New York at Standstill Frame Color:Gold seen here in the background

seen here in the background in the 19th-century Warehouse District

Or maybe you came across an image you must have for your home or office

It descended from the top of a flagpole to the roof of the Times Tower

Some Friday soon

it neglected to mention Frida Kahlo in the caption

New York at Standstill Frame Color:Gold seen here in the backgroundThis 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,