Hong Kong Hiatus guide-history-buffs Trolleys roll through Union Square

Trolleys roll through Union Square at the turn of the last century in this view looking north from 14th Street in New York

with the elaborate ironwork backlit by sunlight and shadows

a Times headline declared

” was her first in 20 years

The outer dome was completely restored in 1960

Hong Kong Hiatus guide-history-buffs Trolleys roll through Union SquareThis stunning image of the Central district of Hong Kong was taken from the Kowloon waterfront. It 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