See the City’s Silent Streets as Austinites Stay Home

Photo by Andrei Matei.

Downtown resident Andrei Matei got some attention in the news last week for his candid photos of a bizarrely empty Austin, as the city effectively shuts down to prevent the spread of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak — and just in time for our new shelter-in-place orders, which took effect in Travis and Williamson Counties last night, Matei has released a new batch of snapshots from deserted local streets.

Taken over the last few days, these images are eerie but uplifting — it’s definitely a little unsettling to see the city this quiet, but also indicates that residents are taking seriously the “social distancing” required to reduce the impact of this pandemic.

All images by Andrei Matei.

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