Its cool to compare how things have changed over years of development, if anyone can post a before and after photo of your skyline please do.

2nd Avenue looking north in dt Seattle in the 1950's.
http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/rhodes_streetscene-1950s-l.jpg

2nd Avenue looking south 2006.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle10/mar27205Medium.jpg

Copenhagen - City Hall Square

1898
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7678/raadhuspl18988mv.jpg
2002
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/chs.jpg
2002 Picture by fellow forummer mlm - all rights and respect goes to him!

Copenhagen - Amager Square

1865
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8291/amagertorv5fw.jpg
2005
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3696/054gq.jpg

Copenhagen - King's Square

1860
http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/7017/angleterre18609da.jpg
2005
http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/7830/212hp.jpg


This great post by fellow forummer Jape might also fit in here
I have to add some more Helsinki stuff although seeing this all makes so sad every time.

http://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/kurvi_wanha.jpghttp://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/kurvi_uusi.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/heikinkatumansku_wanha.jpghttp://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/heikinkatumansku_uusi.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/skoha.jpghttp://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/makkaratalo.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/tyttokoulu.jpghttp://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/yliopisto.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/mansku_wanha.jpghttp://www.jasperk.net/purettuja_taloja/mansku_uusi.jpg
The original can be found here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296671&page=1&pp=20

Before it was all shacks and stuff.

In the first Copenhagen shot, what happened to the large building in the upper left?

you have Sampo in Denmark?

London, 1940


http://i6.************/1z50scj.jpg






London, 2006


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/5/3.jpg

Beirut Lebanon

Before
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3232/page03031a8ba.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8905/page03031d4gs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3500/page09697a3bk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4267/page09697d3fm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1256/page130131a0ga.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7929/page130131d3ff.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7145/page04041a3rt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2157/page04041d4dp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/465/page06667a8zq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6540/page06667d5aa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5887/page114115a3tj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4003/page114115d7io.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8320/page184185a3td.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8496/page184185d3sh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5963/page108109a0om.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6481/page108109d9em.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/571/page198199a9di.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9980/page198199d1sa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4734/rua03a1zy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
After
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9443/rua01d5da.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7976/rua04aed0bt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7503/predio02aed1rv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Warsaw before 1939:
http://www.warszawa.przedwojenna.prv.pl/marszal01.jpg

http://www.warszawa.przedwojenna.prv.pl/krolew02.jpg

http://www.warszawa.przedwojenna.prv.pl/plnapole03.jpg

Warsaw in 1945:
http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje34/wwa04.jpg

http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje34/wwa06.jpg

Warsaw in 1946-1989:
http://www.republika.pl/printo/warszawa/60te2/Marszalkowska_gif.JPG

http://www.republika.pl/printo/warszawa/70te3/1%20maj.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/printo/warszawa/70te2/centralny75.jpg

Warsaw now:
http://img253.echo.cx/img253/2239/warszawaduze17lx.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/warszawa/2005/050405_z_zzb/050405_z_zzb_5804.jpg

In the first Copenhagen shot, what happened to the large building in the upper left? I think it was torn down ;)

Chances are it may have been too old or poor consructed, or maybe even a fire... it's build on what was a park/lake area from the old defenses, so the ground may have started sinking or something.. I can't find any information about it... but I certainly think it looked better then compared to we have today :(


you have Sampo in Denmark?
Never heard of it... the quoted pictures are by Jape and from Helsinki

Wow , those pics of Beirut were amazing! Thats an unbelievable transformation! do you know when those pics were taken?

