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We are a group of people who love re-photographies (“before and after”, “then and now”) because of their potential to tell fascinating stories with just two pictures. There wasn’t really a central hub for this kind of art so we got to work and built re.photos. It’s a website that enables people to browse hundreds of pictures or upload and align their own.
Today we would like to share our excitement with you and show you some of the best pictures (in our opinion) our users contributed. Hopefully, these comparisons are as exciting for you as they are for us!
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#1
Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013
Prashant Karnath 8 years ago
Its actually changed for the better. It looks like Mordor in the first photo and like the Shire in the second photo.
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Seljestadjuvet, Odda, Norway, 1887 - 2014
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Well it is the middle of nowhere, its not like their going to put a supermarket there
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Lars Erik Andersen 8 years ago
If you look closely at the far end of the water, you can see two tunnel openings where the new road is (about three miles of tunnel). The old road is still open in the summer though, for the more scenic route.
Barbara Berg 8 years ago
Perfect pictures to depict how mother nature works with erosion and corrosion. Look at the waterfall and the bolder or part of the road way at the back how much they have change in those years apart.
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Well it is the middle of nowhere, its not like their going to put a supermarket there
#3
Martin Luther Statue, Dresden, Germany, 1958 - 2014
Misterscooter 8 years ago
There are probably some crazy before and after photos of Dresden related to the war.
KK 8 years ago
The rebuilding of Europe after the war is crazy interesting. Great kudos for the women and men who worked to the bone to rebuilt their cities.
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Yvonne Blau 8 years ago
But this is not about the statue, but about the reconstructed Frauenkirche
Pseudo Puppy 8 years ago
This one gave me goosebumps - the determination to rebuild, after such destruction.
Adrian Hammersmith 8 years ago
Dresden cathedral was only rebuilt after the Cold War, it was left as rubble in a memorial until the 1990s.
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Hofbräuhaus München, Germany, 1910 - 2017
Valeria Fulp 7 years ago
Absolutely gorgeous to see how it was so well preserved. I love it.....
#5
Quai Des Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
just a thought ! 8 years ago
The before had beautiful buildings , but the fact that there are trees there now makes me feel it's changed for the good .
Alexandru Bucur 8 years ago
Actually, the buildings were temporary in any case - those were all country pavilions for the Paris "Exposition Universelle of 1900" (1900 world's fair) and were torn down soon afterwards.
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Misterscooter 8 years ago
Did the buildings on the river fall apart and need to be removed or was it that they didn't survive WWII? Or something else?
Jacqueline Martell 8 years ago
No, the buildings you see in the older photo were national pavilions erected for the 'Exposition Universelle,' the world's fair in Paris c. 1889. Look at the various architecture representing different countries from around the world. The photo is slightly misleading as these pavilions were never meant to be permanent. The Eiffel Tower was also constructed for the world's fair and was at the time the tallest building ever made. The Eiffel Tower was also supposed to only be a temporary installation, but it was saved from destruction in 1909 when city officials predicted it might be useful as a radiotelegraph station. At the time, the Eiffel Tower was a very polarizing installation and many Parisians considered it a blight on their beautiful city, but since then it has obviously endured as a symbolic image of France. It really is a unique and remarkable building. :)
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Leslie Cully 8 years ago
Those buildings were only temporary, built for the Universal Exposition in 1900. Read more here if you're interested. http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1900-exposition/
Nadine Ducca 8 years ago
I love the trees, of course, but the view looked so much more interesting before!
Connie Brumley 8 years ago
Yes at first ,I was shocked to see the awesome buildings gone! Hope ALL are still there! We do not have this kind of beauty in USA. No where near as much!
Mike Irwin 8 years ago
All are long gone - see Alexandru's and Jacqueline's responses above.
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Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
The building built back then were built with amazing character. It's a shame they had to remove them.
Colbi Schrover 4 years ago
Just so EVERYONE understands, the buildings were temporary exhibition structures, meant to be taken down at the end of the festival. As at Chicago, San Diego, and Buffalo, buildings like these were slapped together with plaster and fur, and demolished right after they'd served their purpose.
#6
Corner Of Ratajczaka And Św. Marcin Streets, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017
Krzysztof Guzowski 8 years ago
It's corner of Ratajczaka and Św. Marcin Streets. "Skrzyżowanie" means "crossroads" in Polish. :)
Stellar Spas 5 years ago
Hey! Poznan is my dad's hometown. The Germans invaded (9/1/39) Poland five days before his 17th birthday (9/5). Because they were Roman Catholic, they were spared. Polish Jews were immediately sent to death camps. So he endures the next 4.5 years under Nazi control. By 1944, the German military and work force were severely depleted. Being in the Polish Underground, he had the as of yet little known info that work camps were nothing but places to go to work until one dies. Not sure if they weren't fed due to absolute apathy or if food for any German was scarce. So after my dad (now 21) ignored written orders to report to work camp. He also knew that failing to report was likely to have him be shot on site if/when the wrong German high ranking soldier learned of his disregard for the orders. And then he learned that one of the most courageous (and most massive) collective acts of humility in history has recently occurred in Normandy. (Cont'd)
Stellar Spas 5 years ago
(Cont'd from above) The Allied Forces had invaded it, have full control of the region and the several hundred thousand troops landed are now headed to take Paris back and then take Germany. In light of this, my dad and a friend, with a slow, painful death virtually guaranteed in a work camp, decided to flee Poland and go to Normandy. Their ultimate goal to essentially hitch a ride to the US whenever they decided to head back. So...somehow, they eventually found themselves actually in between a German and American battle front...in no man's land. They had dug a foxhole and hid there until the Americans advanced by them. A tank partially collapsed their foxhole. They waited, but my dad was greeted by the end of an American soldier's rifle. Long story not as long, they did catch a lift to the US, were processed as immigrants through Ellis Island and...the rest is history. Odd feeling to consider that I (& my son) exist as a result of the Nazis' unthinkable, offensive actions.
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Jason McCoy 5 years ago
Once again the polish people showing their strength. Break it down and they will rebuild better and beautiful than ever.
Mark Hornak 6 years ago
The Poles. They refused to let Hitler just walk all over them even though they didn't stand a chance, The refused to give up their Catholicism when the Soviets took over and forced atheism on everyone. They, more than anyone else, caused the downfall of the U.S.S.R. They're a tough, loyal people !
