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GALLERY: Is this the new normal? The Quiet Streets of Charleston, South Carolina Speak Volumes

April 13, 2020 by 0 Comments

By Mark A. Leon

Walking the streets of Charleston, South Carolina and every city in America and around the world is sobering right now. The narrative is being re-written and we are all facing a possible new normal. For Charleston, South Carolina, a city that thrives on hospitality, culture, arts and an all-around sense of Southern charm, these streets are filled with a quiet fear and uncertainty.

Businesses are closed, development has slowed and an eery distance is placed between the locals that are just trying to find some form of normalcy.

These photos taken today tell a very visual story of a town longing and waiting for better days.

Don’t Touch the Walking Buttons

Waterfront Park – Do Not Enter
Waterfront Park – Closed
The future is on hold
Fleet Landing – Waterfront dining is just a puddle of water
The nationally recognized “The Spectator” is hauntingly quiet without guests
No pedestrians, shoppers or horses at the City Market – Just empty benches and streets
For the Love of Charleston, Stop COVID-19
Vacant City Market
Common Messages All Around the City of Charleston, South Carolina
No cars, No people within eyesight
A Once Vibrant Shopping Hot Spot
Parking a’ Plenty
Endless rows of bikes
Doors are open but no one is eating
The silent echoes of East Bay
Garbage on the sidewalk
Empty Cobblestone
Nobody Walking Broad Street
All Parks Closed
Silence in Government and Law
Fallen Recreation
Broad Steet and Meeting Street
Silence Streets of Charleston

All Photos Courtesy of Mark A. Leon and Charleston Daily

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