I went down to the square in San Marcos right at sundown as a bit of a metaphor for the nearing end of the lock-down for most people in Texas. Though, thematic timing aside I wanted to try and capture the effects that the lock-down has had on the small area and the current state as a message to what it’s like on a regular night when there’s no one out and about.
Other then the lack of people I think the interesting thing about this shot is the almost blank bulletin board just outside of Stonewall. 
Just outside of Freddie C’s Lounge Bar the door looks as if it’s been barricaded over. Obviously has been closed but still the image is heavy. 
Normally The Porch is what it says it is, a porch for people to lounge about but due to the Covid outbreak the furniture is gone and the doors are shut. 
Just outside the square there’s a row of parking spots just outside. You would be hard pressed to ever find a time that these spots were empty prior to this event between any normal working hours. 
During normal times there’s always a myriad of signs denoting where you can and cannot park but they seem so much more superfluous whenever they’re all empty. 
This one of the many “For Lease” signs out in the square. Ordinarily seeing just one it’s just part of the market but this was only one of multiple I found. 
Another for lease sign out on top of the adjacent business to craft house. Notice that only the required lights are on and the rest is completely closed and turned off 
The Green Parrot has never closed it’s doors in almost 40 years and the fact that only the neon signs remain and the open sign is dark is rather somber. 
Another for lease that seemed to of been around for awhile but despite the prime real estate but the coivd has forced it to be abandoned and empty to a point that it becomes boarded up. 
Obviously like many other businesses but I thought trying to capture the message that the owners had put up onto the tiles at the top of the feature portion of the theater. Almost like it’s a plea of some kind. 
On the other side of the coin there’s Nephews with it’s neon sign still on and the feature tiles untouched and somewhat forgotten in a way. Also some what sad in it’s own way. 
Here something I didn’t think I’d see, a chain closing down it’s location. It is most likely not wholey due to coivd but the fact that even a chain resteraut with every reason to stay open has closed itself down. Insomnia Cookies a bussiness known to be open very late is completely closed and dark at an early hour of about 7 o’clock. 
I think the sign doesn’t turn on but the fact that most of the lights are still on the inside are still on as if it’s almost ready to open it’s doors.