Nairobi, Kenya

Before:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/20886728.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/20886735.jpg



2006:


http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3997/94099169aaddbb5791o4fm.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/547/109612834f59658a5c3o4yt.jpg



More in ssc|africa :)

Before pictures of Rotterdam

http://snyderstreasures.com/albums/holland/PhotoRotterdamWorkDistrict.sized.jpg

http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-184.jpg


after ( pictures are not mine but googled :) )

http://www.gkf-fotografen.nl/albums/albuo55/Rotterdam_skyline.jpg

memorial

http://home.planet.nl/~piena008/cassie/images/R_ZAD2.JPG

during monaco on the maas ( race event)

http://robertjohnkaper.com/img/photography/20050807171001.jpg

view i get when returning home from school :)
http://www.eckhart.nl/data/1684_EN_ECKHART_OVER_ECKHART_ROUTEBESCHRIJVING/images/rotterdam-skyline-1.jpg

http://www.minangkabau.nl/webfo12.JPG

what can i say I <3 rotterdam :)

Seeing those Beirut pictures always imporves my mood immensely. I would've given up that city for dead long ago.

Wow , those pics of Beirut were amazing! Thats an unbelievable transformation! do you know when those pics were taken?

I am not sure when, but I believe during the 70's-80's. The transformation is remarkable, part 2 of the raconstruction of Beirut begun 2 years ago, it will be finished in 2025 (phase 2 is mostly high rises right now :), so this will be just great)

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/1087/11551517838970a22d1o1wt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/3332/523680118xjupdyph7go.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/2697/10003991vx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/701/10005541ya.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/1589/10034925gp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4665/10034892zg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/6082/32759406solidere0sx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/180/32759398img13414dy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/6886/927299181a9f51010fo4ni.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3527/94916103b05530a846b9sn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8959/539010718ialbreph8nf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/244/225957923ayukunph3fi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/1407/487413212diqvalph4wb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/4799/384992265c9aac8152o4gm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7099/725935298ada1de788o7zt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/7709/church9nu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4821/1515387412c8cdeb1a3b0cx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Great photos. Its amazing the progress these cities have made (usually good0.

These Beirut pictures are astonishing, Kristelle can you show us the highrises being currently built if you don't mind?

The Beirut pictures are fascinating.

Why were there so few paved streets back then?

^^ they were paved before the war but during the 15 years of wars, I don't think they will bother repaving it....

I'm also happy to announce that these new highrises are built or designed by many countries. If you didn't know, Beirut is known as the Mother of all cities in the world due to the first Roman Law School and the hub of all cultures, the motherland of the Phoenicians where they lived there (they invented the alphabets and the boats, they were the first sailors). There is a new project announced that many countries (Canada, Poland, U.S.A, Italy, Greece, Japan, China etc..) will build highrises and lowrises, in a specific district, for thanking the achievement the capital has done and for debuting the evolution of the world (some 9000 years ago). Sounds exciting and I can't wait to see all the highrises.

R.E-S here are a few pictures of the highrises

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9201/176962670cce44b34ceo3az.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9194/17696262915126988b9o7wy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2596/80404199ry.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4563/beywall7sb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9720/530572921e81054a4co3mj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/2218/img01295yx0mq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Marina Towers (almost complete, the spire is yet to be added)
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/910/beiruttop085je.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Courtesy of Naregkar
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/6168/dscn09664fx8nt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9852/dscn09751bb1yq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Beirut Tower (under construction)
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8633/bt03sy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Courtesy of Naregkar
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7972/dscn09643ez9de.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/6809/dscn09195iw3vb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Bay Tower (construction to start soon)
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/9866/dscn09211yb8lb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The beautiful Canadian-based Four Season Hotel (under construction)
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5861/leb129fu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
courtesy of Naregkar
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/9278/dscn09286zu7ic.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3837/dscn09802li0yc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

La Residence by Ivana Trump (construction to start soon)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2640/damacrender3ey5ue.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Platinum Tower (under construction)
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/5466/2dwdw9gc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9628/dscn09167no7cs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2940/dscn09677uh9sb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tel Aviv Jaffa 1920 - empty vacant beaches

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4416/teljaffa4b2ev.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5207/teljaffab8mr.jpg


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/goodmood10/wwwm2484.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/goodmood10/wwwm2486.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/goodmood10/wwwm2487.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/goodmood10/wwwm2488.jpg



http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/goodmood10/wwwm2489.jpg



