Life interrupted: Baltimore during the coronavirus | PHOTOS

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3:32 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Its baskets removed to prevent people from playing, the basketball court at American Visionary Art Museum remains empty at the inner harbor.

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6:00 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- Wearing surgical masks and protective gloves, sales clerks Florence Mimi (foreground) and Ima Ouro straighten products on the shelf in the tight confines of Avenue Mart on North Ave. and Ellamount Street.

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8:38 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station remains empty at night, and security says that even during the day, very few people travel by rail during the statewide lockdown.

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6:11 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A pedestrian is reflected in the glass of Mother's bar on Charles Street in Federal Hill, which still has its St. Patrick's Day decorations, shuttered with the declaration made by the governor.

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7:22 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- An empty MARC train sits with no passengers, before leaving Camden Station at Camden Yards.

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6:42 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- A bus driver operating on the Purple route wears a protective mask while heading toward Key Highway.

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6:18 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Wearing a protective mask, peddler sits while awaiting traffic to stop at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Pennsylvania Avenue.

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7:26 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- The Jones Falls Expressway experiences a trickle of traffic in a view from the exit ramp to Druid Park Lake Drive as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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7:28 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- The Jones Falls Expressway experiences a trickle of traffic in a view from the exit ramp to Druid Park Lake Drive as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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4:47 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Usually a bustling business, Attman's delicatessen is shuttered on Lombard Street.

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8:21 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- What would normally be a weekend night out, the table and dining room of the Japanese restaurant Azumi is empty in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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8:39 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Twin rental scooters await riders on Aliceanna St. at the circle at National Katyn Memorial Park.

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9:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Andrew Stokes, a worker at C. Steinweg, Inc., flashes his employment badge as he heads home from the Penn North Station at the usually busy intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenues. Stokes, classified as an essential worker at the logistics company handling medical commodities among other products, reports working 12 to 14-hour shifts.

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7:49 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Charles Street is virtually empty, looking past Mount Royal Ave. toward the northbound exit to the Jones Falls Expressway as dusk begins settling.

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7:57 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- A pedestrian crosses Charles Street in the shadow of Baltimore's Washington Monument, in a view looking south at Preston Street.

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4:55 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The corner of High and Stiles Streets is usually bustling with dinner patrons in Little Italy, but the intersection is still.

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4:52 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- The Warwick Ave. Playground remains empty because of COVID-19 concerns.

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4:48 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- A patron who allowed photographs but refused to give his name folds clothing at Sudsville laundromat at Patapsco Village Shopping Center.

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6:17 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- Sales clerk Ima Ouro prices items from behind the bulletproof glass at Avenue Mart on North Ave. and Ellamount Street.

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7:45 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Gov. Larry Hogan ordered all casinos in the state to close on March 15, including Baltimore's Horseshoe Casino, to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Entertainment destinations are deserted during the coronavirus pandemic.

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6:47 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- A driver wears a surgical mask with her window cracked while awaiting the light to change at Light Street.

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7:52 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The traffic light sees little traffic at the entrance of the Hanover Street Bridge.

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3:28 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Its baskets removed to prevent people from playing, the basketball court at American Visionary Art Museum remains empty at the inner harbor.

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7:19 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - A pilot walks along the completely empty corridor for international travelers, where every check-in- terminal is closed and roped off at Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly curtailed air travel.

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5:28 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Usually thick with vehicles, Lombard Street is empty during rush hour, at the intersection of Light Street.

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7:12 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - A stern warning greets travelers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, ordering them to quarantine for 14 days. The airport is eerily empty since the coronavirus pandemic has greatly curtailed air travel. Many of Baltimore's busiest locations in the evening are now nearly empty, following Gov. Hogan's orders for Marylanders to stay home.

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7:28 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Camden Yards is bathed in red, white and blue.

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6:18 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- "All that's missing is YOU" has anew meaning on an advertising sign at 1111 Light Street apartments.