Valeria Fulp 7 years ago
Wars, wars, stupid wars ! Why can’t people live in peace? I am glad they restore it, just as beautiful as once was.....
#7
Pripyat, Ukraine, 1986 - 2016
Misterscooter 8 years ago
Context: Top photo is shortly before the Chernobyl meltdown (this is the nearby town where the employees and their families lived).
Full Name 8 years ago
What the hell? I asked a simple question and people like Frederic go nuts. I'm so glad he's not a personal friend of mine because he seems like a nightmare. And for the record because it seems like maybe the squirrel thing was taken as a chirp, I'd like you smartasses to know that squirrels really do plant millions of trees per year because they leave caches of seeds all over but don't even come close to coming back for them all. So how about taking your unnecessary rage elsewhere?
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Abur Felix 8 years ago
Evidence that the world can survive human stupidity (the Chernobyl nuclear incident)
James Kirkby 8 years ago
im hopefully wanting to visit chernobyl/pripyat one day before the biuldings crumble to nothing and the area gets shut off again after the sarcophagus is finished over reactor #4
#8
Chaney Glacier, USA, 1911 - 2005
superfish 8 years ago
Not sad at all, don´t let the warming agenda mongers brainwash you. I live a couple miles from here, and every summer it looks like the "2005" picture, but each winter the glacier grows like crazy and comes all the way down, only to retract again in summer.
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Daria B 8 years ago
Not that global warming isn't real, but these could have been taken in two different seasons...
Tim Jensen 8 years ago
i dont think an inland glacier changes that much between seasons. (might depend on the climate of where it is though, but since a glacier is iceflow, its streaming continuosly from somewhere always being added on to, even in summer, but with melt off if its too arm, it will just dissapear and run away)
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ArthurZak 8 years ago
I'm not sure about this.. I dont know is some stones stay still same position after nearly 105 years. then-and-n...4a123f.jpg 
Martin Forbes 8 years ago
You're missing the point that the ice has radically retreated in as little over a century, which in geological terms, is nearly a blink of an eye.
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Mallory Rice 8 years ago
Guys, as someone who is from a state with glaciers and also believes in global warming, I would like to remind you that glaciers recede and move, up to 30 meters a day. Yes, part of this glacier has probably melted because of global warming, but most of it has probably just receded.
Marty BlackEagle-Carl 8 years ago
but climate change doesnt exist... poor glacier, here for millions of years, gone in a hundred
Odille Esmonde-Morgan 8 years ago
But how can this be? Our fearless leaders tell us there is no global warming?
#9
Engabreen Glacier, Norway, 1889 - 2010
Axel Lindahl’s picture of Engabreen from 1889 shows the foot of the glacier, where there was only ice, glacial gravel, water and bare mountainsides in a seemingly cold and hostile landscape. Now, more than 120 years later, the valley has become far more fertile. Birch forest, shore meadows, willow thickets and marshland have established themselves, while the glacier arm has retreated far back up the mountainside.
James Frost 4 years ago
2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!
Karen Chaddock 8 years ago
Glaciers everywhere are all receding as the earth continues to get warmer.
Milan Vokoun 3 years ago
What's really interesting is how the water level barely changed in 125 years... But this proves that global warming is way more nature friendly then a cold globe no?
#10
Moulin Rouge, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016
Alexandru Bucur 8 years ago
The first picture is definitely not from 1900. Judging by the cars, it was taken around 1930. This is what the place actually looked like in 1900, before a fire destroyed the building in 1915: Moulin-Rouge-1.jpg 
Aurora Børjesson 8 years ago
I wish they had kept the old style facade, it was beautiful. The new one isn't much to look at..
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
The top picture looks a little dangerous, as though Al Capone could come barreling by spraying bullets at his rivals. The bottom picture looks like a seedy, tacky bad part of town.
Gerry Higgins 8 years ago
Those cars are more like 1920..... but still it's nice to see the changes
#11
Horse Cart And Steam Locomotive, Mont Saint-Michel, France, 1908 - 2016
Zenozenobee 8 years ago
What you xan't see in this pic, is that they were restauration works to give it back its insularity during the big tides le-mont-sa...697416.jpg 
Lily Mae Kitty 8 years ago
I remember reading about this place as a very small child in an awesome book we had about the planet and in my 20s, I went there and walked up all the steps to the top.
Sable miner 8 years ago
Another leg of a lifelong trip my mom took us on! We actually stayed at a hotel up there by the cathedral and a scary looking cemetery! Strange, a lone palm tree grew up amongst the tombstones! Lord that next morning when those church bells gonged we were falling out of bed! Delightful memory!
Stellar Spas 5 years ago
I'm fortunate to have visited...kind of. Me and my Canadian companion (met her in a Parisian cyber cafe) arrived late in the afternoon and evidently too late to be permitted entrance into the castle. Major tease, that Mont is. Eyeballs on the cusp of spectacular input overload, we couldn't wait to see the interior. Not happening. Considering we encountered a pair of wood doors about halfway up that likely successfully held back barbarian hoards more than once...didn't attempt to defeat them. We were probably there about 20-30 minutes.
#12
Reichstag, Germany, 1945 - 2012
scott harvey 3 years ago
its breathtaking how beautiful the building is when its restored would have taken decades i noticed they left the dome on the roof as it is wonder why that is
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I recognised the modern version from playing Call of Duty. I thought "I've been up on that roof"!
Michele Nunez 8 years ago
I love that all the European countries rebuild back to the original look. I wish we would do that here in the U.S. My house in Houston was built in 1893 and it is considered extremely old. Most people would have torn down my house and built a brand new one. It's really sad.
Heiko Sprave 7 years ago
Unfortunately not every City was rebuild to the historic look. Bremen is quite ugly beside the historic city centre. A medieval monastery was destroyed to make place for a road that was never build. The area adjacent to the centre was developed with faceless buildings from the 1950s and 60s.
Load More Replies... philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Cant believe they actually rebuilt that. Their just short of putting the swastika back up.
Amanda Wilson 2 years ago
It's one of their government's buildings. Even before Hitler.
Load More Replies... Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Wow, what an accomplishment! They really made it come back to life.
Doro Sturm 7 years ago
Ah the Homeland! I hate war because the destruction of the living and what they have build is irreplaceable!
