Photos: From Despair To Repair, One Year After Superstorm Sandy
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- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) stands on a rig installing a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A pedestrian passes a building in the Rockaways still under construction after Superstorm Sandy on the one year anniversary of the storm on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Construction fencing stands at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy People eat breakfast at a cafe that opened at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A grocery store still sands closed on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in the Rockaways on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) prepares to visit a platform installing a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Construction fencing stands at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A couple walk along Rockaway Beach on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Houses along the beachfront remain under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A house remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A house remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy The Seaside Heights boardwalk and amusement park remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, and damaged again in September 2013 by an electrical fire, on October 29, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Sand dunes are marked off as houses along the beachfront remain under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A machine works on a demolition of a house one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Workers place support rods in the water as part of the installation of a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 201. Many residents of the Rockaways and neighboring Breezy Point are reflecting on the progress made over the past year while acknowledging the problems still evident. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy The remains of part of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach stand on the beach following Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Work continues on a new pavilion at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2L) stands on a platform installing a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) stands on a platform installing a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy A man passes a building in the Rockaways still under construction after Superstorm Sandy on the one year anniversary of the storm on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy The remains of part of the boardwalk stand at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Workers place support rods in the water as part of the installation of a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy People walk on a section of boardwalk recently repaired at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy The sun rises along Rockaway Beach on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy The sun rises along Rockaway Beach on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- From Despair To Repair: New York, New Jersey Mark 1 Year Since Superstorm Sandy Work continues on a new pavilion at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Many residents of the Rockaways and neighboring Breezy Point are reflecting on the progress made over the past year while acknowledging the problems still evident. Meanwhile, In New Jersey, the Seaside Heights boardwalk and amusement park remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, and damaged again in September 2013 by an electrical fire.
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