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Social Distancing Circles

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Title (Dublin Core)

Social Distancing Circles

Description (Dublin Core)

San Francisco parks are the cultural heart of the city. From Golden Gate Park to Dolores Park to Washington Square Park, each park has a unique personality. On a sunny day, which can be rare in this foggy city by the Bay, parks are typically full of locals sharing picnics, music and lawn games. A day at a San Francisco park when the sun is shining reminds many city dwellers of the reason why they continue to live in a city largely covered in fog for most of the year. As California began to lift the shelter-in-place orders at the end of May, San Francisco residents encountered social distancing circles. These circles were painted on the lawn of San Francisco's most popular parks to remind and encourage visitors to keep their distance from others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and Reuters chose to highlight social distancing circles in San Francisco's famous Dolores Park. I am at once impressed by the measures the city is taking to encourage social distancing and the apparent respect that park patrons have for the social distancing circles. And also shocked at how many San Francisco residents are choosing to visit parks during a pandemic.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 22, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

SF Chronicle
Reuters
@santimejia_
@chinnski

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Shanna Gagnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot
video

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjCqyRptyT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWC25wrcpo
https://web.archive.org/web/20201120011855/https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjCqyRptyT/
https://web.archive.org/web/20201120012029if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWC25wrcpo&ab_channel=Reuters

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Instagram
Youtube

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Cities & Suburbs
English Public Space
English Social Distance
English Parks
English Social Media (including Memes)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Golden Gate Park
outside
Dolores Park
Washington Square Park
shelter-in-place
lawn

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

social distancing

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Bay Area

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

San Ramon Valley Unified School District Coronavirus News, Pre-School Closure
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/25/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/11/2020
08/02/2022
10/10/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/22/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on June 25, 2020 by Shanna Gagnon using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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