#13
Hammerfest, Norway, 1889 - 2004
Christina Mackey 8 years ago
Norway is such a beautiful place... that's the one place I NEED to go before I depart from the physical world ♡
Adrian Hammersmith 8 years ago
Really? A certain blonde alien often mistaken for a god with may put in an appearance.....
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Troy Currie 8 years ago
Absolutely no building is the same. Even the rock wall in the foreground is worn smooth, the road behind it is the only familiar thing.
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Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 1897 - 2010
Franco La Torre 8 years ago
The original construction was destroyed almost entirely in WWII. The current one was completed in 2005. The black bricks in the new church are some that were part of the original construction.
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
Thank you - I was wondering about that! (Dresden was almost completely, and unnecessarily, flattened during the War, and painstaking rebuilt after.)
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philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Surprised that survived the war crime that was the bombing of Dresden.
Milan Vokoun 3 years ago
I was there recently and it is crazy how huge everything is in that city. Its like it was built for huge people.
anton eckhart 4 years ago
I wish dresden was never bombed. I hear it was the show piece of europe. Breaks my heart and angers me.
Judith Wisemantel 6 years ago
Why did they cut off the cross and orb off the top of the latest photo? My brother was the gilder for that part of the restoration and also made and completed the blue substance for the "clouds of heaven" on the cross. It is triple gilded which, while he says was not really necessary, however it was what they wanted. I am very proud of his contribution. Not bad for an Australian!!
Barbi Lucas 8 years ago
Dresden was bombed out of existence in WWll by the RAF, so I'm surprised any of the Frauenkirche survived at all.
Judith Wisemantel 6 years ago
Its restoration was a gift paid for by Great Britain to the people of Dresden for the destruction of it during the war.
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Tour Eiffel, Paris, France, 1910 - 2016
Alexandru Bucur 8 years ago
Ah yes. The old "Palais du Trocadéro" was built for the 1878 World's Fair and was torn down and replaced with the current "Palais de Chaillot" for the 1937 World's Fair.
Michelle 8 years ago
Thank you for that bit of history!! I really appreciate that little fact!!
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Cher Haile 8 years ago
Why was the exterior stripped of its appropriate Victoriana design? Why were the beautiful gardens replaced?
Joe Reaves 8 years ago
Well there are two world wars, one involving invasion and occupation, between them so I'm guessing that had something to do with it.
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Maggie Dougherty 8 years ago
I love the building, through the Tower, that is no longer their! A lot more grass :D
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Marcin Street, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017
Priscilla Winslow 8 years ago
Might have gone even easier if the Soviet Union would let Poland participate in the Marshall Plan. Now I understand the meanness of the Drumpf administration. "We don't want you to have it!"
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Troy Currie 8 years ago
Only thing left is the body of the tower with no conical roof in the back.
Sean Klapperich 8 years ago
It's about time they cleaned up after themselves - place looked like a bomb hit it! /s
charles kajkowski 3 years ago
Are you real? They were bombed by the Nazi during WWII
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Dave Threlfall 8 years ago
Wtf seriously? go away, learn some history then come back and apologise for that comment.
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Osnabrück, Germany, 1904 - 2016
Mark Smallman 8 years ago
Interesting how the original field boundaries ended up forming the streets and roads .
Stuart Whymark-Phillips 8 years ago
This “boundaries” were roads in the first place. How would they have got to their fields? They wouldnt have crossed fields to get to them, they would have used the roads that ran alongside them
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Anja Schröder 8 years ago
This is not Osnabrück. I live there. More than 160.000 people are living in Osnabrück. This village might be Bad Rothenfelde. A village next to Osnabrück.
Simon White 8 years ago
Osnabruck, got stopped by Polezei road block there. Bader Meinhoff gang had raided someones house there and we were travelling back to Rinteln in an identical car to the one used by the terrorist gang. A few scary moments staring down the barrels of the police guns until they realised we were a bunch of British soldiers on their way back from a football game.
Chrissi Mietzsch 8 years ago
Can anyone tell me, where exactly this is? The city center of Osnabrück looks very different.
Sören Weber 8 years ago
This is Bad Rothenfelde. Unfortunately, Bored Panda didn't provide direct links to the pictures on re.photos when they added additional pictures. You can find this compilation and its interactive comparison here: https://www.re.photos/compilation/1329/
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Cionnaith Mac Suibhne 7 years ago
Bull, considering the first man flight was in December 1903,how could there be full Ariel photography flights within months? The shot attributed to 1904 is bull
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The Karlstor, Munich, Germany, 1946 - 2017
Cody Eriksen 8 years ago
For those who can't see it, it reads: "Death is so Permanent, Drive Carefully"
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Maureen Zappellini 8 years ago
I hate it too! It's impossible to see the image on my IPhone 7.... just a huge glop of digital squares that move
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Maggie Dougherty 8 years ago
I love the quote, on the archway! Death is so Permanent...Drive carefully!! The two pics are really close!!
Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Absolutely stunning! So glad to see that history can withstand time.
Deborah Madison-Leister 8 years ago
I prefer the stills, this rolling of the pictures is just annoying
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Osnabrück Central Railway Station, Germany, 1965 - 2015
Martin Forbes 8 years ago
I think it would look better without all these bikes, although it is a healthier way of getting around compared to cars tbh.
Anna Thouvenin 8 years ago
If there were no bikes there would be huge parking lots made out of concrete.
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Nowomiejska Street, Łódź, Poland, 1874 - 2016
Pragya Fating 8 years ago
The first pic reminds me of the old gun fights in wild west. Like in supernaturals in the episode fronteirland. It just need two people brandishing guns at each other with ppl looking through the windows.
Priscilla Winslow 8 years ago
Not much more cheerful.... would be interested in seeing the same site in 1945.
Milan Vokoun 3 years ago
The road was so wide in the 1874 pic, wierd how ghostly the town looks
#21
Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
Kathleen Williamson 8 years ago
Those buildings were part of the 1900 World's Fair, intended to be temporary.
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William Teach 8 years ago
Interesting how so many buildings are gone, same as in other Paris photos. Destruction from WW2, maybe?
Priscilla Winslow 8 years ago
Definitely. WWII wiped out buildings all over Europe.
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There seem to be, quite a few buildings missing! That is quite disturbing! Sad actually.
Abel Uchiha 4 years ago
World's fair buildings should've been permanent. Now it's just a bland site.
