This is at the corner of what was once Fort Dearborn, the original settlement of Chicago, next to the Chicago River. Much easier to navigate without 6 lanes of traffic. I saw the lone runner and thought she added humanity to the scene. otherwise, it was freakishly empty looking.
The lone runner gives great scale to the massive buildings that now inhabit the Fort Dearborn site. The emptiness of the streets also says how serious Chicago is taking this crisis.
...and I can't really imagine how strange the lack of street sounds would be! I hardly leave the confines of the yard, and though I need to get some dr appointments, I don't like that I find doing so an uneasy thing! (I must share this with daughter, Ashley; she still works from home for Leo Burnett/I think there's been a name change...)
@Weezilou Have you tried doing appointment via video? I've had good experiences (dealing with my injured hip) and have handled all except an x-ray that way. We're rarely going out...in the car to do curbside pickup occasionally, but 99% of the time, we're home. Chicago's numbers are continuing to be high re new cases, so it still isn't safe yet to be mingling here.
@taffy it is amazing to see the contrasts here. A busy skyline city empty, the runner. It remembers to me the work of Arturo Pereira ( https://ignaciopereira.com/ ) who photographed busied cities empty.
I avoid to take pictures of empty streets while we were confined perhaps I wish, only going to buy food and necesary goods 1 day per week. Yesterday was the first outdoor picture. Now, we can walk for less than 1 hour and less than 1km at defined hours or do exercise because “ we’re flattened the curve “. I saw the news and I’m worried about US numbers also for people that don,t want go stay at home.
Such an amazing capture to give scale to those wonderful skyscrapers. You are doing the right thing by staying home. Unfortunately I have to go get food supplies once a week. The virus is only supposed to peak here August/September! Hope all goes well till then.
An surreal scene with just the lone runner. I love the blue skies reflected in the buildings. Fav.
Our quarantine allows us to go out to exercise, as long as we social distance. We drove through LSU yesterday on the way to walk on the levee. We were moved by the sight of a huge university deserted during exam time.
If you didn't know why the streets were empty you'd think that this shot was taken at the crack of dawn when most people are still sleeping. Adding the lone runner does give it an unusual feel and your mind wonders where everyone else is. Good shot!
Empty streets at noon in a city as large and densely populated as Chicago has got to seem surreal. Where I am in small coastal town, a few people are out walking or driving so it doesn’t seem so empty. What is weird is that the beaches have been closed so no one is on the sand. Tomorrow the governor is opening our beach so I hope people don’t congregate and blow it.
really a thousand times different from when we visited in august. i remember walking that very sidewalk and peeking down the river. when i went downtown last month, i took some pictures of the empty streets; it felt surreal and kind of sad to see. keep taking photos of the empty streets, it may not happen again after this crisis is over. and happy to know that chicagoans are heeding the warnings. aces!
I do not like high risers and though not so high they are taking over our landscape but where you live they seem so appropriate and make for great photography. Gorgeous shot and the empty road, except for the runner, makes it even more gorgeous. Fav.
Must be so strange to see these familiar places so silent and still. A great opportunity for photography though - as your previous post also shows. I wonder how many of those offices will have anyone in them?
I avoid to take pictures of empty streets while we were confined perhaps I wish, only going to buy food and necesary goods 1 day per week. Yesterday was the first outdoor picture. Now, we can walk for less than 1 hour and less than 1km at defined hours or do exercise because “ we’re flattened the curve “. I saw the news and I’m worried about US numbers also for people that don,t want go stay at home.
Our quarantine allows us to go out to exercise, as long as we social distance. We drove through LSU yesterday on the way to walk on the levee. We were moved by the sight of a huge university deserted during exam time.