The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic saw some non-essential workers quarantined at home. Transportation systems became less crowded.
“Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work....hit the gas we drive fast now” was posted on Facebook by Eboni Newton on May 5, 2020.
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
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Eboni Newton
May 5, 2020 at 1:15 PM ·
Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work....hit the gas we drive fast now
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Dan Meyler
May 8, 2020 at 3:53 PM ·
Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work....hit the gas, we drive fast now!
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From fb : Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work....hit the gas we drive fast now
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Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work....hit the gas we drive fast now
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Dear non essentials that just recently started going back to work… hit the gas, we drive fast now.
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@earth_to_eddie
Dear non essentials that recently started going back to work...hit the gas we drive fast now
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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