While the state of Texas has started to open up after a month-long shut down, it wasn’t long ago that neighborhood parks, theaters and shopping centers were eerily empty. Advocate staff photographer and photo editor Danny Fulgencio spent the last month taking pictures of the empty spaces that have defined our neighborhood during the coronavirus pandemic.  In this photo essay, you’ll see unusual scenes, like an empty movie theater parking lot, a church devoid of members on a Sunday and shopping centers vacant at peak hours.

Alamo Drafthouse

April 11, 2020 at 10:13 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

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Saint James Episcopal Church

April 5, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

White Rock Lake Dog Park

April 12, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

The Hill Shopping Center
April 12, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

Lake Highlands Town Center
April 24, 2020 at 6:35 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

Photo by Danny Fulgencio

Lake Highlands YMCA
April 21, 2020 at 5:53 p.m.

Photo by Danny Fulgencio