Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (which was recently renamed as the Hugh L. Cary Tunnel) will close at 2:00 p.m. today.

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

Grand Central Terminal, where some 750,000 commuters pass through daily, closed on Oct. 28, as Hurricane Sandy made its approach to the East Coast.

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

Designed by the architectural firms Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore, Grand Central Terminal appears here after the last train departs before Hurricane Sandy arrives.

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

One of the New York subway system's busiest platforms, empty of rail riders.

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

This image of an empty Times Square subway station could be any station, since New York City—like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—has closed its public transit for the storm.

Public Spaces Empty as Sandy Strikes

Soldiers maintain their vigil outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va., despite the storm.

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