Shuttered San Francisco collection-color ” It wasn’t the batting

” It wasn’t the batting helmet of today — it lacked a protective earflap and interior padding — but it was the blue and orange of the Mets

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This image is by Ben Wiseman

Shuttered San Francisco collection-color ” It wasn’t the battingThis image of Alamo Square Park in San Francisco 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,