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  • What you need to be a pizza delivery guy during the pandemic: Mask, helmet, gloves, smartphone, electric bicycle, spare battery, two Kryptonite locks, pizza bag, and backpack. Most of these dangerous and low-paid jobs are held by undocumented workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
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  • Christmas shopping in the pandemic
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  • Ambrina and her mother Sandya found joy in birdwatching during the pandemic as they watched a Barred Owl in Central Park.
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  • The popular cocktail bar Verlaine NYC on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan remained closed during the holiday season due to pandemic restrictions on indoor dining.
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  • Ramon, a doorman on West End Avenue, saluting front line workers of the pandemic on June 18, 2020. Every day at 7:00 PM, people applauded, played musical instruments, or banged on pots from their windows to show appreciation for nurses, doctors, and other front line workers. This photograph was shown in the exhibit ICP Concerned at the International Center for Photography.
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  • Almost two years into the pandemic, the sudden outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 showed the lack of Covid testing in stark relief.
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  • A boy fishing in the Central Park Lake during the lockdown. With the boathouse shuttered, fishing was less successful because the fish no longer stayed near the edges of the lake to avoid the rowboats. Even the fish changed their behavior during the lockdown.
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  • On my first day out of self-isolation in the early days of the pandemic, I found a symbol of hope in this flowering tree in my neighborhood.
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  • A marcher in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, New York expressing support for Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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  • Lincoln Center Plaza, with all houses dark during the pandemic, illuminated with rainbow lights celebrating Pride Month in New York City
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  • June: A fight director training actors in sword fighting for an outdoor production of King Lear. Live indoor theater was expected to return in the fall after over a year of theaters darkened by the pandemic.
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  • The Mexican Festival Restaurant, a neighborhood bar and restaurant on Broadway and 102nd Street known for both a mariachi band and opera singers, closed permanently due to the pandemic
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  • So many stores closed permanently during the pandemic, like this convenience store on Broadway. On Election Day 2020, someone sprayed "Vote Trump" on its red-painted shutter. Later it was tagged with a graffiti handle.
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  • Dragon dancers in the Lunar New Year Parade on Mott Street, Chinatown. The joyous holiday celebration took place in Chinatown on February 9-10, amid reports of a pandemic overwhelming Wuhan, China. Crowds were noticeably smaller than in previous years and tension was in the air. Unknown to everyone, the coronavirus was already spreading in New York City due to infected travelers returning from Europe.
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  • A memorial to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the steps of Columbia University Law School and a student working outdoors during the pandemic.
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  • November 2020: even after the deaths of tens of thousands of New Yorkers in the pandemic, some were still in denial.
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  • Two women named Rosemary and Viola got married on Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. Viola's mother back in the Philippines watched unsmilingly via Face Time.
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  • Anastasia (far left) had her baby shower in Central Park on September 27. Born in Belarus, she was hosted by her friends from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. I told them that if women ran their countries there would be peace and friendship.
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  • A different experience at the iconic Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, with limited access, social distancing, and required masks.
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  • Masked visitors viewing a sarcophagus in the Metropolitan Museum, February 20, 2021
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  • A guest at an open air wedding on Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, October 11, 2020
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  • The Museum of Natural History, open again with time-restricted tickets, masks, and social distancing
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  • During lockdown in April the sirens echoed in the empty streets, day and night, every 10 minutes or so. Every siren represented another sick person struggling to breathe. Fear was palpable in the air.
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  • Latin musicians celebrating Father's Day in Central Park
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  • Jack, a birdwatcher in Central Park, December 27, 2020
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  • Girls playing on Riverside Drive during lockdown, May 29, 2020
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  • A protester at a Black Lives Matter protest in Harlem, June 2020
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  • The Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Navy Blue Angels honored those on the frontline of Covid-19 with a flyover on April 28, 2020
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  • People gathered near the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on the day of the canceled Pride Parade, a major street festival in New York in normal years.
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  • The popular Metro Diner on Broadway had survived the decline of diners by renovating and making its menu more upscale, but it was closed and empty during the lockdown.
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  • A beloved coffeeshop near Columbia University shut down during the lockdown.
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  • Michael, a tattoo artist unable to work during the lockdown, asked me to take his picture on Riverside Drive.
