenwich Village and the West Village this morning, more than four days after Superstorm Sandy darkened entire neighborhoods across the region.
Con Edison confirmed the restoration - involving homes near 15th and Spring streets - on Twitter.
Customers in SoHo and Tribeca also saw their power coming back on, an event which caused some residents to celebrate.
"Power in the West Village!" wrote one resident on Twitter. "Just went to my apartment as far as I can see outside."
Con Edison customers in Kips Bay, from 39th Street to 30th Street from the East River to Madison Ave. also had their power restored overnight, according to the utility's Twitter feed.
Despite the progress in Manhattan, Con Edison's online outage map still showed 334,000 affected customers this morning.
The East Village and Lower East Side were the first hurricane-darkened neighborhoods put back on line by Con Ed crews, with the lights coming back on just before 5 p.m. yesterday.
An hour later, power was restored to Chelsea, as overjoyed residents overcame their anger at Con Ed and began planning Friday night parties.
"People of the EV & LES: Resist urge to French kiss electrical sockets in celebration. Hug a @conedison worker instead," tweeted Kat Kinsman, whose twitter handle is @kittenwithawhip.
"I've never been so happy to see a street light. And just in time for Friday night. Time to celebrate!" said Lower East Side resident Steve Hernandez.
The power restoration emptied out Welcome to the Johnsons, a bar on Rivington Street.
"It was like, 'Power's back — let's go home!' " said Andrew Fee, 30. "Everyone is so happy. It's been a wasteland around here."
Power was back at 7 p.m. to 8,800 customers in the City Hall neighborhood and 30,000 customers near Madison Square.
The Cooper Square network was also restored last night.
The neighborhoods restored last night came back sooner than Con Ed's vow that it would restore power to southern Manhattan late today.
Additional reporting by Bill Sanderson, Natalie O'Neill, Aaron Feis, Carl Campanile, Dan Good and Hilary Lewis
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