Elizabeth Gruenwald 7 years ago
I'm amazed at how other countries take such care of their history
#22
Szyperska Street, Poznań, Poland, 2006 - 2017
#23
Kjeåsen Railway Bridge, Kjeåsen, Norway, 1927 - 2008
Hugh Cookson 4 years ago
It's the same bridge ........ possibly a bit cleaner and maybe re pointed, but nonetheless, the same bridge ....
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The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
The Seine bank during the world’s fair of 1900.
Next to the Eiffel Tower, the “Globe Céleste” was one of the main attractions. It was a monumental heavenly globe of 45 meters in diameter, in which visitors could sit in a chair, while panoramas of the solar system were passed over. The ball was carried by 4 pillars, between which stairs and elevators allowed the visitors the ascent.
In the “Marerama”, the building with the four corner towers to the left, visitors were simulated to be on the deck of a ship with a panorama of the large Mediterranean ports.
The exhibition pavilions located directly on the shore on the left were dedicated to navigation, trade and navigation.
Amanda Ross 8 years ago
Seems like they’ve torn down a lot of amazing buildings. Kind of,sad, actually.
Bradley Auerbach 8 years ago
Would you go back in time to the 1900 World's Fair to go into the globe building if you could? I would, and I would see the rest of the 1900 World's Fair too!
Sören Weber 8 years ago
They were built specifically for the world's fair in 1900 and were deconstructed after. You can find many more pictures of these buildings in a whole series contributed by our user nwolpert: https://www.re.photos/compilation/?tag=190
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Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Honestly wish I could have traveled back in time to expierence such an event. It's too bad it was only temporary.
Jonathan O'Mara 7 years ago
“Eiffel’s folly” , as it was once called, has become arguably the world’s most instantly recognizable structure. Beautiful tower for a beautiful city.
#25
Palais Im Großen Garten Dresden, Germany, 1900 - 2005
Milan Vokoun 3 years ago
Germans are absolutely amazing at maintaining and restoring their old buildings.
#26
St. Matthew Evangelical Church, Łódź, Poland, 1937 - 2017
Mary Pat Mitchell 8 years ago
just the chair and the microphone on the pulpit.. that's all I could find.
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angel Delgado 1 year ago
Yeh. That what I like about ancient churches and cathedrals, they don't change or remodel them. Not even the furniture. They make repairs, but everything stays the same (including the cardinal's cap when it occurs)
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
No change other than they painted it some drab creamy colours from the original black and white.
Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
A true and honest picture that shows how buildings such as these an withstand the test of time. Great photo!
Step On Me 8 years ago
It looks like it was first taken in black & white, then taken again in color moments later on the same day.
#27
Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015
Kristina Maria 8 years ago
The photos are almost identical. Not much changed except for the addition of trees that are used as bike stands.
Ginger De Los Rios 8 years ago
Street damage. But i looked it up further and it means uneven roads ahead .
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St-Gervais-Et-St-Protais, France, 1918 - 2017
Priscilla Winslow 8 years ago
I assume this is a church? A church where they evidently don't want you to sit for very long...
Alexandra Guglielmi 8 years ago
These stools are just a particularity of this church because in the French churches and cathedrals, you sit on pews not on little stools.
#29
The Grinnell Glacier, Montana, USA, 1911 - 2008
The 1911 photo shows Grinnell Glacier poised at the top of the waterfalls in the foreground and joined with what is now called Salamander Glacier in the background. Grinnell described this wall of ice as being 1,000 feet high in 1887. As of 2008, that wall of ice is gone and Grinnell Glacier is not even visible in the contemporary photograph. Instead, it is behind the buff-colored ridge just above the waterfalls. Salamander Glacier lies along the Garden Wall below the ridgeline. This glacier is thinning in the middle so rapidly that it will probably be in two pieces within a few years. To the upper left is the small, rounded glacier, Gem Glacier, that until recently had not shown signs of retreat. It, too, is now becoming smaller.
Peter Fessler 8 years ago
Because ALL glaciers eventually recede that's sad? No, that's nature.
Load More Replies... James Frost 4 years ago
2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!
KT Trondsen 8 years ago
This is what our living "standards" bring about. The end of life as we know it
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
Oh no! Global warming/cooling! The greenhouse effect! We're all gonna die! Everyone stop farting and hold their breath quick!
Mark Hornak 3 years ago
Glaciers are made to recede. They don't last forever. The Great Lakes were glaciers not too long ago. It is part of the revolving state of nature. It's not because "OMG..humans are destroying the Earth" lol. THIS is what happens. This planet will be gone someday...with or without our help!
Casey Bartman 3 years ago
Since 25,000 B.C., North America has been coated by four ice ages. The melting created the Great Salt Lake and the motion of the Glaciers carved the Great Lakes. No one was driving cars or raising cattle. Those Mastodon farts must of had a lot of Methane.
Matt Smith 4 years ago
ya but what months are they taken if both in April ...then very sad , but if one is november and one is july then picture makes sense
#30
Karlstor, Munich, Germany , 1910 - 2017
Millard Fillmore 8 years ago
It's a shame how a lot of the ornate detail gets lost when buildings are renovated
Pete Branderman 8 years ago
More like rebuilt. Munich got bombed to rubble in WWII, so most of these buildings are post-1945.
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Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Why do the ornaments get tossed when someone renovates their home? I really like the ship that was left all these on top of the one roof on the right hand side of the photo.
Francie Traschen 8 years ago
i look at the people in the early pic and think, what were they doing during WWI and WWII
Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
The 1910 looked better... the current one looks dull, like Millard said - shame the ornaments were removed :(
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
It must be a pedestrian mall now. I love the little ship on the roof.
#31
Köln Domplatte, Germany, 1945 - 2011
Cat Meow 8 years ago
Looks like the second picture was taken around the time where some stones of the cathedral dropped to the ground. And that's the reason you'll never see it without some framework for repairs. As the saying goes "wenn der Dom einmal fertig ist, geht die Welt unter" (when the cathedral has been finished, it's the end of the world", because it's NEVER finished.
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
The tank really added a nice touch. Should've been left there for posterity and a playground for the kiddies to climb all over!
