With New York the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic and the daily death toll now exceeding 200, grim reality has sunk in. Consequently with the exception of military personnel providing services at the Jacob Javits Center that had been converted into an operational hospital by 29 March 2020, wary NYPD officers standing in solitude or pairs as if keeping vigilant watch for the unseen that has already taken the lives of some of their members, and of course the unofficial "city bird" - pigeons, few people were present on the streets of Manhattan. In fact landmarks such as Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the 9/11 Memorial Park to name a few as well as shopping centers, portions of the Westside Highway (the first time since the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks no cars could be seen), and subway stations were eerily desolate of people. Below are photographs I took to document the 29 March 2020 afternoon in Manhattan since as an "essential worker," I do not have the luxury of staying home to "Flatten the Curve":