Tel Aviv Jaffa 2000 +

http://i4.************/10eqvk8.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1382/universun740yj7sr3qb.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/5060/universun735rp7oj9lr.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4114/universun694io1yj1xs.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/9486/universun689na2wg3in.jpg

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/9858/universun633vr4ok3og.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8716/pict00658rd.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/2041/pict00696nx.jpg

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/6729/post60811481960989ze.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There is a new project announced that many countries (Canada, Poland, U.S.A, Italy, Greece, Japan, China etc..) will build highrises and lowrises, in a specific district, for thanking the achievement the capital has done and for debuting the evolution of the world (some 9000 years ago). Sounds exciting and I can't wait to see all the highrises.

This is a wonderful idea. I'm sure there will be plenty of competition to have the best-designed buildings. And in the long run, this should make a fascinating patchwork of architectural styles. One question: which companies from each nation are involved in this project?

I would never have known that Beirut had developed in such an interesting way. Nice thread!

Montreal 1959
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/mtl1959.jpg

Montreal present
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/montrealpic.jpg



Toronto 1963
http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/Torontomay63skyline.jpg

Toronto present
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/Dscf3684.jpg

Everybody grows..

Hmmm... In Toronto... what happend to the two tallest towers I see on the 1963 photo?

Nairobi, Kenya



Before:

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9917/nai2hj.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9581/nai22nk.jpg


2006:


http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3997/94099169aaddbb5791o4fm.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/547/109612834f59658a5c3o4yt.jpg



More in ssc|africa :)


The first two photos are of the CBD around 1950.

The last two photos are looking towards the CBD in 2006.

In this time, the population has grown from 87,000 to 3,000,000.

Hong Kong

The age of the Beatles :D
http://www.mid-tokyo.com/20_e/photos/img/hongkong_1960.jpg

Today
http://www.mbphotography.net/Hong%20Kong/slides/Peak%20view%204.jpg

Amazing how massive Hong Kong has become.

Amazing how massive Hong Kong has become.

It's all about high population and limited land ;)

Hmmm... In Toronto... what happend to the two tallest towers I see on the 1963 photo?

The big building on the left is currently a 4 or 5 star hotel. Its still there, its just hidden through develpoment. im not sure about the tower on the left, ive never seen it before.

The big building on the left is currently a 4 or 5 star hotel. Its still there, its just hidden through develpoment. im not sure about the tower on the left, ive never seen it before.

they're both still there, acctually.

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4180/dscf36842zp.jpg

damn!!!! those Beirut pics are awesome....look at all of those cranes!!!!

hehe yeah ^^ :)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7885/cranes28xi.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3285/cranes4rq.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/rhmud/bebf8611.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/rhmud/011f1d6c.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/rhmud/3922cd13.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/rhmud/1c9495dd.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/rhmud/50673905.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2696/img01295yx.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img01295yx.jpg)
http://images.travelpod.com/users/tinker/jordanandmore06.1144505220.lebanon_183.jpg

Barbaros Boulevard, Istanbul:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/91948116.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/b6ec2695.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/3aeef677.jpg

^ Wow.

they're both still there, acctually.

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4180/dscf36842zp.jpg


It would be behind the silver building (Commerce Court West)
http://www.gwlraproperties.com/CNTImages/1048/Commerce%20Court%2014.jpg

i don't even want to see nyc in the 60's or 70's. ughhh. smog and crime was the worst in the country. what did nyc have...3000 murders per year. glad i wasn't born in the 60's or 70's. i wasn't even born in the 80's. i was born on january 10, 1991!

