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Here are 8 bizarre scenes from empty downtown Los Angeles

Orpheum theater marquee in downtown Los Angeles
Words on the Orpheum theater marquee try to bring levity to the current situation along the normally bustling commercial area on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
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As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco gives us a look at downtown Los Angeles with the spotlight on Broadway.

Grand Central Market
A security guard walks around the Grand Central Market downtown, where restaurants are limited to takeout or delivery orders only.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
A downtown resident gets fresh air and sunshine on a balcony above Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
A man’s face is wrapped in a scarf as he walks along the commercial area on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
A shaft of light catches a man as he walks a dog along the normally bustling commercial area on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
The normally bustling commercial area along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is largely deserted because of the coronavirus lockdown.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
A homeless man named MIke eats food fished from a trash can at a taco stand along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
A homeless man named MIke eats food fished from a trash can at a taco stand along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is largely deserted because of the coronavirus pandemic
Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is largely deserted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times’ visual coverage of the coronavirus crisis

April 30, 2020

Gov. Newsom has issued a stay-at-home order and all nonessential businesses are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. So what does it look like outside — from above?

March 26, 2020

Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.

March 25, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered Californians to stay at home. With businesses and popular destinations closed, The Times’ Luis Sinco documented the surreal scenes.

March 20, 2020

On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills the high-end shops are closed, the normally bustling sidewalks empty because of California coronavirus restrictions.

March 23, 2020

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