These Photos Show Iconic NYC Spots at the Beginning of the Pandemic and Now – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK — New York City has just marked two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that fundamentally changed the way people live.

The pandemic was one that claimed the lives of more than 40,000 city residents as two boroughs emerged as America’s deadliest counties during the peak of the battle against the virus.

Now, life is returning to a new semblance of normalcy. The raw photos show just how abnormal he had become.

Check out “then and now” photos of iconic New York City locations below, from Times Square to the Oculus, Grand Central, Wall Street and more.

Fulton Center Station: March 16, 2020 vs March 16, 2022

Times Square: March 22, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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Wall Street: March 24, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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Brookfield Place Mall, Lower Manhattan: March 29, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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42nd Street: March 22, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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Grand Central Terminal: March 22, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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G Train: April 13, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home, in Queens: April 22, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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The Oculus: March 29, 2020 vs March 11, 2022

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Staten Island Ferry: 24 de marzo de 2020 vs 11 de marzo de 2022

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