New York City just marked two full years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that fundamentally shifted people's way of life. And it was one that claimed the lives of some 40,000-plus city residents as two boroughs emerged as the deadliest counties in America during the peak of the virus battle.
Now, life is returning to some new semblance of normal. Stark photos show how just abnormal it had become. See "then and now" photos of iconic New York City locations, from Times Square to the Oculus, Grand Central, Wall Street and more.
Fulton Center Station: 3/16/2020 vs 3/16/2022
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Times Square: 3/22/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Wall Street: 3/24/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Brookfield Place Mall, Lower Manhattan: 3/29/2020 vs 3/11/2022
42nd Street: 3/22/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Grand Central Terminal: 3/22/2020 vs 3/11/2022
G Train: 4/13/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home, Queens: 4/22/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Grand Central Terminal: 3/22/2020 vs 3/11/2022
The Oculus: 3/29/2020 vs 3/11/2022
Staten Island Ferry: 3/24/2020 vs 3/11/2022
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