Epicenter of the epidemic in the United States, the city has confined itself. Its 8 million inhabitants are in hiding.
Posted: 03/24/2020, 10:31 p.m.—
Symbol of a bustling megalopolis, Time Square has turned into a phantom square.
EPA / P. Foley
“I was the most requested man in the world before the coronavirus, now I’m the most alone.” On this Tuesday morning, Jean-Marc Bijoux, a security officer in Times Square, watches over a statue planted in the heart of the iconic New York Square. Since the metropolis of 8 million people became the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the United States and New Yorkers were ordered to confine themselves to their homes, Broadway stores and theaters have closed. The hotels have emptied and the thousands of tourists who flock to Times Square every day have disappeared. The horns of the iconic yellow taxis trying to make their way through the traffic jams that normally clog Manhattan have been silent, because the taxis have also disappeared.