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  • Restaurant in the Nolita section of Manhattan displaying Black Lives Matter sign
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  • Prometheus and all of the statues at Rockefeller Center wore a mask
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  • A popular French bistro on Broadway used sidewalk bubbles and a shelter to serve diners outside while New York City restaurants remained closed for indoor dining.
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  • Two men enjoying fresh oysters brought from Long Island during the lockdown. The bayman lost his business supplying restaurants and turned to individual customers to stay afloat.
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  • A woman named Cebo wearing a decorative but medically useless mask at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, New York September 27, 2020
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  • Noelle protesting the death of George Floyd in Harlem, New York City
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  • June 10: A mother and son crossing a street, still wearing masks. The CDC guidance allows for vaccinated people to go without masks outdoors, but children under the age of 12 have not been vaccinated.
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  • A discarded mask in Central Park on a cold January day, maybe someone’s attempt at symbolism or humor.
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  • A store selling cleaning products during the lockdown. These supplies became scarce when people feared that the coronavirus could be spread on surfaces.
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  • March 15, 2020 was the first day of lockdown in New York City. We all felt a sense of impending doom. Later we learned that thousands of lives could have been saved if the lockdown had begun two weeks earlier.
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  • Rush hour on Broadway during lockdown, with no one exiting the subway station, no traffic, and only a solitary pedestrian and a pigeon.
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  • A dollar store selling cleaning products on Broadway
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  • Signs advising social distancing appeared in the parks, like this one on the popular Central Park Reservoir running track. Not everyone paid attention.
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  • On a spring Sunday during lockdown, few people ventured outside to the parks. This well-dressed woman on Riverside Drive wore a mask and gloves.
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  • Socially distanced people waiting to enter luxury stores at Columbus Circle. The Shops at Columbus Circle boarded up their windows as a precaution against looting during a month of protests in New York City, but no looting occurred in this area.
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  • Two girls playing in Central Park during the lockdown while their schools were closed.
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  • A woman finding solace in the beauty of a magnolia tree during the lockdown
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  • Six feet apart: Social distancing on Broadway during the lockdown period in April 2020.
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  • Children in Halloween costumes on Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan
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  • People waiting to enter a food store on Broadway and 110th Street in April. This sight was new and strange then, but the strange thing was how quickly social distancing became familiar.
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  • Masks for sale on Broadway. Not all pedestrians were wearing them.
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  • The New York Marathon returned to the streets in 2021, greeted by enthusiastic spectators. While most adults were vaccinated, young children were not yet eligible for Covid vaccines.
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  • After gyms closed during lockdown, people found ways to exercise in the parks. This man did arm curls with a branch pruned from an apple tree in Riverside Park.
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  • On Election Day 2020, someone painted a pro-Trump message on a convenience store that shuttered during the pandemic. Any irony was unintended.
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  • Chloe tracked her boyfriend Austin in the 2021 New York Marathon and reacted with joy when she spotted him near the 24 mile mark on Fifth Avenue. New Yorkers celebrated the return of the marathon after last year's pandemic cancellation.
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  • A Tufted Titmouse eating a peanut from a woman's hand in Central Park as snow fell. Interest in birding and feeding birds exploded as safe outdoor activities during the pandemic.
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  • This statue at a grave in the Green-Wood Cemetery almost looks like a portrait of the deceased woman, in mourning but yet hopeful. I think of the 800,000 Americans who have died in the pandemic so far and try to feel hope for the future.
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  • Canceled during the pandemic, the iconic Thanksgiving Day Parade returned this year in an atmosphere of celebration and relief.
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  • Beaches opened again after widespread pandemic closures in 2020.
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  • May 22: Outdoor yoga class in Central Park. Dance and yoga studios adapted to pandemic closures by moving outside.
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  • A drummer in a jazz group in Central Park lets his little boy try out the drums. Could this be the start of a musical career? The only live music in New York is outdoors during the pandemic.
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  • The Lunar New Year Parade, cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic, returned to Chinatown
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  • Sal and Carmine's Pizza on Broadway and 102nd Street, a neighborhood favorite trying to stay open while fighting a pandemic, outdoor-only seating, and a snowstorm.
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  • A tribute to Barry, the beloved Central Park barred owl who lived in the park for 10 months before being killed by a park maintenance vehicle. The owl attracted adoring admirers and became a source of community and consolation for pandemic-weary New Yorkers.
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