Leif Andersen 4 years ago
Looks like a knocked out Panther Panzer, perhaps the one at the Duel at the Cathedral in Köln in March 1945. The Panther knocked out a US Sherman tank, then was knocked out by the powerful 90 mm main gun of a US M26 Pershing tank. https://youtu.be/jH0w9ygZTIc
anton eckhart 4 years ago
Yeah that famous little battle. Sad knowing the german lives lost tho.
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Shane Allon 6 years ago
Why is it still closed off? still stray bullets flying around or what?
#32
Gymnasium, Osnabrück, Germany, 1870 - 2015
Jayne DonVito 8 years ago
Interesting how they put the attic into use by adding the dormers (when the roof was replaced?).
DeAnna Anderson 8 years ago
Those windows could be there just to let in natural light.
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Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Truely amazing they kept this building alive all these years. A true and well built design.
Poppy Petal 8 years ago
maybe because it IS much older in the second picture? 🧐
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Łódź, Poland, 1887 - 2015
angel Delgado 1 year ago
Yes. The wrought Iron fence between the columns is the original and still in good repair
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
I believe the domes were removed due to 3rd wave feminists complaining they looked like the militant breasts of a Valkyrie.
#34
Hôtel De Ville, France, 1871 - 2014
Jayne DonVito 8 years ago
Top photo must show the destruction from the uprising mentioned a few photos earlier. Very interesting.
#35
Notre Dame, Paris, France, 1850 - 2016
Hallak65 8 years ago
The flèche, a type of spire in the middle is restored around 1864 after it torned down in French Revolution.
Jayne DonVito 8 years ago
Interesting how the spire seems to ride astride the main roof.
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Stellar Spas 5 years ago
I lived on Rue Boutarel for a couple months in '03, out of frame on the right. And to think the Notre Dame was already about 700 years old in the 1850 photo.
Barbi Lucas 8 years ago
I didn't realise the fleche was torn down in the French Revolution, or that it was restored.
#36
Rue De La Paix, Paris, France, 1871 - 2016
Barricade of revolutionary Paris Commune in 1871 in the rue de la Paix (confluence Place Vendôme).
In spring of 1871, it comes for an uprising in Paris of the workers and soldiers of the National Guard against the conservative government. In spontaneous elections a Paris city council (commune) is formed, whose members (communards) try to enforce the transformation of France into a socialist union of sovereign communities against the will of the central government. After bloody clashes the communards finally gain control of Paris.
JillVille Child Care 8 years ago
Does anyone else notice the leg disappearing on the person on the left? Is he a time traveler like Marty McFly? Is he not going to exist unless the uprising goes the right way?
Alexandru Bucur 8 years ago
Ah well... back in 1871 photographs were taken on glass plates and you had to expose it for sometimes up to a minute, during which time everybody had to keep absolutely still or else they'll look blurred. Think about it- everyone else in that picture kept that pose for the photo, including the guy bent over pretending to point the cannon... that must have looked incredibly hilarious, seeing a bunch of people freezing in the middle of whatever they were doing for a minute just because there's a camera pointed at them...
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St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin, Germany, 1939 - 2013
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
Most of the church shows no change, only the twin spires are completely different.
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Poznań, Poland, 1977- 2016
Agata Maruszewski 8 years ago
This was considered suburbs in '77. The whole country was suffering from a housing shortage, still reeling from WWII. Multiple families were often living together in larger apartments, and those high-rise blocks were supposed to help fix the issue. The economy see-sawed between a shortage of building materials and 'express' building projects. That often meant the structures were shabbily executed.
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Leslie Martin 8 years ago
It's like the ugly buildings bred and had ugly building puppies all over the place !
#39
Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, New York, Usa, London, England, 1932 - 2011
Stephen Treffman 8 years ago
I have never liked the photo from 1932 because every time I've seen it my abdomen tightens involuntarily! The one from 2011 would suggest that construction safety standards continue to need more study.
Wendy 8 years ago
The truth is, the top picture was staged. There are at least three other images in this series that clearly indicate this - in one, 4 men are “sleeping”. Also, the shot was taken from Rockefeller center’s construction. The camera angle implies there is nothing below for 800 feet, but there was a floor slab just out of the camera’s line of vision. The reality is that the men were a few feet above and were safe. This is also true of the second shot. I can I assure you this would not be acceptable on a job site, especially one of this nature.
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maobe 8 years ago
its a special kind of human who can be so relaxed up there, they wouldnt work there if they would not be
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Looks like what we used to get up to when working on the Burj Dubai. We even would occasionally, on a dare, do handstands and one bloke even did a backflip on a universal beam 400m up! Good to see the durries and alcohol on site. These days we all have to sneak it in!
Christena 1 year ago
Wait are you serious right now? I live in Dubai, this is kinda awesome. Honestly I've never really thought about when it was built, it's just always been there, because I was born just a few years before it's construction was over. Bro, do you realize you were part of the construction of something that has been a constant in my life? Dude from my perspective you are like legendary, and all the others who worked with you too
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Look at the feet of the top picture and you'll understand that it's actually 2 photos superimposed. It's a long standing hoax 😉
Timothy Riley 5 years ago
The First picture looks like New York with Central Park in the background
Brandi Hoffman Teets 7 years ago
Is it me or does the top photo show the guy on the far right has a alcohol bottle in his hand?
Brandi Hoffman Teets 7 years ago
Is it me or does the top photo look like the guy on the far right holding a alcohol bottle in his hand?
#40
Shepard Glacier, USA, 1913 - 2005
Mark Hornak 3 years ago
Why? This is part of the continuing cycle of nature. "OMG, humans are destroying the Earth". Please. The Great Lakes were glaciers less then 10,000 yrs ago. "Global Warming" is a natural cycle that happens ever 10,000 yrs or so. This planet will be gone someday with...or without us.
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Debbie H 8 years ago
So all the US pictures are going to be of "glaciers" to show how bad Americans are and all the other countries get pictures of restored cities and new architecture? Give me a break.
Haunting Spirit 8 years ago
Well Debbie, please show us the pictures of 500+ year old buildings in your country. Ohw wait......
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Ben Estdale 5 years ago
look back in history there has been so many times that mother nature "cleans house" with natural disasters that had nothing to do with the souls on the planet! we are just passengers on this rock so chill out and enjoy the time you have! If mother nature wants you to cease to exist then its gonna happen no matter what we do!
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Kim Lorton 8 years ago
So many pictures stand in evidence for climate change.. yet the rich that want to deny it, do so in the very face, of their own, eventual demise..
