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Shops shuttered. Street traffic reduced to just a trickle. Workers sent home.
Life in much of Utah has slowed considerably as people respond to the pleas of public health officials to self isolate.
Photographers with The Salt Lake Tribune have captured a sense of just how empty our urban spaces have become in the past week. This is the new normal it seems, at least for the next month or two as all of us fight the coronavirus.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A pedestrian walks down 25th Street in Ogden, March 24, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A pedestrian walks down 25th Street in Ogden, March 24, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty fountains at City Creek as downtown Salt Lake City appears eerily empty on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty fountains at City Creek as downtown Salt Lake City appears eerily empty on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The streets of Salt Lake City are virtually empty along 300 south in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The streets of Salt Lake City are virtually empty along 300 south in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk Main Street in Park City, Friday, Mar. 27, 2020. After seeing a surge of coronavirus cases, Summit County has issued an order for all residents to not leave their homes unless necessary Ñ amid calls for the state and other counties to take similar action. The shelter-in-place restriction, which is the first in Utah, will start Friday at midnight.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk Main Street in Park City, on Friday, Mar. 27, 2020. After seeing a surge of coronavirus cases, Summit County has issued an order for all residents to not leave their homes unless necessary.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Wash your hands, see you in April" reads the marquee at The State Room in Salt Lake City on March 19, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) “Wash your hands, see you in April” reads the marquee at The State Room in Salt Lake City on March 19, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ogden 25th Street is barren Tuesday, March 24, 2020..
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ogden 25th Street is barren Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man shoves snow from the city steps in Park City, Friday, Mar. 27, 2020. After seeing a surge of coronavirus cases, Summit County has issued an order for all residents to not leave their homes unless necessary Ñ amid calls for the state and other counties to take similar action. The shelter-in-place restriction, which is the first in Utah, will start Friday at midnight.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man shovels snow from the city steps in Park City, Friday, Mar. 27, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) An unusually quiet 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City is mostly void of people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020, while Squatters still offers beer and food to go.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) An unusually quiet 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City is mostly void of people during the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020, while Squatters still offers beer and food to go.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Downtown Salt Lake City appears eerily empty on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Downtown Salt Lake City appears eerily empty on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist rides down 25th Street in Ogden, March 24, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist rides down 25th Street in Ogden, March 24, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk Main Street in Park City, Friday, Mar. 27, 2020. After seeing a surge of coronavirus cases, Summit County has issued an order for all residents to not leave their homes unless necessary Ñ amid calls for the state and other counties to take similar action. The shelter-in-place restriction, which is the first in Utah, will start Friday at midnight.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People walk Main Street in Park City, Friday, Mar. 27, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) A sign on a closed business between 100 South and 200 South Main Street Salt Lake City, March 23, 2020. The Utah Legislature may explore repealing or limiting local authority for stay-home orders related to the coronavirus outbreak.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign on a closed business between 100 South and 200 South and Main Street in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A security guard looks out from the closed City Creek Mall in downtown Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A security guard looks out from the closed City Creek Mall in downtown Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A lone pedestrian walks along 300 South in Salt Lake City as downtown is mostly void of people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A lone pedestrian walks along 300 South in Salt Lake City as downtown is mostly void of people during the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stacked chairs in the closed J. Dawgs Salt Lake City location on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stacked chairs in the closed J. Dawgs Salt Lake City location on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Looking down 400 West as Salt Lake City continues to shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Looking down 400 West as Salt Lake City continues to shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A young boy visits a mural along Edison Street in Salt Lake City as he and his family wait for a take out order from The Copper Onion restaurant nearby in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A young boy visits a mural along Edison Street in Salt Lake City as he and his family wait for a takeout order from The Copper Onion restaurant on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man looks at his phone in an empty Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man looks at his phone in an empty Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Men in a parking lot in downtown Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Men in a parking lot in downtown Salt Lake City on Monday, March 23, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The intersection of Washington Ave. and 25th St. in Ogden, March 24, 2020.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The intersection of Washington Ave. and 25th St. in Ogden, March 24, 2020.