VIDEO: Coronavirus outbreak renders Atlanta city streets quiet
On any given weekday, Atlanta is bustling and crowded with cars, pedestrians and tourists.
But in the age of the coronavirus, everything has changed.
On Thursday, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms stressed the urgency of the global pandemic by ordering the closure of all restaurants, bars, nightclubs, private social clubs, fitness centers, gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and arcades within the city limits.
Sidewalks that were once crowded, are desolate.
Streets that were once clogged with traffic, are empty.
Attractions that once invited shrieks, now stand idle.
AJC photographers Tyson Horne and Hyosub Shin ventured out Wednesday and Thursday to capture what is rarely seen in Atlanta – silence.
About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