Diana Doll 8 years ago
It makes me cry every time I see one of these pictures of the disappearing glaciers.
Rina Finnell 7 years ago
Everyone keeps saying how sad it is that the glaciers are gone. The earth has been going through changes since the beginning of time. Whether it is populated with animals or humans or not at all, it is going to continue to change.
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
I know the weather has changed, but I wonder what the area looked like before the ice age and glaciers.
James Frost 4 years ago
2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!
#41
The Place Des Victoires, Paris, France, 1914 - 2017
Ryan Wilkins 8 years ago
I love how beautiful most of the structures are in Europe.....and if they were in the USA, they would have been torn down a long time ago for Trump Towers and Malls and Starbucks and Drug stores.
Mark Hornak 3 years ago
I never realized how huge Paris was until I saw a satellite photo of it. It goes for miles!
Jonathan O'Mara 7 years ago
Just returned from a tour of mostly Eastern Europe. Incredibly beautiful cities there, as well. Prague, Munich, Salzburg, Budapest and Vienna are not to be missed.
#42
Rudolstadt Marktstraße 54 Amtsgericht, Germany, 1906 - 2015
Amber Tackett 8 years ago
Sweet!! We have a tree now! But honesty, I love that the original architecture was not lost on this. Restore, repair, retain, not remodel..
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
Love all the different details, the stepped wall, the turret, the styles and shapes of the windows, that decorative section at the top right. It has a lot of simplicity as well as many parts that make it interesting.
#43
L'viv, Ukraine, 1943 - 2017
Rūta Šližytė 8 years ago
L'viv, Rynok Square. Strange to see this place so empty. It's (OK - wasin September 2017) much more crowded
Stephen Mann 2 years ago
It would be very interesting to see photos of Ukrainian places before the Russian Fascists declared their War, compared to the current destruction!
Paweł Kominiak 8 years ago
many people really doen't know that cities like Lviv or Vilnius were actually polish cities
Paul 8 years ago
Also Wrocław was a German City before, but things change. Ukrainians always were a big group in this town, and made allot to the city too. It's stupid to say it was a Polish City tho, now it's Ukrainian.
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#44
Bereich Um Das Brandenburger, Germany, 1928 - 2015
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
Perhaps an even bigger contrast would have been with the Brandenburg Gate during the division of Germany, when the infamous Wall ran in front of it!
Stefanie Rüdiger 4 years ago
In the first pic. you can see that the traffic goes only through the sides of the gate that is bc. the middle was reserved for the kaiser.
Steve InDixie 5 years ago
City gates were very important once, but now only a curiousity for visitors.
TheJudit19 8 years ago
No, that's an ambassy (I don't know of which country). You can find the parliament when you go through this green area. ;)
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Nicholas Ralston 8 years ago
Again, I'm assuming a blimp or an airplane (but as small as airplanes where and as big as cameras where, based on my knowledge of black and white photos, might be wrong), BUT HOW DID THEY GET A PICURE THAT HIGH IN...pending
Ted Nelson 8 years ago
The first use of a camera in an airplane recon flight was in 1913 by Germany. They were common in World War 1
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#45
Römerberg, Frankfurt, Germany, 1910 - 2017
Joe Weatherford 8 years ago
Wow, with the exception of the one building on the far left, it's relatively unchanged.
Bored Savage 8 years ago
That's pretty much the only area that survived wwII
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#46
Karl Johan Street, Norway, 1899 - 2007
Arren Schroyer 4 years ago
Is seems they have gotten rid of trolley tracks everywhere but its still great to see that the buzzing of people walking about and enjoying the town has not changed.
#47
Sultan Abdul Samad, Malaysia, 1941 - 2016
just a thought ! 8 years ago
The now image looks kind of photoshopped even though it may not be the case
Sören Weber 8 years ago
It isn't, I can vouch for that since my girlfriend took the picture. ;-) Kuala Lumpur is a very diverse city and especially in that part of the town you can see colonial time buildings next to modern buildings.
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Rah Soft 8 years ago
it was a former court( not sure if its still in use) my wife( a lawyer) used to attend there it sits on the edge of merdeka square( my late father in law attended the independence declaration there)
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Most Kłodny, Poland, 1900 - 2013
Marta Paczkowska 8 years ago
That's the city of Szczecin. In 1900 - Stettin in the German Empire. Polish since 1945.
#49
Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1944 - 2017
Mick Fowler 8 years ago
The vehicle in the 1944 pic was a self-propelled howitzer called a "priest." Also the men next to it.
Jayne DonVito 8 years ago
Yes; the priest is no doubt happy to be shaking a GI's hand.
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Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1919 - 2016
Christina Waide 8 years ago
Where did everyone go? I mean, I guess they all had 97 years to find their way home.
Yvette Mansbridge 2 years ago
love the donkey and to the left of the 1919 pic could that say prison?
Steve InDixie 5 years ago
I'm sure that summers are brief there and the 1919 pic was of the biggest crowd of he summrer. Looking out at he North Sea - let's go swimmin in January!
Jeffrey Olson 8 years ago
All the Muslims moving to Saxon Arabia said women are sluts if they show skin in swimsuits so now no one goes lol
#51
Japanese Troops Advancing Through Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1942 - 2016
#52
Blick Vom Kap, Germany, 1961 - 2009
Jens Schmidt 6 years ago
No, both are wrong. I happen to know that postcard and it is actually dated 1909.
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Thats a pretty neat pic. Why did they put the arrow in the ground? Still a great picture.
#53
Warmenhuizen, Holland, 1950 - 2016
Marcel de Lannoy 5 years ago
Filling in the canal was not an improvement. A once charming setting is now nondescript...ugly.
Steve InDixie 5 years ago
I'm sure that's a canal. Holland is accustimed to changing where he water goes, PLUS this town is only a few miles east of the coast.
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
What? As in a lesbian? I can't see any women or trans in the pic?!
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I think it’s a canal, which can be blocked off and filled. It’s also common to divert streams into large pipes underground to reclaim land above them and to eliminate the need for many bridges.
#54
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1888 - 2017
Tom Grosman 7 years ago
The Germans didn’t get to Paris in WW1 and aerial bombing wasn’t a thing. The Germans took Paris with little resistance in WW2 and General von Choltitz disobeyed Hitler’s orders to destroy the city when it was liberated.
