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AndrewBuggy
..yet the media don't want to know, and wont inform the public. Oil money sure is sweet.
seandude689
Crazy how everything used to be black and white.
Mawbell
It's nice we have paint now. Colors are so nice
VeryBadIdea
Very cool photos. Nice collection @OP.
stuffIfindfunny
Thank you! I to enjoy these little treasures.
puhuppypuhower
1940's English stoicism: London gets bombed and it's as if they said, "Road needed to be widened anyway," or, "Place was already crumbling."
Mattwer3
What with everything looking barren and now green and lush with trees
557365726e616d652062757420696e2068657861646563696d616c
#5 Pripyat?
mstomm
Yup, the hotel.
brownsugga
Is it just me or do those pics from 1800 look like they're taken with cameras of the 1990s
TheMightyMoto
Loved it.
Onijabroni
When you realize the mountain only picture was taken at the same time of day too.
zenoshogun
There's a video floating around of the engagement that took out that Panther in Cologne in #2.
Ambeam
It's pretty cool to watch wind & rain erode stone in time lapse
Emonsta
Wish the locations were mentioned...that would be sweet
GirlWithTheLittleDog
Wow architecture was much more elaborate and decorative back in the day. I wash it were still that way.
tinypixiexoxo
+1 for Pripyat. Chernobyl's ghost town.
SoullessChap
drunkbettie
#4 looks an awful lot like the Gap of Dunloe in Ireland.
drunkbettie
Buuuut it’s Norway!
BalphEubanksLeftNut
That first one... Took long enough for them to rebuild...
BananasForever
#1
AnotherSliceOfPizzaPlease
Love this stuff! Not as mch as pizza.. but still
stuffIfindfunny
Its difficult to find things that are more enjoyable than pizza. Tho beer AND pizza is divine.
honeywheresmypaaaants
Captions for where each place is would be helpful
ferrelldad16
I love this. Some context for some of the pictures would be appreciated though.
Mika77m
#2 cathedral, cologne, Germany
TommyWa
I don't remember the tables being there, then again, I went in 2016.
soesoe
They are taken from https://www.re.photos . You'll find interactive versions of before and after pictures as well as more information. :)
ferrelldad16
Thanks. As a country locked history student, it's great to put places to dates.
Thatsnotyours
Hayashima
I enjoy #4. Only thing changed is the road and the carriage.
KartFnocker
Nice collection, wish they were tagged. Anyone ID the bridge 2nd from last?
CrazyExGirlfriend
Looks like Paris, Pont d'Alexandre III
FuzzPig
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Alexandre_III
BoomIgotyourwalletBoomIgotyourphilliestickets
Russia. Like these but reversed
IamNotANihilist
And America’s infrastructure!!........
CreativeCreative
This is true, unfortunately.
SyrianBeans
And Syria
icetitant107
2 of these pictures are from Russia. Maybe #1, Def #9.
clk62
#1 is Poznań, Poland. #9 is Dresden, Germany.
mstomm
#5 is in Pripyat, Ukraine, so that is kinda close....
endeavour1a
The only "russian" of these is in dead city Pripyat near Chernobyl. And it's in Ukraine.
dwalker958429
I think you mean Detroit.
badomenbaddercompany
That guy in #2 became a tree!
stuffIfindfunny
Stood there long enough and you will.
unkledark
Fascinating, but some context would make it so much better.
soesoe
They are taken from https://www.re.photos . You'll find interactive versions of before and after pictures as well as more information. :)
unkledark
thank you!
thrull
is that Hammerfest? picture 8... I think that is my home town... THAT IS my hometown! neat
soesoe
It is indeed! You can find more very impressive pictures of Norway on the original site: https://www.re.photos :)
Nyellofwends
#8
JosephWunderlich
Names?
soesoe
They are taken from https://www.re.photos . You'll find interactive versions of before and after pictures as well as more information. :)
EmShortStuff
When I click the link it makes you sign in
JosephWunderlich
Nice, thank you stranger.
AchilleonV
what building is now missing behind the Eiffel Tower?
jsktrogdor
There's a lot of really awesome buildings disappearing in the pictures of Paris.
Strange.
ihavenocluewhatsoever
It’s a shame this place isn’t there anymore
Defylightwithdarkness
Top picture : world exhibition of 1889. The buildings were supposed to be removed.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)
jsktrogdor
Huh... wild... so they just got rid of the buildings when it was over?
DontEatThatTaco
They're built to be temp. Chicago rebuilt a bunch put of concrete (Art Institute, Field Museum, etc.) years later.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
From what I know that happens with all of the world's fairs. Some are left behind but most are built as temporary structures and removed 1/2
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
I live right by the NY one from the 60s. The little bit still standing is the stuff in the first MIB but the site was much larger. Park now
bunnitos
Such a shame they didn't keep them.
stuffIfindfunny
Honestly no idea. It looks to me like the place where the world's large science fair was held. Sry for lack of help.
wolf387465
no problem... reposting someone else's post was hard job itself!
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Not certain but I'm pretty sure you're right, those look like world's fair buildings in the 1900 picture
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Upon further research, it seems @op is correct https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)
drinkdrankdrunk33
Would be nice to know where these places are. Cool stuff.
nanilale
Paris had an extreme makeover due to doubling population in nineteenth century. They basically rebuild it. That's when Champs Elisee (the
nanilale
main artery) was made.
RubbingCheeseOnMyPrivates
It’s the Palais du Trocadéro
DeleteAccountant
Thanks!
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)
lawideas
Story checks out:
(Palais du Trocadero in the upper left)
LadyWidebottom
What happened to it? I Iooked it up but couldn't find much about why it's not there anymore.
TrueStarsense
My initial assumption was ww
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
It'd world's fair stuff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)
craggyp
so was the EIFFEL TOWER
VTShark
Most things built for the purpose of the World's Fair were temporary, the Eiffel Tower is an exception.
Carribdus
The buildings constructed for the world's fair are all temporary and not intended to last beyond the fair let alone a century+ later
craggyp
but wasn't the eiffel tower built for the 1889 world's fair?
VTShark
It had a permit to last for 20 years before it would fall to Paris ownership. Paris decided it could stay cus it was useful for radio.
Femail76
(Looks out at at the Space needle and the most useless monorail and smirks)
Quince0ni
Some place names would be nice.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Paris, London, Alice Springs, Bikini Atoll, Tranquility Base
Quince0ni
Thank you.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Any time. I can think of lots more. Just let me know.
Quince0ni
I mean. I’m just collecting names.