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8:45 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Cobblestones glisten on Thames Street at the end of Broadway in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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9:11 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Cobblestones glisten on Thames Street at the end of Broadway in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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8:56 p.m.. Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - A mural of singing legend Billie Holiday looms over Penn North Station, a usually busy travel hub at Pennsylvania and North Avenues. Baltimore Transit police are stationed at this intersection during the coronavirus pandemic to keep people from congregating in violation of the coronavirus safety orders.

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7:24 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- An empty MARC train leaves with no passengers, from Camden Station at Camden Yards.

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8:28 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- A life ring sits in a view looking toward the pavilion and the city's skyscrapers, at the end of Aliceanna Street.

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8:46 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 --The Admiral's Cup bar and other businesses are closed in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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6:27 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A digital message board on Light Street outside Cross Street Market flashes an advertisement, urging people to remain at home.

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5:59 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A message - "Be open soon; Stay home + safe Baltimore" is painted on the plywood covering Diablo Doughnuts on Light Street, next to Byblos Lebanese Cuisine, also shuttered.

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8:54 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- An empty bar at Max's on Broadway in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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5:25 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- An emergency call box would usually be surrounded by vehicles at the West Baltimore rail stop's parking lot; it is empty.

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5:57 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A bicyclist has the entire lane, riding past a message - "Be open soon; Stay home + safe Baltimore," painted on the plywood covering Diablo Doughnuts on Light Street.

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5:01 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The Bocce court on Stiles Street in Little Italy remains empty.

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8:46 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Even with fuel prices hovering around $2 per gallon, no one gasses up at the BP station at St. Paul Street and Mount Royal Avenue.

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8:13 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- With Baltimore's skyline in the distance, very little traffic rides on I-95 in a view from the Caton Avenue overpass.

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8:34 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- The lobby at The Vue on President Street is empty in a view looking toward Aliceanna St. at the circle at National Katyn Memorial Park.

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5:57 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- Wearing a surgical mask and protective gloves, sales clerk Ima Ouro straightens products on the shelf while neighborhood resident Herbert Potts makes a purchase at the window at Avenue Mart on North Ave. and Ellamount Street.

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7:18 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Calvert Street, normally bustling in the late afternoon is virtually empty at Mercy Medical Center in a view from the Orleans Street overpass in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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5:12 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Typically a heavy afternoon commute, only handsful of passengers disembark from the MARC train, heading north from Washington, D.C. at the West Baltimore station.

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8:05 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- A mural with an ever staring eye, gazes upon an empty intersection at Mount Royal Ave. and Guilford Road.

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8:51 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Bar stools are inverted in a view of Kooper's Tavern at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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4:50 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- A patron who allowed photographs but refused to give his name folds clothing at Sudsville laundromat at Patapsco Village Shopping Center.

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7:10 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- A bicyclist pedals past the statue of William Wallace, a 17-foot-high statue of granite and bronze, beyond the western bank of Druid Lake.

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5:37 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The playground at the top of Federal Hill, overlooking the downtown center.

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7:41 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A passenger wears a mask while looking at the ticketing station at the Greyhound bus station on Haines Street, which has few customers as dusk settles.

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7:49 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Charles Street shows no traffic heading north toward E. Preston in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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8:52 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- The illuminated lounge attracts no people at 500 Park condominiums.

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8:20 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station remains empty at night, and security says that even during the day, very few people travel by rail during the statewide lockdown.

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5:27 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Wearing a rain jacket and face mask, a security guard stands by at the corner of Lombard and Light Street.

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7:38 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The Greyhound bus station on Haines Street has few customers as dusk settles.

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6:47 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Metro bus passengers head to a bus that comes to a stop on Pratt and Light Streets, during another very light afternoon commute.

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7:00 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Even with traffic lights all green, no vehicles march east in a view on Baltimore Street at Charles Street in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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4:59 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The Bocce court on Stiles Street in Little Italy remains empty.

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3:29 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Its baskets removed to prevent people from playing, the basketball court at American Visionary Art Museum remains empty at the inner harbor.

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7:17 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Playground equipment are abandoned after city officials banned people from playing on the swings at Druid Park over coronavirus concerns.

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4:47 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- The Warwick Ave. Playground remains empty because of COVID-19 concerns.

