In this time of COVID-19, dusk brings a profound stillness to the North Boroughs.
Gone is the whoosh of traffic along Ohio River Boulevard and the rumble of distant trains. Volunteer firefighters no longer linger at stations. Borough meeting halls are empty. Even the night sky is silent. No airliners roar overhead.
Walk under the streetlights of Bellevue, Avalon, Ben Avon and Emsworth and you’ll hear little but your own footfalls and the soft sound of a breath going in, a breath going out. It is at once haunting and peaceful. It is a reminder of our capacity to be individually fragile yet collectively resilient.
California Avenue, Avalon, 8:48 p.m., March 31.
Perrysville Avenue, Ben Avon, 9:17 p.m., March 31.
North Sprague Avenue, Bellevue, 8:28 p.m., March 31.
North Sprague and Teece avenues, Bellevue, 8:29 p.m., March 31.
Lincoln Avenue, Bellevue, 8:11 p.m., March 31.
Church Avenue, Ben Avon, 9:10 p.m., March 31.
Church Avenue, Ben Avon, 10:45 p.m., March 31.
Ohio River Boulevard at Camp Horne Road, Emsworth, 9:52 p.m., April 1.
Ohio River Boulevard, Avalon, 8:22 p.m., April 1.
Hawley Avenue, Bellevue, 8:17 p.m., March 31.
Lincoln Avenue, Bellevue, 8 p.m., March 31.
Emsworth Volunteer Fire Company, Locust Street, 9:14 p.m., March 30.
Lincoln Avenue, Bellevue, 8:07 p.m., March 31.
North Sprague Avenue, Bellevue, 8:25 p.m., March 31.
Emsworth Community Park, Huntington Avenue, Emsworth, 9:25 p.m., April 1.
Cleveland Avenue, Avalon, 8:54 p.m, Tuesday., March 31.
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