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Quarantined City: Seattle (Part II) 39 images Created 5 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 TWO of two galleries featuring Seattle under quarantine. Part Two focuses on different neighborhoods and landmarks of Seattle. 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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  • This is the quintessential skyline view of Seattle that most people recognize. The significance of this image on this particular night is that the observation level at the top of the Space Needle is not illuminated. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Space Needle has closed for the rest of March. (March 22, 2020)
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  • A pedestrian walks by the ticket entrance of the Space Needle. On a Saturday afternoon, large crowds typically create a very long queue to enter Seattle’s most famous landmark. (March 21, 2020).
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  • The Space Needle is Closed (March 21, 2020).
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  • The Space Needle is Closed (March 21, 2020).
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  • A young lady watches the Washington State Ferry traverse westwards across the Puget Sound with the Olympic Mountains in the background. Typically, small groups of people congregate at this vantage to admire the sunset. (March 22, 2020).
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  • A cyclist arrives at the empty scenic outlook of the downtown skyline from the park. (April 5, 2020).
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  • The promenade at Alki Beach Park is typically filled with pedestrians strolling up and down along the Puget Sound. Even with warmer temperatures with the arrival of Spring, many people remain indoors. (March 22, 2020).
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  • Lake Union Park (April 5, 2020).
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  • A woman does her morning exercises solo at a vacant Gas Works Park. The only sound that could be heard was the wind from Lake Union behind her. (April 3, 2020)
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  • Montlake Neighborhood (March 21, 2020).
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  • A young boy plays basketball along this secluded street in the Montlake neighborhood, adorned with budding Madrona trees in the first weekend of Spring. (March 21, 2020)
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  • Montlake Neighborhood (March 21, 2020).
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  • Because this main thoroughfare in the downtown neighborhood is so empty, this cyclist and skateboarder exhibit no fear of traveling in the *opposite* direction of the typical flow of traffic by cars and trucks. Notice the green traffic lights behind them. (April 5, 2020)
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  • Customers must now line up in single file before entering Trader Joe’s grocery store in Ballard. This is meant to prevent people from crowding inside the market, thus limiting the spread of the virus. The restriction is also implemented to prevent customers from hoarding produce and products. (March 22, 2020).
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  • One individual walks along the coastal trail at the park as another takes in the view of an orange cargo tanker anchored in Elliott Bay. (April 4, 2020).
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  • McGraw Street, Magnolia Village (April 4, 2020).
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  • The central commercial district of West Seattle is relatively empty about an hour before sundown. (March 22, 2020).
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  • A sole pedestrian walks underneath the neon signs of neighboring store entrances in the commercial district of West Seattle. (March 22, 2020).
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  • This is an image of Eastlake Avenue with the University Bridge in the background. This is one of the main gateways between the University of Washington and Downtown Seattle. This area is typically teeming with traffic. (March 21, 2020).
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  • A lone jogger heads towards the incline of Harvard Avenue away from what is typically a very busy intersection of cars, buses, bikes, and pedestrians in the Eastlake neighborhood. (March 21, 2020)
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  • This is another green that can seat hundreds of people on a warm Spring day — as this day was — but not today. (March 21, 2020).
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  • The central green of the Seattle Center is typically where people come to lounge together in multiple groups. Its empty state draws one’s immediate attention to the spouts of the International Fountain in the background. (March 22, 2020).
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  • Seattle Center (March 21, 2020).
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  • This area was so empty that I had to feature my bicycle as subject matter for foreground interest. Typically, dozens of people stroll through this part of Seattle Center. (March 21, 2020).
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  • Seattle Center (March 21, 2020).
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  • This is an image of the “Father & Son” fountain during an atypical occasion when the the fountains are not running. Typically, one statue (either the father or the son) is completely hidden within showers of water so the other statue — and pedestrians — cannot see the other. It’s rare that both statues are visible simultaneously. (March 22, 2020)
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  • Given the constant traffic of cars, trucks, bicycles, trains, and people, this intersection is typically one of the busiest in Seattle most hours of the day. Also, notice that the Space Needle is not illuminated. It stands in darkness because it has been closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. (March 22, 2020)
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  • Montlake Bridge (April 5, 2020).
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  • A jogger enters Lake Union Park from a major intersection that’s eerily empty on account of the quarantine of thousands of Seattleites during the coronavirus outbreak. (March 21, 2020).
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  • The promenade at Alki Beach Park is typically filled with pedestrians strolling up and down along the Puget Sound. Even with warmer temperatures with the arrival of Spring, many people remain indoors. (March 22, 2020).
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  • Alki Beach Park @ Sunset (March 22, 2020).
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  • Luna Park & Alki Beach Park @ Sunset (March 22, 2020).
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  • Broad Street, Seattle Center (March 21, 2020).
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  • Broad Street, Seattle Center (March 21, 2020).
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  • Fremont & Aurora Bridges (April 3, 2020).
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  • Fourth Avenue / Fremont Bridge (April 3, 2020).
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  • Thomas Street Pedestrian Overpass (April 4, 2020).
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  • Thomas Street, Eastlake Neighborhood (April 5, 2020).
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  • During this period of quarantine, on weekends, the summit of the Space Needle typically hoists a flag that says “#WeGotThisSeattle” to uplift the spirits of Seattleites during this surreal era of our collective world history as human beings. (April 5, 2020).
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