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8:36 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theatre is shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, but its operator, the Maryland Film Festival, is offering virtual tickets so that movie lovers can still watch the kind of independent films that are screened here, at home.

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7:44 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- Wearing a mask and gloves, laundromat attendant Kim Jett cleans the doors of industrial clothes dryers at Patapsco Village Shopping Center.

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4:14 PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020 -- A tent was erected at the entrace to MedStar Harbor Hospital in anticipation of potential COVID-19 patients.

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7:23 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- An empty MARC train and an empty light rail train sit at Camden Station at Camden Yards, still having to run their routes.

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4:13 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Personal vehicles rest on Foster Ave. looking toward the city from S. East Ave.

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4:39 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Row homes show little activity on Broadway, looking south from Fayette Street.

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8:40 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station remains empty at night, and security says that even during the day, very few people travel by rail during the statewide lockdown.

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7:35 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Deer lounge about at the entrance of Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, which has been closed since the coronavirus outbreak threatened Maryland.

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5:38 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- So much quiet and space, as a bench overlooks a misty inner harbor. How ironic that the air quality is as good as anyone has ever breathed in their lives, yet people are compelled to remain indoors during the pandemic.

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5:44 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Wishing that her place had a deck so that she could work from home outside, Andrea Afrikian of Federal Hill pauses after running up the long stairwell and looks out toward the football stadium at the top of Federal Hill, overlooking Montgomery Street.

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9:06 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Benches sit at Broadway Square at the end of Broadway in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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8:15 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- In a view from the St. Paul Street exit, a bare minimum of traffic uses the Jones Falls Expressway

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4:33 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- No children are present at Catherine Street / ABC Park.

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8:55 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- The illuminated lounge attracts no people at 500 Park condominiums.

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5:58 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- A message - "Be open soon; Stay home + safe Baltimore" is painted on the plywood covering Diablo Doughnuts on Light Street.

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5:18 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Calvert Street remains quiet during rush hour at Fayette Street.

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8:31 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- The entire Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel sits in darkness, vacant at the end of Aliceanna Street.

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7:43 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- The Greyhound bus station on Haines Street has few customers as dusk settles.

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7:03 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - No shortage of parking spaces in the hourly garage at Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, which is eerily empty since the coronavirus pandemic has greatly curtailed air travel. Many of Baltimore's busiest locations in the evening are now nearly empty, following Gov. Hogan's orders for Marylanders to stay home.

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7:09 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Charles Street is virtually empty in a view looking toward the city's Washington Monument from Saratoga St. in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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4:25 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- Small flags adorn a silent walkway on the eastern portion of Patterson Park.

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7:42 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - A cab driver outside Greyhound's Downtown Bus Station at Haines Street reported waiting for two hours without a fare. Many busy locations are now nearly empty during the coronavirus pandemic, with Gov. Hogan's orders for Marylanders to stay home.

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7:53 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- A paper cup rests on a wet table outside The Chicken or the Egg on N. Charles Street in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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9:11 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Cobblestones glisten on Thames Street at the end of Broadway in a view at Fell's Point, empty on what would have been a typically busy Saturday night.

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7:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - One car is visible on the road that is usually clogged with drivers dropping off travelers at Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, which is eerily empty since the coronavirus pandemic has greatly curtailed air travel. Many of Baltimore's busiest locations in the evening are now nearly empty, following Gov. Hogan's orders for Marylanders to stay home.

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7:18 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- Calvert Street, normally bustling in the late afternoon is virtually empty at Mercy Medical Center in a view from the Orleans Street overpass in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- Wearing a protective mask, a pedestrian walks in front of a mural depicting a forest scene at Pennsylvania Ave. and Presstman Street.

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8:03 PM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 -- A daffodil grows in the median at the corner of Mount Royal Avenue and Guilford Rd. in downtown Baltimore as residents generally heed the call for social distancing and quarantine.

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4:22 PM, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 -- An empty bench on Elwood Avenue looks out over a virtually empty Patterson Park.

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5:27 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -- An emergency call box would usually be surrounded by vehicles at the West Baltimore rail stop's parking lot; it is empty.