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"For the last 70 years

who reclassified it as a recreational area

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individual photographers and other photo agencies are not available

But as Bob Dylan would tell you

New York at Standstill rbg "For the last 70 yearsThis stark image of the Oculus in downtown New York is part of a collection of photos of once bustling locations that were rendered deserted by the global health crisis of 2020. Despite the emptiness or because of it, the locations took on a haunting beauty captured in The Times article, The Great Empty. During the height of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, The Times sent dozens of photographers out to take images of popular public plazas,