Boarded up stores and empty streets are all you’ll find in Soho now that New York has adjusted to life indoors.
As if preparing for a hurricane, plywood covers store windows on just about every block. With retail stores deemed nonessential, and high-end shopping being Soho’s main draw, the streets are now eerily empty.
This is a look inside Soho during the shutdown.
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12 Prince Street boarded up, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A sticker depicting cartoon ducks wearing gas masks reads, “Keep your ducks in a row safely…Apart!” April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A person passes Kate Space in Soho, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A person cycles through empty streets in Soho, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A person hoists a grocery delivery to the roof using a hook and string to avoid in person contact, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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Postal workers pause to chat, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A t-shirt depicting Gov. Andrew Cuomo hangs in a window, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A crossing guard monitors an intersection, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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A person walks down Broadway, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge
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Louis Vuitton boarded up, April 22, 2020. Photo by Thomas Hengge