Paris in 1890:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Paris1890sView.jpg

Paris in 2006:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mg/5/55/Parisladefense225io.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Paris-tours.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6500/sanstitre2nq.jpg

http://mapage.noos.fr/marla13/la_defense.jpg

Avenue de la Grande-Armée in 1900:

http://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris16/avenue_grande_armee/cpa/avgdearmn2.jpg

Avenue de la Grande-Armée in 2006:

http://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris16/avenue_grande_armee/actuel/avgdearma1.jpg

Overview
1930
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/0.jpg
2005
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/0a.jpg

University
1920
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/1.jpg
2003
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/1a.jpg

Holy Cross Church
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/2.jpg
1950
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/2a.jpg
2006

Santa Clara Bridge
1900's.. (?)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/3.jpg
2005
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/3a.jpg

Astoria Hotel
1915/20
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/4.jpg
1990
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/4a.jpg

Portagem Square

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/5.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/5a.jpg

Santa Clara and Santa Clara Bridge

1900:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/6-1900.jpg

1940:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/6-1940.jpg
(new bridge inauguration)

2006:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Thread%20Coimbra%20Antiga/6-2006.jpg

Lisbon :)

Av. da Républica 1910

http://olisipo.no.sapo.pt/lisboa/fotos/foto05_avrepublica.jpg

2006

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1057/22nz.jpg

Restauradores

1910

http://olisipo.no.sapo.pt/lisboa/fotos/foto16_restauradores.jpg

2006

http://images.virgilio.it/n_canali/viaggi/gallery/lisbona/439ea21d7a238_big.jpg

Rossio

1905

http://olisipo.no.sapo.pt/lisboa/fotos/foto01_rossio.jpg

2006

http://anjoazul.cb2web.com/photos/rossio.jpg

Great thread... The Beirut, Warsaw and Rotterdam pics are heartening and depressing in equal measure... Hong Kong's growth is simply staggering.

Canaletto's London (1747):

http://www.abcgallery.com/C/canaletto/canaletto31.JPG

^
This view is from Richmond House... I guess it was roughly at the southern end of the Palace of Westminster

The modern view... 'Zoomed in', I couldn't find a view recreating the Canaletto painting

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/8/8e/300px-London_Skyline.jpg

Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1969: population 370,000
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6651/69calgary9bu.jpg


Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2006: population approx. 1 million
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7428/calgarysouth1xu.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3125/calgarywest4yp.jpg

Buenos Aires 1920
Avenida de Mayo:

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8568/avdademayo19207yi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/6204/avdademayoantigua1cg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4917/avdademayo19307if.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4985/avdademayo19409ay.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Avenida de Mayo today

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7267/avdademayo005as.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/7764/avdademayo59yy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/6093/avdademayo62ce.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4480/avdademayo91ur.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

greetings

^ those 1920 pics where probably at argentina's peak, werent they?

all i have to say about beruit is...wow. what a transformation! is there anything left still damaged by the war?

tel aviv is another one that is amazing and of course, hong kong.

wow calgary.. thats alot of change in a little over 30 years thats a massive face lift.. in 30 more years MAYBE toronto will have some competition..(maybe)

In 30 years.. Toronto won't have stopped ya know.;)

Shanghai 1920's
http://files.photojerk.com/jingtian198/shanghai/500_Cvtjae81.jpg

Shanghai 2006
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9781/169413291fb69fe6e11b1zn.jpg

I think HK has one of the biggest changes. During the 50s, there were no scrapers. HK Island were mostly low-rise and row-houses especially Wan Chai. Look at HK today

I take off my hat for Beirut. It literally rose from the ashes after a devastating war not so long ago. Warsaw & Tel Aviv are also great examples, but greatly thanks to EU and US money.

I take off my hat for Beirut. It literally rose from the ashes after a devastating war not so long ago. Warsaw & Tel Aviv are also great examples, but greatly thanks to EU and US money.

