New Drone Video Shows San Francisco’s Deserted Dining Districts

A drone video by a San Francisco videographer paints a sobering portrait of how quiet the city’s typically-bustling bar and restaurant zones are during the new coronavirus (COVID-19) shelter-in-place order.

Laughing Squid notes that the video was taken by Dan Denegre, a local filmmaker at Space Race Studio. According to an Instagram post by Denegre, he shot the film — which covers Fisherman’s Wharf, Union Square, Chinatown, Haight Street, and more — at around 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, a time when the spots would typically be bustling with residents, tourists, delivery drivers, and more.

San Francisco Shut Down: COVID-19 Quarantine/Space Race Studio

“Driving through San Francisco during the pandemic is jaw dropping,” Denegre writes. “Thankfully few people are outside (I wasn’t even close to a person), but seeing the shops boarded up is tough to see. I made sure the drone wasn’t a nuisance to anyone while shooting this short documentary of this...very weird time in San Francisco.”

San Francisco Shut Down: COVID-19 Quarantine/Space Race Studio

San Francisco Shut Down: COVID-19 Quarantine/Space Race Studios