New York in Corona times: glittering ghost town – panorama

Corona has changed New York a lot. The otherwise pulsating metropolis has been swept empty. And that makes the poverty obvious.

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New York – The intersection of Lenox Avenue and 125th Street has always been the frantic, pumping heart of Harlem, and the coronavirus infestation has done nothing to harm its strength. Anyone who crosses the street here today no longer feels that life here had come crashing to a standstill weeks ago. On the corner, a rapper shows off his art for a crowd of passers-by. The African street vendors sell their cloths, the tables in the restaurants are already full in the afternoon. Social distancing does not play a major role here. Jane Madembo is enjoying the fact that life has returned to Harlem, the “Mecca of Black America” as the neighborhood likes to call itself. The journalist from Zimbabwe, who has lived in the center of Harlem for 20 years, says: “I’ve been to the whole city but the streets are nowhere as lively as here.”

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