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Near Poznań, Poland, 1936 - 2017
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
If that building could only talk, imagine what it has witnessed.
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Unfortunately we know only to well what it witnessed.
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Carlos Snt 8 years ago
watch the contrast from the peaceful lady with her little dog and the troops guessing blood
#56
Pont Notre-Dame, France, 1910 - 2017
Gwen Johnson-Brown 8 years ago
Every heard of renovation? What, you think somebody is fooling you?
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Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
Is it a flood the people are watching in the top photo, or did someone jump?
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
They are looking at the high level of the water - perhaps that is why the bridge got rebuilt 9 years later, as it was acting like a dam!
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Svartisen Glacier, Norway, 1989 - 2017
James Frost 4 years ago
2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!
Robert Bell 1 year ago
You are making a false comparison. The levels and rapid increase in CO2 levels are much higher and larger than have ever been seen in history and directly correlate with human CO2 emissions. The earth and us humans cannot accommodate these changes this quickly. Food supplies, housing and water shortages, climate change and fires are a result. Listen to the science James.
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Can't wait for ALL the glaciers to melt so we have more yummy fresh water to drink.
Edoardo Boyd 4 years ago (edited)
Less depressing than the other glaciers photos but it has only been nearly 40 years unlike the other ones which were around 100 years old. Pretty sure that a photo of that place 100 years ago would have shown way more ice. Sorry to depress you guys but that's probably the truth;
Peter Fessler 8 years ago
What? You mean glaciers recede? And here I thought they were permanent.
#58
Osnabrück, Germany, 1914 - 2013
CaseyBethany Hoover 7 years ago
I wish they would have kept the original clock design. its sad!
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Stellar Spas 5 years ago
Something got rebuilt (or modified), the two cylindrical towers on each side, so it appears. Besides having none of the original exterior architecture, they appear to be about 12 feet shorter than originally.
#59
Opera Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1945 - 2015
Karen Winslow 8 years ago
Most people seeing this pic will not realize they are seeing the start of the Viet Nam war there
Tài Trần 7 years ago
As for me, this is the start of our independent nation, from the French colonial empire.
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St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Ireland, 2004 - 2013
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
Looks like the clock needs some viagra. It is a well known fact that shrinkage occurs with old age.
#61
Poznań, Poland, 1925 - 2016
tomekkruger 8 years ago
Park Thomasa Woodrowa Wilsona in Poznań. At the right side are Poznan International Fair.
tomekkruger 8 years ago
In 1925 in Poland was air forces with german or french airplans like Albatros D.III or Potez XXVII. We had also aircraft factories (like Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów in 1923, PZL in 1928, LWS in 1935). Take a picture is no problem when you have aircraft.
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Nordkap, Norway, 1975 - 2015
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
Are these the same people, perhaps on their honeymoon in the top picture?
Rodney Schon 3 years ago (edited)
Two completely different photos. I don't know about the first, but the second one I took when Charles (left) was having an early affair with Camilla Park-your-balls (Right). I was sworn to secrecy at the time and threatened to be fed to the corgis if I blabbed. Years later it all came out so I don't think it matters anymore. As for Diana and her affair with James Hewitt (resulting in the conception of Harry) well... that's another story ;-)
#63
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Illinois, 1865 - 2015
Lisa Marie Havener 8 years ago
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. ... In 1950, East St. Louis was the fourth largest city in Illinois when population peaked at 82,366.
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Gerard Grant 7 years ago
I live in St. Louis. This is in downtown St. Louis, MO. It's famous because of the Dred Scott Decision. The case was originally heard here (1847), then it went to the Missouri Supreme Court, then eventually the US Supreme Court. In 1865 St. Louis City would still have been in St. Louis County. In 1877, the city split from the county and became an independent city.
Audrey Segrue 7 years ago
Considering this is labeled as having the wrong location it does make me want to check the others photos and see if they are accurate.
firstof3cooks 3 years ago
This is the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. The site of the Dred Scott Decision.
firstof3cooks 3 years ago
Correct!! This is St. Louis, Missouri, not East St. Louis, Illinois.
#64
Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany, 1976 - 2005
Dragomir Boiadzhiev 8 years ago
Attention, you are now leaving West Berlin...may be they should have left the sign...for historical purpose.
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
Many of these signs were reinstalled, as a memory of a sadder time!
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Sonya Michaels 7 years ago
Lived in West Berlin 1976. Went back to visit in 2005. Amazing difference without the Wall. It just made me cry.
Kirsten Adamson 8 years ago
What is the spire in the background (left) with the silver sphere?
Helene_brinkschulte 8 years ago
Thats the television tower and its still there next to the building (left of the 3rd to the right column)
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Pavillons Of The Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
It seems a shame all the ornate buildings are gone, but they were probably just temporary attractions.
Sharon Vaughn 8 years ago
They were there for the 1900 World's Fair. Only the Eiffel Tower remains.
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Rodney Schon 3 years ago
Pretty solid construction for 'temporary' by todays lame, paper mache and toothpick construction.
Tintman 10 4 years ago
I reside in one of the oldest cities in Texas which has a lot of history and was considered in its Hey day one of the fastest growing cities in America... We have many of the original buildings from pre 1900 still standing and several that were torn down. Its sad to see they didn't do a better job of keeping some of the buildings pictured above or was there a tragedy that may have caused the destruction of the buildings pictured?
Andreea Rosu 2 years ago
they were temporary and only for 1900 world fair
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#66
Rentforter Straße, Germany, 1945 - 2017
#67
National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1971 - 2016
Rah Soft 8 years ago
odd photo as this is suppose to be the former law court unless the museum is right up front in the photo ( near the white truck) and yes that is likely to be the monsoon flooding from the nearby gomback and klang river eventually the water will recede back to the river that now has better flood control when it rains in Malaysia it really rains this building already appears in a earlier photo in this series( frontal)
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
Global warming back in 1971? Nah... someone just left the tap running.
Troy Currie 8 years ago
It was a flood that eventually receded back off the street.
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Troy Currie 8 years ago
It was a flood that eventually receded back off the street.
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Checkpoint Charlie, Germany, 1961 - 2009
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Adrian Hammersmith 8 years ago
I love how the M48s have white stars on them in case they wake up in the morning & can't remember which army they belong to. :D
#69
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, California, 1980 - 2007
Larry Blair 8 years ago
A current picture from YBI would look completely different. The skyline has totally changed in the past 10 years. You can't even seethe Transamerica Pyramid any more.
