PHOTOS: Let Us Show You How To Hang Out With Others

Some patrons of Romare Bearden Park in uptown Charlotte, NC exercise while social distancing.

By Billy Ball, Grant Baldwin

May 11, 2020

Despite the coronavirus, attendees at Charlotte’s sprawling Freedom Park and Romare Bearden Park ventured out, but still kept their distance.

In North Carolina, people are re-emerging from their homes. But that doesn’t mean social distancing goes out the window.

We sent Cardinal & Pine contributing photographer Grant Baldwin to Charlotte’s Freedom Park and Romare Bearden Park, two of the largest parks in North Carolina’s largest city, to find out how people are weathering the distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

The state entered Phase 1 of lifting restrictions Friday, evidence that, at least for now, North Carolina has managed the pandemic better than most.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration is expected to revisit those orders in the coming days and weeks, but in the meantime, NC continues to maintain relatively strict rules for gatherings.

Stay tuned to Cardinal & Pine for updates. In the meantime, scroll below for Baldwin’s photo essay.

PHOTOS: Let Us Show You How To Hang Out With Others — At A Distance — Patrons of Freedom Park in Charlotte, NC gather in groups of 2-5 and observe rigid social distancing from other social clusters of similar size.

Authors

Billy Ball

Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine's senior community editor. He’s covered local, state and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades, winning state, regional and national awards for his reporting and commentary.

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Grant Baldwin

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