WFAE
The Overstreet Mall is almost completely empty after tens of thousands of people shifted to remote work in the past year.
Much of Charlotte looks pretty much the same these days as it did before the coronavirus pandemic seized our world. People out and about, and there’s traffic on the roads again. Shopping centers are full once more.
But uptown is still upside down — a place where the pandemic never loosened its grip. And that’s created some odd moments, like Jeremy Engel riding his skateboard down South Tryon Street at lunch hour recently.
He never had to stop or turn to miss anyone or any vehicle.