April 15, 2020 | COVID-19 News, Lowertown News
Tracking the local impact of the COVID-19 virus in Lowertown, Saint Paul, MN. This series, tracking the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the 4×4 block square area of just one neighborhood in Saint Paul—Lowertown—was begun on March 6th, the date that Minnesota saw its first official positive test result for COVID-19. At the end of week three of this series, the openings and closings of local hospitality industry businesses, and the news of event cancellations had mostly stabilized, so the series was paused. Today, April 15th, I went back through these last three weeks of social media postings by local businesses, and local news reports, to find developments worth adding to the documentary record.
March 23, 2020 | COVID-19 News
Tracking the local impact of the COVID-19 virus in just one neighborhood in Saint Paul, MN, Lowertown.
March 16, 2020 | COVID-19 News
This report begins ten days after the first reported Minnesotan case of COVID-19, by which time the number of detected infected has risen to 54. Restaurants, bars, and cafes have been remarkably slow to even comment publicly, considering both the local, state, and federal government have been strongly recommending to shut down gatherings.
March 13, 2020 | COVID-19 News
Nigel Parry/Lowertown.info—Tracking the local impact of the COVID-19 virus in Lowertown, Saint Paul, MN. This report begins one week after the first reported Minnesotan case of COVID-19, by which time the number of detected infected had risen to fourteen. Following the shutdowns of the major sports leagues, large and small museums and galleries in and near Lowertown began announcing closures, the 54-year-old Saint Patrick Day Parade was cancelled, and restaurants, bars, and cafes began sporadically posting information to reassure Coronavirus concerns.
March 13, 2020 | COVID-19 News
Nigel Parry/Lowertown.info—Tracking the local impact of the COVID-19 virus in Lowertown, Saint Paul, MN. From the first reported Minnesotan case through the first week, when the number had risen to 14.