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
In 'Murica' they paint red lines on all the roads at night to help the blind drive at night!
#70
Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015
Rodney Schon 3 years ago
That's where my mum got her huge double ended fluorescent dildo from! Amazing place to shop! She/we can't wait to go back!
#71
Cityscape, Montreal, Canada, 1996 - 2015
Edoardo Boyd 4 years ago
Not sure if that's just the picture quality or not but it looks like there is less pollution and more greenery now.
Matthew Hyder 8 years ago
F*****g lag.... I was trying to say the trees seem differen exotit and jdjfjffj
Petronella Clark 8 years ago
If the first photo had been from the 1960s, when I was a student there, the contrast would have been enormous!
Catherine Valade 8 years ago
Here's one taken in 1959. VM94-J348-...63cc27.jpg 
#72
Rue De Rivoli, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016
Sarah Wilde 8 years ago
Mostly just shows how superior film cameras were, compared to digital.
philip mc donagh 2 years ago
Even the street light is the same, guessing it had a new bulb, actually it was probably gas in 1900.
#73
Victory Gate, Munich, Germany, 1925 - 2017
Jakub Šimon 8 years ago
It's been partially destroyed during the WWII and reabuild to show the extent of the damage. Originally the writing said: "Built by Kind Ludwig I. of Bavaria" now it says: "Consecrated to victory, destroyed by war, urging for peace"
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Stella Brandner 8 years ago
The modern inscripton reads: "dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, urging for peace."
Stephanie Neale 6 years ago
Found this: "Much of the Victory Gate was destroyed during World War II. It was reconstructed and partially rebuilt in the late 1950s. Recently, its statues were cleaned and restored as well. The arch's biggest claim to fame has been the poignant inscription which was added to the structure when it was rebuilt after the war. The quote, by Wilhelm Hausenstein, reads "Dem Sieg geweiht, vom Krieg zerstört, zum Frieden mahnend", which, in English, means "Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, reminding of peace".
Shelly Nuessle 8 years ago
First one is Built by Ludwig King of Bavaria 1750, THe second " condemned to victory by the war destroyed"
Nela Rothenbach 8 years ago
Not quite. Its more: Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, admonishing to keep peace
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Steve Bowman 8 years ago
Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, reminding of peace.
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Jakub Šimon 8 years ago
Yeah, destryed by war. It has renovated this for purpose, to remind people of the war and it's atrocities (the Munich gallery nearby has been renovated the same way, so that you can see the destruction)
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#74
Ludwig's House And Weavery, Łódź, Poland, 1873 - 2015
Edoardo Boyd 4 years ago
Literally every other building around it has become nicer but it has become shittier.
Paweł Kominiak 8 years ago
Łódź had more or less 40k citizens on the first photo, and existed only 50 years, and in the begginig od 20th century - 300k citizens. It was growing fastly since beginning and in those times faster than Los Angeles. On the first photo that was almost suburbs, now CBD. and it wasn't damaged at all during WW2
#75
Kyrkö Mosse, Sweden, 1980 - 2015
#76
Rue St. Placide, Paris, France, 1944 - 2016
Yvette Mansbridge 2 years ago
my mother was in Belgium and my father in France during the 2nd WW and in the photos they all look so drawn and thin and very few smiles, more dazed and confused
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#77
Poznań, Poland, 1968 - 2017
Michael Gray 8 years ago
Although they are close in proximity, I like that the change in elevation separates the grassy area from the traffic, and you can get to the other side by passing underneath.
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Wojciech Grycz 7 years ago
It's not highway - I used to live there and it's actually a road bridge above train tracks :)
Paweł Ludwiczak 8 years ago
It's a viaduct over a railroad line (which is just behind the photographer). It's important as it carries one of the main roads leading out of the city.
Christina Waide 8 years ago
Funny how it doesn't seem like the area is populated enough to justify a bridge in either picture.
#78
Seine From Pont De L'alma, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
#79
Poznań, Poland, 1968 - 2017
#80
Höffken House, Essen-Burgaltendorf, Germany, 1951 - 2016
Miz T 8 years ago
The pics make me wonder if the child in the window is the lady in the wheelchair.
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moli.2 8 years ago
I like the topic of time travelling so looking at these pictures was somehow satisfying. Thank you for posting it.
Stef Brajter 8 years ago
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I found it very interesting to see those pictures. I'd like to see more of before and after but excluding the WWII ones - it's obvious that the those years will result in huge changes. In short: the most interesting for me were the ones were the ones not affected by war, like the ones dating to 1900 or earlier.
Jeffrey Dean 8 years ago
Glaciers recede it's what they do has nothing to do with global warming
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Deborah Madison-Leister 8 years ago
I absolutely LOVE this! I live in Los Angeles where our idea of a historical building is one from the 1960’s, lol!
Ged Maybury 8 years ago
I've always noticed - looking back at cities in the past - there were NO TREES! The streets were stark and naked. Very sterile places. Now we have a lot more trees inner-city. DOING ONE THING RIGHT!
Jeffrey Keffer 3 years ago
#63 The old St.Louis county court house , St.Louis ..... Illinois?!?!?! Its in St.Louis Missouri not Illinois two entierly diffrent states
moli.2 8 years ago
I like the topic of time travelling so looking at these pictures was somehow satisfying. Thank you for posting it.
Stef Brajter 8 years ago
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Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
I found it very interesting to see those pictures. I'd like to see more of before and after but excluding the WWII ones - it's obvious that the those years will result in huge changes. In short: the most interesting for me were the ones were the ones not affected by war, like the ones dating to 1900 or earlier.
Jeffrey Dean 8 years ago
Glaciers recede it's what they do has nothing to do with global warming
Load More Replies... Deborah Madison-Leister 8 years ago
I absolutely LOVE this! I live in Los Angeles where our idea of a historical building is one from the 1960’s, lol!
Ged Maybury 8 years ago
I've always noticed - looking back at cities in the past - there were NO TREES! The streets were stark and naked. Very sterile places. Now we have a lot more trees inner-city. DOING ONE THING RIGHT!
Jeffrey Keffer 3 years ago
#63 The old St.Louis county court house , St.Louis ..... Illinois?!?!?! Its in St.Louis Missouri not Illinois two entierly diffrent states
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