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unbeknownst emptiness

Title (Dublin Core)

unbeknownst emptiness

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Description (Dublin Core)

I worked/attended CUNY Hunter College during the start of the pandemic. On March 13, 2020, we were informed that we would not be returning to work until further notice, and I believe that a majority of late-night classes/activities were cancelled. As a result, my friend/coworker and I walked around the near-empty campus. We ended up sneaking into an empty lecture hall, ate some snacks, and chatted about the future. I took a photo of our feet up on the seats as a sort of fun memento, to show how crazy it looked to see ourselves amongst the empty hall, and when a coworker asked where we are, we sent them that. The photo meant almost nothing at the time and was just a casual photo I took amongst many in my every day. Looking back now, it holds nostalgia as well as dread. I think the emptiness shows what was to come, and how terrifying it would be, and just how impactful the pandemic was on our lives. I have not stepped foot in Hunter since then, so that was truly my last time being in that school. It makes me sad and makes me think what the future would have held had these events not happened.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 13, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Education--Universities
English Emotion
English Public Space

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

CUNY Hunter College
empty
memory
photo
sad
campus
friend
boots

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

CUNY
Hunter College
CUNY Hunter College
feet
rwc
library
lecture hall
nostalgia
pandemic

Collection (Dublin Core)

College COVID Stories
Working Students

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/27/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/01/2023
03/02/2023
03/14/2023

Item sets

This item was submitted on February 27, 2023 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Lockdown Staten Island Story” on the site “Lockdown Staten Island”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/lockdown-staten-island

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