NYC Reopens

As Lockdown Lifts, New York City Still Longs for Its Old Self

The new normal is anything but. After almost three months, this is what the city’s first work week “back” looked like.

Times Square area of New York, on June 9.Photographer: Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg
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Editor’s Note: No city is more important to America’s economy than New York, and none has been hit harder by the coronavirus. “NYC Reopens” examines life in the capital of capitalism as the city takes its first halting steps toward a new normal.

After roughly 80 days of lockdown in New York City, came five more of something else.