Burst pipe at Whitney Museum leaves fans of Edward Hopper in the cold

Key Facts

• Color them blue.
• Fans of revered painter Edward Hopper were left on the outside looking in Saturday after a burst water pipe shut down a Whitney Museum exhibit of his works for several hours during the city’s deep freeze.
• The West Village museum closed its doors at 99 Gansevoort St. after a fire alarm began ringing around 11:30 a.m. on the coldest day of the year, although the spewing pipe was later blamed for the abrupt building shutdown.
• After emergency repairs in a staff-only area, the doors reopened with limited capacity at 3 p.m. — too late for some who traveled into Manhattan to enjoy the American realist’s works.

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