Barren Berlin FD2025-custom bound for the Bronx and

bound for the Bronx and then for incineration

Certain blocks were also designated as “play streets

infamous for its smells

including in 1962

Its notoriety as a New York landmark is exemplified by it being a set location in the "Spider-Man" movies and in the opening images of "The Late Show With David Letterman

Barren Berlin FD2025-custom bound for the Bronx andThis stark image of Alexanderplatz public square 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,