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Changes during the pandemic

Title (Dublin Core)

Changes during the pandemic

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I chose this photo because of the differences between a before and after the pandemic. I took the first photo from Google, from an article titled "What Keeps People Coming Back to a Restaurant?" (Carol Lin Vieira) because I do not have an old one where access to eat was allowed, since for me it was common. The second photo was taken at my current job, it is located at 2065 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10453.

Before the pandemic started, we could go out and share with our families and friends, we could order food and eat in the restaurant, hang out, have fun and laugh, no need to be making reservations all the time. The pandemic changed our lives in a whole new way. Before we could be in groups and go to the park without the need to worry about whether other people could infect us. We had so much more fun because we didn't have to worry about whether restaurants would be open or not, whether we could go out and eat quietly away from home. During the pandemic, we can no longer do these kinds of things because we are separated. This is something sad, not being able to see your friends or family for fear of infecting us or infecting the people we love. Not being able to shake hands, give hugs, kisses on the face or share our food with other people. It makes me nostalgic to see how in my work the tables are empty and it is forbidden to eat, to remember how the restaurant was full with many people who laughed and told how their day, shared stories or dated someone. It is hard to listen to the sad voices of the customers when they ask when they can go eat. As I mentioned earlier, COVID-19 left many losses and many broken hearts along the way, it is a disease in which it showed us the value that each person has. Sometimes as teenagers we do not realize what we have, I chose this photo as an example of how little we valued the little things before and now we really need it. A single walk without a mask, sitting in large groups with your family in a restaurant, being next to someone who has already died due to this disease, among many other details. I think everything happens for a reason and from something so negative we learned something positive, we learned to appreciate the little things in life, to be more united with the family and to love more every day.
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Date (Dublin Core)

May 18, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Scarleen Lopez

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Scarleen Lopez

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIS20
Spring2021
ProfessorCulkin

Partner (Dublin Core)

Bronx Community College

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph
personal essay

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Space
English Social Distance
English Food & Drink

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

The Bronx + New York
New York City + New York
reopening
family
loss
contact

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

COVID-19
quarantine
restaurant
Bronx
NY

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/17/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

05/20/2021
09/15/2021
11/05/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/18/2021

Format (Dublin Core)

image/jpg

Rights (Dublin Core)

CC-ND-NC 4.0

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This item was submitted on May 17, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share your story- Bronx” on the site “Bronx Community College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/bronx-community-college-new-york

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