What Does Cicero and Berwyn Look Like During the Pandemic? Share Your Images

Images and text by April Alonso

During the COVID-19 pandemic public places such as shopping centers, schools, and parks that were once full of people are now empty. Here are some places near Cicero and Berwyn that are extremely different now that many residents are sheltering at home.

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In the foreground in a gray empty parking lot with yellow lines to make a grid shape for cars to park. In the middle ground is a strip of stores, in the center is AMC Cicero Showplace theater, taking up most of the strip. It is a yellow building wit…

Located off of Cermak Rd. and Cicero Ave, the parking lot to the shopping strip where AMC Cicero Showplace theater calls home is now empty due to the stay at home order during this pandemic.

In the foreground is a black/gray empty parking lot with yellow lines marking parking spots. In the middle ground are the dark brown B and E buildings of the Morton College campus. They are surrounded by trees. In between the B and E building is an …

On a typical Friday afternoon during the spring semester, the parking lot to Morton College would usually be filled with cars as students attend classes. On May 15th the lot is vacant in comparison.

On a sunny day with some clouds on a blue sky day is an empty field where baseball and softball are played at Morton East High School. The foreground is a tall black fence surrounding the perimeter of the grassy field. To the right is a set of metal…

Once bustling with families, shoppers, and teenagers, the food court entrance to North Riverside Mall and the mall itself remains desolate as people stay at home during the pandemic and the mall remains closed.

On a gray, cloudy and rainy day, in the foreground is an empty, gray parking lot with faded yellow lines marking the parking spots. In the middle ground to the left is a gray building. In the middle of the building in big white capital letters reads…

It is almost a clear sky day, there are thin white sheets of clouds scattered across the blue, sunny sky. In the foreground of the photo is a grassy area with yellow dandelions sprouted everywhere. In the middle of the grassy area is a gray ce…

With the stay at home order in effect, parks in the community, such as North Clyde Park, are closed to the public with yellow tape preventing access to some rides while a fence surrounds the perimeter of the park.