I am Barry Cassidy, a Planning and Development consultant located in Philadelphia. When the virus struck the United States, everything went into lockdown as the government shifted its focus to contain and combat it.

My wife and I were isolated during the lockdown, watching the televised reporting of people in the City of Philadelphia rioting and looting. We both thought it best to stay in our suburban house and not visit our condo in Center City, Philadelphia. Her center city job went remote.

My15 I left Philadelphia to tour in the last days of lockdown. I bought a case of Pellegrino, some Utz Potato Chips put some ice in the cooler, and started across the country

Last Days Of Lockdown Cities Listing

I created a website Lastdaysoflockdown2021.com . You can view over 80 videos of the cities.  There is a lot to see, and some of the videos are longer than others. Â

There are two types of videos:

• City condition videos which are set to music. These videos are a compilation of still photographs that will establish the basic inventory sample.

• Analysis videos where I compare and contrast what I saw and make some predictions. A significant amount of public art was inventoried along with the vacant storefronts.

Here is a list of the towns in the order I visited during the lockdown:

1.     Clarksburg WV 

2.     Salem  WV 

3.     Charleston WV 

4.     Memphis TN                            

5.     Sulphur Springs TX                 

6.     Austin  TX                                 

7.     San Antonio TX                        

8.     Del Rio TX                                

9.     Route 90 TX                            

10.  Sanderson TX                            

11.  Marathon TX                             

12.  Alpine  TX                                

13.  Marfa  TX                                 

14.  El Paso TX                                

15.  Las Cruces NM                         

16.  Demings MN                            

17.  Tuscon AZ                                

18.  Sedona  AZ                               

19.  Indio    CA                               

20.  Salton Sea CA                          

21.  Cambria CA                             

22.  Rt. 101 CA                               

23.  Mt View CA                            

24.  Palo Alto CA                            

25.  Fisherman’s Warf CA              

26.  Millbrae CA                             

27.  Haight Asbury CA                   

28.  The Castro CA                        

29.  San Mateo CA                         

30.  Redding CA                             

31.  Mt Shasta CA                          

32.  Dunsmuir CA                          

33.  Portland OR                            

34.  Centralia WA                          

35.  Seattle WA                              

36.  Winslow WA                         

37.  Snoqualmie WA                    

38.  Spokane WA                          

39.  Coeur d’Alene ID                  

40.  Wallace ID                                

41.  Lookout Pass ID                     

42.  Missoula MT                          

43.  Butte MT                               

44.  Bozeman MT                           

45.  Billings MT                             

46.  Sheridan  WY                         

47.  Gillette WY                             

48.  Mt Rushmore SD                   

49.  Rapid City SD                         

50.  Mitchel SD                             

51.  Sioux Falls SD                         

52.  Albert Lea MN                         

53.  Eau Claire WI                         

54.  Minneapolis MN                    

55.  Milwaukee WI                     

56.  Racine WI                              

57.  Kenosha WI                         

58.  Chicago IL                    

59.  Gary ID                                    

60.  Indianapolis ID                       

61.  Louisville KY                           

62.  Cincinnati OH                          

63.  Columbus OH                          

64.  Bookville PA                            

65.  DuBois PA                               

66.  Lock Haven PA                        

67.  Downingtown PA                    

68.  Phoenixville     PA                   

69.  Kensington Ave PA                 

70.  South Street PA                      

Choosing the Lockdown Cities

I needed to figure out how I would select the cities. When I initially started the project. I was going to go north and photograph some of the Pittsburgh neighborhood districts and go through Ohio and Montana, but I heard the mountain pass in Montana was blocked by snow. I directed my attention south and went through West Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas.

I selected cities if they had a nice name, if I had been there before, or if they had a historic district. I documented the riot-impacted towns as well as protest art installations.