


But for some strange reason, people have been in a purchase panic with toilet paper. The situation is not like a zombie apocalypse. Closed are schools, closed are restaurants, bars, coffee shops, sports and entertainment venues, and more announcements reflecting the disruption pile up daily. There is always a bustle, with peaks and ebbs, that feels very much a living place that radiates activity.Īfter local, state, and national leaders rolled out measures on March 12 to “flatten the curve” and slow down the coronavirus transmission, normal life for residents was upended. But neither is the corridor of Wisconsin Avenue a ghost town. The city does not have the population density for the sidewalks to be filled with the crush of people during the day like New York.
