With a statewide stay-at-home directive in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the streets and parks of Boston, usually bustling with people, were eerily empty and quiet. Our fearless photographer, Glenn C. Silva, ventured up to the big city on Tuesday, 3/24/20, to capture some scenes of the empty streets.
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- The gateway to Boston’s Chinatown, usually a bustling place packed with cars and pedestrians, has only a single person on the street on 3/24/20, during the statewide stay-at-home advisory issued by the governor because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Boston’s Beacon Street is deserted on 3/24/20, due to the stay-at-home advisory that Massachusetts is under because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The street is usually jammed with cars, and the sidewalks are usually filled with pedestrians. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The Mallard family must be quite lonely as the usually bustling walkway in the Boston Public Garden is deserted on 3/24/20, while Mrs. Mallard’s open mouth is covered up with a mask, her ducklings still sporting the green of St. Patrick’s Day. The ducks in the beloved sculpture are often dressed in seasonal attire or sports jerseys of Boston teams. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Police and fire personnel respond when multiple water/sewer access hole covers blow 30 feet into the air buckling the streets near Mass. General Hospital on 3/24/20, during the statewide stay-at-home advisory that created quieter streets, making it easier for first responders ot get there quickly. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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