Beirut rose big time and is one of the most vibrant cities in The Middle East. Hope to visit and check out the nightlife

I think HK has one of the biggest changes. During the 50s, there were no scrapers. HK Island were mostly low-rise and row-houses especially Wan Chai. Look at HK today

Could you post pics? We'd be glad to see the transformation. :cheers:

Could you post pics? We'd be glad to see the transformation. :cheers:

How about this,

This is my neighborhood (Wan Chai) during the 1950s

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/wanchtography/1721.jpg

today

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051018/IMG_2425.jpg

can anyone show before and after of seoul? particularly Kangnam (south of river)

^ those 1920 pics where probably at argentina's peak, werent they?

certainly, Argentina´s Belle Epoque

wow !! Hong Kong´s growth has been astornomical, by far the most notable change of all

certainly, Argentina´s Belle Epoque

wow !! Hong Kong´s growth has been astornomical, by far the most notable change of all

That's because a whole lot of people moved there.

The biggest change in the Pearl River Delta region by far is Shenzhen. It was all farmland until the 1980s.

Hong Kong's growth was not as much due to population but rather an economic shift. The growth spurt began with manufacturing and shifted to services, which propelled skyscraper construction in the 1990s.

The biggest change in the Pearl River Delta region by far is Shenzhen. It was all farmland until the 1980s.

Hong Kong's growth was not as much due to population but rather an economic shift. The growth spurt began with manufacturing and shifted to services, which propelled skyscraper construction in the 1990s.

Very true about Shenzhen. But I think the major skyscraper construction started during the 1980s

Very true about Shenzhen. But I think the major skyscraper construction started during the 1980s
There was nothing in Shenzhen in the 1960s. Shenzhen became a special economic zone in the 1980s, but the skyscraper boom came in the 1990s.

There was nothing in Shenzhen in the 1960s. Shenzhen became a special economic zone in the 1980s, but the skyscraper boom came in the 1990s.

There were already skyscrapers in Shenzhen even during the 1980s but were not as tall compared to today

There were already skyscrapers in Shenzhen even during the 1980s but were not as tall compared to today
The boom came with Shun Hing Square in the mid 1990s. Then a lot more came up in the late 1990s as the skyscrapers spread west to the financial district in Futian.

Wow... Hong Kong has a great change over the years.

Beirut rose big time and is one of the most vibrant cities in The Middle East. Hope to visit and check out the nightlife

I can only imagine how much has been destroyed and will be destroyed with the current violence.

Beirut isn't being destroyed right now. Only parts of the city are being bombed, and the damage is not widespread. I don't think it will be as bad as during the civil war.

SINGAPORE

1960s

http://www.jellesen.dk/webcrea/places/sing/85x.jpg

2006 (The angles are not quite the same...but similar)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/westinskyline.jpg

The tallest building (beige colour) in the first pic can still be spotted here :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/AIRQ.jpg

More contrasting images from Singapore.

Before

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6713/chinatown28sv.jpg

Today

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7960/telokayer7sv.jpg

Stamford Road

Before

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005114-8073-3222-4722/img0091.jpg

Today

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1595/sr4wj.jpg

another pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/stamfdrd3.jpg

Toronto

Before:

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2973/greatfireof1904jj7.jpg

After:

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9641/july0806bayst8tc.jpg


Before:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9804/gooderhambuildingoldpicbx4.jpg

After:

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6394/2005sept18frontstiiifg4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Before:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1165/toronto1938vh2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/1687/july0306ferryi3dz.jpg

Before:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/78/downtown1959dg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

After (not my photograph):

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3383/dscn38111aijx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I got all these old photos off the web.. thanks to whoever first posted them!

That first Toronto 'before' photo wasn't from the 1960s was it? The great fire took place a few decades before that.

That first Toronto 'before' photo wasn't from the 1960s was it? The great fire took place a few decades before that.

No, but if you look through the thread you will see it has evolved to include a lot of historic photos of the different cities. Sorry, technically I broke the rules of the thread because I love that old fire picture so much! ;) The pic I showed was from the second great fire in Toronto, in 1904. The first was mid 1840's.

It's amazing to see how different the towns are looking

Beirut isn't being destroyed right now. Only parts of the city are being bombed, and the damage is not widespread. I don't think it will be as bad as during the civil war.

