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Drone footage over Boston

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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

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

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