Pittsburgh in the absence of interaction

 

As businesses, schools and government offices close or order employees to work from home over concerns about spreading the COVID-19 virus, people in the city attempt to adjust to the resulting change in lifestyle.

 

At the end of rush hour, passengers exit a bus on Liberty Avenue, Downtown, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
“It’s in God’s hands now,” said Darryl Leeper, who plays to a vacant Market Square on Tuesday evening, March 17, 2020.
The Benedum Center sits empty on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
A lone runner makes his way down Penn Avenue in the Strip District on Monday evening, March 17, 2020.
Matthew Moore of the North Side took advantage of slow traffic on Liberty Avenue to pass a football to a friend on Tuesday evening, March 17, 2020.
A pedestrian on an empty Wood Street at dusk on Tuesday evening, March 17, 2020.
Commuters wait at Wood Street Station, Downtown, on Tuesday evening, March 17, 2020.
Normally busy Eat’n Park on Ohio River Boulevard in Bellevue on Tuesday evening, March 17, 2020.
“I’m trying to keep everyone’s spirits up,” said Katie Guarnaccia, who danced while waiting for a bus near North Avenue on the North Side on Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020.
Owen Gabbey shot hoops alone at West Park on the North Side on Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020.