COVID-19: The spaces we filled, now filled with space

The empty streets, the silent playgrounds and the lone commuter

Last updated: April 04, 2020 | 12:33

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School buses sit parked in a lot as schools remain closed due to the coronavirus, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Northeastern University students kick a soccer ball around while social distancing on a field as others run around the track, in Boston.

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Toys lie scattered on an empty playground outside a school closed to stop the spread of coronavirus, in Attleboro, Mass

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A lone passenger boards the commuter train toward Boston at rush hour Monday, March 30, 2020, in Attleboro, Mass.

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A man lies on a bench in the empty pedestrian mall of Quincy Market, a popular spot for tourists and shoppers now empty due to coronavirus in Boston.

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A driver walks to catch the train toward Boston after parking in the unusually empty lot for commuters, in South Attleboro, Mass.

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Shoppers wait in line while practicing social distancing to enter a Trader Joe's supermarket, in Cambridge, Mass.

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Jaime Torres, 28, plays basketball on an empty court at Fargnoli Park, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Providence, Rhode Island

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The late afternoon sun casts a long shadow of a lone pedestrian walking up the steps of City Hall Plaza, in Boston.

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The Rev. Peter Gower holds his daily Mass before empty pews at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, in Johnston, Rhode Island.

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Alice, an elephant at Roger Williams Park Zoo, eats hay out of a barrel as the usually busy picnic tables and walkways filled with visitors sit empty while the zoo is closed to the public due to the coronavirus, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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A lone bicyclist peddles though an empty Dewey Square Plaza outside South Station at rush hour which would normally be bustling with people catching trains home, in Boston.

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