That will depend on the length and intensity of the war, won't it? Already there has been destruction in central Beiruit, and the economy is suffering severely. The promise to "turn back the clock 20 years" will be more accurate with each passing day. At the very least, the reconstruction of the city is going to be put at an indefinite standstill with all of the economic and infrastructural damage it has suffered.

The Hudson perspective

Before:

http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/pan/6a36000/6a36500/6a36589r.jpg
...
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/pan/6a36000/6a36600/6a36601r.jpg
....
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/sfeature/images/sf_gallery_03.jpg

Now:

http://img213.echo.cx/img213/8527/fc7a4f3b4ah.jpg

The Brooklyn Perspective

Before

http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/pcoimages/809667W.JPG
...
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/pan/6a36000/6a36500/6a36553r.jpg
...
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9311/brooklyn20bridgejpgg36jo.jpg

Now

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1976/downtown6vb.jpg

Financial District from the air

Before

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/042.jpg

Now

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/0/4/1004401.jpg

From NY Harbor

Before

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/659/1347xl.jpg
...
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/5130/11004uq.jpg
...
http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002646/original.jpg
...
http://kazza.cia.com.au/images/olympus/2000/large/pb190052.jpg

Now

http://www.oranga.com/pics0/QM2NYC.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/randy4au/image/59736074/original.jpg

Along the East River Waterfront

Before

http://images.nycsubway.org//i26000/img_26019.jpg

Now

http://img288.echo.cx/img288/9360/12415198img0491copy6zh.jpg

The Classic View

Before

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/161.jpg

Now

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6087/img0424large2hb.jpg

Downtown New York City

Before
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/full/P11563.jpg

Now
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i291/nygirl11_2006/P1010229.jpg

Before
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1073/ghghj3hz.jpg

Now
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4025/aplnewyork2f4zw.gif

North America's Most Dense

Before

http://stlpics.homestead.com/files/oldaerials/oldny3.JPG

Now

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6955/nycmidtown8ln.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3229/nyccentralpark8zd.jpg

From the SouthWest

Before

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/092.jpg

Now

http://img109.echo.cx/img109/1438/25wv.jpg

Leader of the Pack

Before

http://www.oranga.com/pics0/ESB1930S.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/paulpelletier/image/48393716/original.jpg

Midtown in the early 70's

Before

http://www.oranga.com/pics0/scan11bb.jpg

Now
http://www.pbase.com/paulpelletier/image/48393714/original.jpg

Rockefeller Center in view

Before

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7899/05850u9qw.jpg

Now

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/New-York-Jan2005.jpg

From the south east

Beforehttp://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9994/dfgfgjfghj1bi.jpg

Now

http://soma.ece.mcmaster.ca/huber/pictures/NYCFly/evening1024.jpg

From the Queensboro

Before

http://www.timefreezephotos.com/pictures/qbridge.jpg

Now
http://pictures.unwiredny.com/Pictures/Constr_BT/00621l.jpg

View From the Hudson

Before

http://www.timefreezephotos.com/pictures/nyc30.jpg

http://www.geh.org/fm/feininger/m197806060367.jpg

Now

http://www.kconnors.com/albums/NYC/skyline.jpg

From the Lower East

Before

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/newyork/postcards/mtskyl.jpg

Now

http://img287.echo.cx/img287/1722/memorialdayweekend050603ro.jpg

On the East River

Before

http://hometown.aol.com/ljgurke/images/prrtug.jpg

Now

http://www.wirednewyork.com/bridges/greenpoint_avenue_bridge/images/greenpoint_bridge_newtown_creek_view_23feb02.jpg

From Queens

Before

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5537/cvfg1nx.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/paulpelletier/image/48393719/original.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a189/cyberchris78/Q1.jpg

Further North


Before

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/9663/fgsdffgjghj1sl.jpg

Now

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Queensborough_Bridge_and_Midtown_Manhattan.jpg/800px-Queensborough_Bridge_and_Midtown_Manhattan.jpg


