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Quarantined City: Seattle (Part I) 46 images Created 4 Aug 2020

During the months of March and April 2020, I endeavored to venture out into the city on my bicycle to explore Seattle during the citywide quarantine on account of the coronavirus pandemic. My primary objective was to document my observations with my camera.

Given the unprecedented situation that several cities and nations around the world have been experiencing simultaneously, I felt it would be important to capture Seattle in its quarantined state.

These images collectively serve as PART ONE of two galleries featuring Seattle under quarantine. Part One focuses on downtown Seattle specifically. These images depict areas that were typically very busy and filled with the hustle and bustle of people and vehicles before the populace was fully informed of the disease’s incredibly rapid and lethal contagiousness from person to person.

If you’re a native of Seattle, you may readily recognize these areas and appreciate the impact that the citywide quarantine had made.
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  • Alaskan Way is Seattle's principal thoroughfare adjacent to the city’s Waterfront -- now virtually void of cars, trucks, trains, and cyclists. (April 4, 2020).
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  • A man jogs along a pathway next to a fence of artwork separating him from the empty construction site for Seattle’s Waterfront renovation project. (April 4, 2020).
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  • The cyclist riding along 5th Avenue actually blocks the sheer void of Lenora Street that stretches for several blocks away from the viewer’s line of sight. For context to this phenomenon, to the left, you can see part of Amazon’s Spheres and one of the towers of its massive world headquarters. (March 21, 2020)
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  • 5th Avenue and the Monorail were both devoid of vehicles, but offered plenty of space for cyclists and pedestrians alike. 5th Avenue is typically one of the busiest and most congested streets in Downtown Seattle. (March 21, 2020).
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  • This intersection is the heart of retail shopping in Downtown Seattle. (March 21, 2020).
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  • This intersection is the heart of retail shopping in Downtown Seattle. (March 21, 2020).
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  • The intersection of 1st Avenue & Pike Street is typically one of the busiest and most congested intersections in Downtown Seattle. This image completely undermines this well-known fact. (March 21, 2020).
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  • A pedestrian pauses before crossing the empty intersection of Pike Street & 5th Avenue. In this image, he appears to be the only human being in the deserted downtown neighborhood. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Waterfront Park (April 4, 2020).
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  • Western Avenue appears to belong to the sole cyclist riding through the hollow chasms of the downtown neighborhood. (April 4, 2020).
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  • A pedestrian patiently waits to cross a very empty 5th Avenue while the photographer (yours truly) took advantage of the rare opportunity to capture this moment from the middle of the intersection with Pine Street. (March 21, 2020).
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  • A couple strolls on the sidewalk along the decorative, quaint, narrow, and very empty Post Avenue in Downtown Seattle. (April 4, 2020).
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  • A public transit bus makes its way along a starkly deserted Columbia Street. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Alaskan Way, Waterfront (April 4, 2020).
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  • This location was the only one during my bike excursion that still looked familiar in spite of the citywide quarantine. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Fifth Avenue & Pine Street, Downtown (March 21, 2020).
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  • The main entrance to Pike Place Market is empty. My bicycle, once again, is featured to add foreground interest. Pike Place Market is one of Seattle’s main attractions that’s usually teeming with curious visitors and friendly merchants selling fresh produce, souvenirs, clothing, and trinkets. (March 21, 2020).
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  • An individual stands adjacent to a very vacant First Avenue, devoid of its typical traffic for several city blocks. (April 4, 2020).
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  • A couple walks along First Avenue with Columbia Center (Seattle’s tallest skyscraper) in the background. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Once again, my bike provides foreground interest to detract from deserted Westlake Park, one of Downtown Seattle’s premier locations for outdoor activities, public protests, and socializing. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Pioneer Square is completely empty around 11am on a Saturday morning. (April 4, 2020).
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  • A pianist plays for tips at the intersection of Pike Place and Pine Street. (I made sure to donate since I took many photos of him and business was slow).
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  • A pianist plays for tips at the intersection of Pike Place and Pine Street. (I made sure to donate since I took many photos of him and business was slow).
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  • Pike Place & Pine Street is vacant, thus providing a bold  prominence of the shadow created by the large letters of the "Public Market" sign at the intersection in the foreground. (March 21, 2020).
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  • A woman speed walks in front of the empty Harbor Steps, an area of downtown that’s typically filled with people socializing and lounging. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Westlake Center is one of Downtown Seattle’s very popular shopping malls. As you can imagine, it never looks like this on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Westlake Center is one of Downtown Seattle’s very popular shopping malls. As you can imagine, it never looks like this on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Pike Street is so empty that the pigeons have literally taken over the area. (Perhaps it should be temporarily renamed as “Pigeon Street”)? (March 21, 2020).
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  • Pike Street is so empty that the pigeons have literally taken over the area. (Perhaps it should be temporarily renamed as “Pigeon Street”)? (March 21, 2020).
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  • A couple of strollers walk by the 5th Avenue Theatre along its namesake’s avenue bearing no traffic in the heart of Downtown Seattle. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Union Street, adorned by the Seattle Art Museum to the left and Target department store to the right, leads the viewer’s eye to Seattle’s Great Wheel (the ferris wheel) along the waterfront. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Second Avenue of downtown Seattle is vacant. (March 21, 2020).
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  • If you’ve been here before, you know it doesn’t usually look like this. (March 21, 2020).
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  • A pedestrian quietly crosses Columbia Street in the eery silence of Downtown Seattle. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Alaskan Way, Waterfront (April 4, 2020).
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  • First Avenue of downtown Seattle is vacant. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Alaskan Way, Waterfront (April 4, 2020).
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  • James Street & Yesler Way, Downtown (April 4, 2020).
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  • Alaskan Way, Waterfront (April 4, 2020).
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  • A vehicle crosses an empty intersection of the downtown neighborhood with the recognizable pyramid-shaped pinnacle of Smith Tower (Seattle’s first skyscraper) in the background. (April 4, 2020)
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  • Alaskan Way, Waterfront (April 4, 2020).
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  • Columbia Street, Downtown (April 4, 2020).
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  • Marion Street Ferry Walkway, Downtown (April 4, 2020).
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  • Marion Street Ferry Walkway, Downtown (April 4, 2020).
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  • Columbia Street, Downtown. (April 4, 2020).
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  • Rent Relief Notice, Pioneer Square, Downtown (April 4, 2020).
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