Coronavirus Messaging Downtown
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Title
Coronavirus Messaging Downtown
Subject
Coronavirus Downtown
Creator
William Kelly
Publisher
William Kelly
Date
11 October 2020
Language
English
Collection Items
Art District Mask Campaign
In a window on the second floor of a downtown Lincoln building, pedestrians might catch this "mask-up" poster created by a local artist urging citizens to protect frontline workers.
Please, Mask-Up, Parkers!
A poster just outside the elevator encouraging parkers in the Larson Building Parking Garage at 13th and Q streets to "wear mask or face covering" before journeying downtown.
Delivery Guy and Take-Out Girl
Take-out and delivery are now common sights in pandemic-stricken America. Lunchtime in downtown Lincoln is no different. A Door Dash delivery man rushes an order into his car while a Chipotle patron takes her lunch to-go.
Shows Rescheduled, Homeless Still Homeless
The coronavirus pandemic forced shows downtown – like "Beatles v. Stones" – to be rescheduled or cancelled. But a substantial homeless population remains downtown despite the pandemic, highlighting coronavirus's varying impact from demographic to…
City Signage
Messaging from the Lincoln city government is sprinkled throughout downtown, though often difficult to notice. Blue banners pinned high on light posts, like the one in this photo, offer words of encouragement to Lincolnians during the pandemic.
COVID Posters
Along Lincoln's art district, pedestrians observe cult classic movie poster spoofs encouraging citizens to be like The Dude (The Big Lebowski) and "abide" by mask mandates.
Outside Iguana Pub near 14th/O streets in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.
Pedestrians might gains some uplift during the pandemic with these lyrics passed on by the Bourbon Theater – though they might curse the establishment for getting the song stuck in their head.
Social Issues Collide with COVID
Posters encouraging mask-wearing, voting, racial justice, and census participation dawn the storefront window of the Novel Idea Bookstore in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.
Voting and Masking at Gomez Art Supply
Similar to their neighbors, Gomez Art Supply taped posters illustrating the confluence of a range of social and health issues plaguing the United States during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here, the posters encourages citizens to vote, wear masks, and…
1867 Bar and Independent Messaging
Independent businesses in downtown Lincoln – like the 1867 Bar – create their own signs notifying patrons that the city's mask mandate is in effect at their establishment. Some businesses are more creative than others.