Midtown NYC

Before

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1827/918522vh.jpg


Now

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/3524/DSCF3062.jpg

Columbus Circle

Before

http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/abbottex/cny0885.jpg

Now

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3410/dscf4798z0er.jpg

Times Square Looking North

Before

http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/pcoimages/809972W.JPG
..

http://www.geh.org/fm/feininger/m197806060490.jpg
..

http://www.thecityreview.com/astor.gif

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/060.jpg
...

http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002636/original.jpg

..
http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002637/original.jpg

http://www.geocities.jp/deja3bsa/nytimessq.jpg

Now

http://george.zwijndrecht86.nl/albums/Newyork2004/Hotel_Uitzicht_vanaf_de_lounge_op_Time_Square_3.sized.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/bossmodel/marathon_00001.JPG

http://www.pbase.com/rfcd100/image/60730186/original.jpg

TimeSquare Looking South

Before

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/061.jpg

Now

http://rfcgraphics.com/ncg/ncg1.jpg

http://img53.exs.cx/img53/8859/DSCF2545.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/19104.jpg


From Central Park

Before

http://66.230.220.70/images/post/nycbw/128.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/orfeo256/image/39782205/large.jpg

The Knickerbocker and the Bush Building

Before

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/1946/1591tg.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/48327699/large.jpg

From Central Park Round 2

Before

http://www.hellonewyork.com/newyork/images/central%20park2.jpg

Now

http://www.qrivy.net/albums/nyc01/IMG_8879_crop.jpg

Herald Square

Before

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/full/P11556.jpg

Now

http://img196.exs.cx/img196/6969/dscf31288ti.jpg

Down West 42nd...

Before

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/full/P11602.jpg


Now
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/Scruffy88/DSC00192.jpg

^^

wow good work

( Bottom Portion) Esb looking west..

Before

http://www.cityskyscrapers.com/docs/b0005p014s.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/rfcd100/image/29042110/original.jpg

Esb South

Before


http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002641/original.jpg

Now

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/5656/downtown2large8ey.jpg

Esb toward Times Square and Colombus Circle

Before

http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002642/original.jpg
...
http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002643/original.jpg

Now

http://www.tvn-ny.com/e107_plugins/autogallery/Gallery/Gebouwen%20New%20York/IMG_2680.JPG
...
http://static.flickr.com/53/188839312_8ff24687e5_b.jpg

Esb toward Rockefeller Center

Before

http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002644/original.jpg

Now

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2435/img92586ek0pm.jpg

Esb Toward the Chrysler and Midtown East..

Before

http://www.pbase.com/mspjeff/image/36002645/original.jpg

Now

http://www.chrisparsons.de/Chris/America/New%20York/New%20York%20(18).jpg

ToR looking Toward Central Park

Before


http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3848/bartholomew3tz.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/rfcd100/image/52085032/original.jpg

ToR looking towards Midtown East and the Upper East Side

Before

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2484/vbcvb0uu.jpg

Now

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9403/img0095large3zp.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/62891578/large.jpg

ToR looking onto TimeSquare

Before

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5901/vbnvbnmnm3fm.jpg

Now

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/62856305/large.jpg


ToR looking onto Midtown East

Before
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/6518/dark5bb.png

Now

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/62891642/large.jpg

ToR looking onto the Esb ( Classic View)

Before
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6670/bnmcvhcvbn6hi.jpg

Now
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1040/4175824vn.jpg

Manhattan...


Before ( 1976)

http://www.pbase.com/image/31015671.jpg


and After ( 2006)
http://www.pbase.com/rfcd100/image/55066553/original.jpg

Thanks eth.. it took a whole lot of digging.

Thanks eth.. it took a whole lot of digging.

