There was one overwhelming feeling on the streets of New York’s Chelsea art district shortly after Superstorm Sandy: shock.
“People were just absolutely flabbergasted,” says Christiane Fischer, CEO of AXA Art Insurance Corp. “No one had seen anything like this.”
Sandy sent a massive storm surge into many of the hundreds of art galleries in this area along the Hudson River just south of the Lincoln Tunnel. The storm also caused some wind damage and knocked out power.
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