Times Square

The lights are on, but no one is home in the heart of Manhattan. Midtown, and Times Square in particular, has seen a drastic change since New York City went on PAUSE last month to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. While typically a bustling hellscape, the crossroads of…

A new study from the University of Utah Health (U of U Health) has revealed a rare bit of good news amid the coronavirus pandemic — namely, that the virus is showing no signs of being sexually transmitted.The research, published through the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, was a joint effort…

It’s been over a month since public health precautions led almost every school in the United States to switch to online instruction. While there are obviously much greater tragedies unfolding daily, it’s hard not to empathize with students who have watched countless special events—proms, commencements, spring sports, performances, hotly anticipated rites…

The Theatre Development Fund, the not-for-profit organization with services including the hugely popular TKTS discount ticket booths in Times Square and other New York City locations, is launching a fundraising drive to “sustain critical operations” during and after the COVID-19 Broadway shutdown. TDF’s “Lifeline Campaign: Protect Today, Rebuild Tomorrow” has…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lights still scream for attention, but on this night Times Square has the feel of an abandoned Hollywood film set. Gone are the hordes of tourists shooting selfies with Elmo and Wonder Woman. Instead, a lone SUV glides by and a passenger’s phone glows as…

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will beef up the number of medical staffers to monitor guests at an isolation hotel in Times Square where three men died over the weekend after recovering from COVID-19 at area hospitals.A “full review” into the deaths of the three men, ages 42,…

Back before our sense of normalcy was completely reset, 330,000 people used to pass through Times Square in New York City each day. Now it’s a ghost town. I took these pictures during a somewhat irresponsible outing to midtown Manhattan on Friday night. After being cooped up for weeks at…

Apple and Google’s common coronavirus contact tracing solution for smartphones has continued to attract a lot of attention and debate over the past week, and understandably so. It’s an unprecedented partnership between the world’s dominant smartphone operating system makers, but people are worried about privacy and the notion that tracking…

The state of New York has been deemed the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic – with nearly 225,000 cases and approaching 15,000 deaths so far, it’s the worst hit state in the US. In an eerie reflection of our times, the streets and tourist hot spots of New York City…

in Current Affairs, Travel | April 16th, 2020 1 Comment Advertisement The lack of human presence in majorly polluted cities these past couple months has had some people seeing utopias as the skies begin to clear. But empty cities seem a little more dystopian to me. Dystopias are “a kind…