OMG!!! nygirl YOU ARE ON FIRE!!
I cannot believe you dug up so many gorgeous pictures in only one afternoon. I can't stop drooling over them . A million thanks!!
ps hoping you enjoyed your jaunt to TO! :cheers:

Central District, Hong Kong (1912)

http://static.flickr.com/38/122603998_70d7be5b73_b.jpg

Central District, Hong Kong (2006)
http://static.flickr.com/55/134730782_84e7279ee3_b.jpg


Victoria Peak from Royal Botanical Gardens (1912)
http://static.flickr.com/43/122654204_57342785e9_b.jpg

Victoria Peak (2006)
http://static.flickr.com/48/136340457_11812696d9_b.jpg

Good job, NYGirl. Those pics are awesome!
You really captured NYC in images well taken.

WOW, I'm in love with that gold pic of the Empire State Building. I've been looking for new wallpaper.

It's also gut-wrenching to look at those Beirut pictures from before and after. All politics aside, it just makes you want to cry seeing what the civilians of that country had to put up with and how far they've gone at rebuilding. Then to turn on the news today... I saw a lot of interviews with them on TV where they were just in shock and at a total loss of words that this is happening to them again. I can't imagine how disheartening it would be to live through that and assume fate would never make you re-live the horror of seeing your homeland reduced to ruin. Hopefully they put a stop to all this soon one way or another. I can't imagine what this will do to their economy.

Cool pix of HK in 1912, Skybean! Wouldn't it be amazing to go back in time and see it as it was then? I would LOVE to. It is remarkable the change in 100 years!

The Warsaw pictures are the best IMO.

Wow NYGirl! Great job for posting all of those photos! :)

Thanks man it took me sooo long^^ Hop over to the ny forums and bump the thread i made there. It kinda ticked me off i spent such a long time trying to find the right pics and noone else wanted to either contribute or agknowledge it.

Manhattan is slowly swallowing itself up through each era. ;)

That will depend on the length and intensity of the war, won't it? Already there has been destruction in central Beiruit, and the economy is suffering severely. The promise to "turn back the clock 20 years" will be more accurate with each passing day. At the very least, the reconstruction of the city is going to be put at an indefinite standstill with all of the economic and infrastructural damage it has suffered.

Correction, central Beirut was not hit, by that they meant the Achrafiyeh district (pre dominant Christian) or the port of Beirut. I was in central Beirut yesterday and it was more then fine. I don't think they dare to bomb the newly built downtown. They are bombing the south of Beirut (the slums of Beirut) and South of Lebanon. I just hope they dont bomb the central otherwise many will turn against them.

Spectacular NYC pics!
I'm speechless!

Montreal 1990
230 buildings

Montreal 2006
538 buildings

Montreal 2009
about 600 buildings will be completed

That's a major improvment. From 230 to 600

The New York and Toronto ones are great!

Montreal 1968
http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/voutes/voute4/p641394-1.jpg

Montreal 2006
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/MontrealSkyline3.jpg

Thats good improvement. Beautiful city of Montreal, Canada !!

Toronto

http://static.flickr.com/71/194990041_0416578fea_o.jpg
Left: Toronto Skyline around 1895

Right: Toronto Skyline 2005

http://static.flickr.com/63/194752485_f3705c9fc1_b.jpg

Left: Bay street looking north to Old city hall the day after the 1904 fire.

Right: Bay Street looking north just south of the Lakeshore Blvd/Gardner Express Way towards Old City Hall; 2006

http://static.flickr.com/71/195637131_03a3f4452a_o.jpg


Left: Unknown
Right: Yonge Street looking south towards Queen Street, 2004

http://static.flickr.com/64/197270558_e420d32dcf_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/57/202992446_7a76b3e6c7_o.jpg

Whoaaaaaaa skybean i was waiting for some of that!
Mind if I or U add it to my thread in the ny forum?

Yonge St (Toronto), 1950s
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8735/62883dv4.jpg

Yonge St, today
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8003/148728558c87dbb3c7dbfl9.jpg

manila changed dramitically. the richest became richer and the poorer became poorer.. more skyscrapers but also more slum areas.

Birmingham was a concrete jungle in the 1960s. It still holds that image in peoples heads but now it is changing so much. Very little of its 60s past remains. Just New Street Station (god forbid) and Central Library (which is more 70s).