After everything that has happened with COVID-19, downtown Phoenix is quiet this spring.
Looking north on Third Street in downtown Phoenix. (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Multiple bikes sit at the Grid Bike Sharing Station, 702 N 1st St, down the street from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
The public parking lot on East Fillmore Street,across from the Cronkite school, has many open spots (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Civic Space Park on an average weekday is usually full of students or other members of the community (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Hidden Track Cafe, which is still open on Monroe Street, allows only two customers in at a time and is providing takeout services (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
CityScape sits empty Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in downtown Phoenix (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Surrounded by construction, Talking Stick Resort Arena is fenced off. It’s front courtyard, which usually is filled with people, also sits empty (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
A sign sits in a barren isle at Fry’s on Jefferson Street, asking customers to take one item (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
As of March 24, 2020, there is a limited amount of toilet paper at Fry’s in downtown Phoenix (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Despite some shortages, Fry’s still has products to stock the shelves throughout the grocery stores (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Taylor Street in downtown Phoenix. (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Arizona Center, along Third Street (Lisa Diethelm/DD)
Contact the reporter at ldiethel@asu.edu.
Lisa Diethelm is the Politics editor for the Downtown Devil while she studies at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix. She grew up in California and started her journalism career in high school.
