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Drone footage over Boston
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Title (Dublin Core)
Drone footage over Boston
Description (Dublin Core)
t feels like the streets of Boston haven’t been this empty since the cows (apocryphally) laid out the paths centuries ago.
Aram Boghosian, a regular freelance photographer and videographer for the Boston Globe, shot aerial video with a drone over several Boston hotspots on Monday and Tuesday. On a normal weekday afternoon, the city bustles with workers and tourists and commuters alike.
But in the footage, the city sits nearly empty. It’s a ghost of what it was just a week ago, before Gov. Charlie Baker banned gatherings of over 25 people, established tight restrictions on stores and restaurants, and closed the schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Newbury Street and Faneuil Hall Marketplace are nearly devoid of shoppers. The seagulls on Summer Street seem to outnumber the pedestrians. Traffic is breezy in and out of the city, and an empty Fenway Park won’t see a pitch anytime soon. Only a handful of people walk and bike across Boston Common, which hosted a rally of over 13,000 densely packed people less than three weeks ago.
It seems unimaginable now
*Drone footage of Boston during quarantine
Aram Boghosian, a regular freelance photographer and videographer for the Boston Globe, shot aerial video with a drone over several Boston hotspots on Monday and Tuesday. On a normal weekday afternoon, the city bustles with workers and tourists and commuters alike.
But in the footage, the city sits nearly empty. It’s a ghost of what it was just a week ago, before Gov. Charlie Baker banned gatherings of over 25 people, established tight restrictions on stores and restaurants, and closed the schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Newbury Street and Faneuil Hall Marketplace are nearly devoid of shoppers. The seagulls on Summer Street seem to outnumber the pedestrians. Traffic is breezy in and out of the city, and an empty Fenway Park won’t see a pitch anytime soon. Only a handful of people walk and bike across Boston Common, which hosted a rally of over 13,000 densely packed people less than three weeks ago.
It seems unimaginable now
*Drone footage of Boston during quarantine
Date (Dublin Core)
March 19, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Boston Globe
Aram Boghosian
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Zach Zimmermann
Type (Dublin Core)
Video
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Aviation
English
Business & Industry
English
Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English
Economy
English
Government State
English
Cities & Suburbs
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Boston
empty
restriction
drone
no traffic
Governor Charlie Baker
Fenway Park
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Public Space
Cities
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Lost Seasons
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/18/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/18/2020
05/21/2020
02/20/2021
03/06/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/19/2020
Accrual Method (Dublin Core)
4473