Alex Buscemi
Photos that show how places have changed over time are like little windows into history.
They give us a unique perspective on the evolution of our surroundings, capturing the transformation of landscapes, cities, and neighborhoods in a way that words alone can’t quite convey.
Keep going for a powerful reminder of how much things can change — for better or worse.
1. “Kansas City before and after Urban Renewal.”
2. “The Curecanti Needle, Black Canyon, Colorado, 1880s vs 2024”
3. “Tower of London: 25 years ago VS today”
4. “1959 vs 2023 Elbbrücke Bridge Germany.”
5. “Kedarnath Temple, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India. Photos from 1882 and 2022.”
6. “Australia’s Wonderland, Sydney. Now lost.”
7. ”Caesars Las Vegas, Julius Executive Duplex Suite”
8. “A 1950s shop building was replaced by a new Beaux Arts building in NYC in 2010”
9. “1910 vs Today in Los Angeles, Ca”
10. “Boston before and after ‘Big Dig’”
11. “Bonn, West Germany 1945 vs Now”
12. Ohio State “Past vs Present”
13. Lahaina, Hawaii in a span of 6 months
14. Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France
15. “A view of the New York skyline from the same bench in 1957 and 2021”
16. “1892-2024 Old town center in Chester, Massachusetts”
17. “Mumbai City, India”
18. “1880 to 2018, VandenBoom Chair Factory, Quincy, Illinois”
19. “Ostend Belgium, 1899 and present day”
20. “My grandma in the 1950s in Los Angeles vs her approximate location on Google Maps”
21. “Chichen Itza 1892 and 2020”
22. “Woodstock Festival Site 1969 vs 2020”
23. “The Flatiron building, New York 1917 and 2012”
24. “Abandoned restaurant in Petropolis, Brazil 1960s and 2013”
25. “1955 and 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania”
26. “Czech out Prague 1910 and 2020”
27. “Ancient Greece before and after excavation”
28. “10 years in Detroit. 2009 and 2019”
29. “Twenty-year difference in Dallas, Texas 2001 to 2021.”
30. “Arch of Constantine in Rome, 1943 (taken by my grandfather), and what it looks like today.”
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