Hi, i'm not too sure if this is the write section to post this thread, but what people can post/discuss here are what major Asian cities (such as Beijing, Bangkok, Shanghai, Delhi, Hanoi, Xi'an, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Mumbai, Lhasa, Phnom Penh etc...) looked like before modern buildings/globalization took place.
I mean like many (most) European cities today still look like they were hundreds of years ago right? Like the old, old ancient buildings are still there, such as Rome, Florence, Paris, Prague, Madrid, Stasbourg, Vienna, Central London etc...
I don't mean just some small kept 'old town's that remain standing today and the rest of the city is full of modern wide roads, skyscrapers, I mean where most of the city still looks like it was before.
Note: cities like Moscow, Athens, or German cities don't fit this European thing as they are all different to what they were before. German cities are different because of the destruction during WWII, and Moscow (except the Kremlin bits) i dont know why but looking at photos it looks like a modern city.
Also outside of Europe cities such as Jerusalem & Pingyao are like what they were hundreds of years ago
so i'm also wondering why most asian cities today have barely any trace of it's past (besides its main ancient sites) for example Beijing has its Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, various gates and ruins etc... but most of the city now is just highways, skyscrapers, middle rise flats etc...
Tokyo for example is just a sea of buildings, neons, etc...,
when & how & why did this all happen to asian cities?
here is an example:
Tokyo in 1865 (called Edo)
Tokyo today:
Both images from google
Thanks
I mean like many (most) European cities today still look like they were hundreds of years ago right? Like the old, old ancient buildings are still there, such as Rome, Florence, Paris, Prague, Madrid, Stasbourg, Vienna, Central London etc...
I don't mean just some small kept 'old town's that remain standing today and the rest of the city is full of modern wide roads, skyscrapers, I mean where most of the city still looks like it was before.
Note: cities like Moscow, Athens, or German cities don't fit this European thing as they are all different to what they were before. German cities are different because of the destruction during WWII, and Moscow (except the Kremlin bits) i dont know why but looking at photos it looks like a modern city.
Also outside of Europe cities such as Jerusalem & Pingyao are like what they were hundreds of years ago
so i'm also wondering why most asian cities today have barely any trace of it's past (besides its main ancient sites) for example Beijing has its Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, various gates and ruins etc... but most of the city now is just highways, skyscrapers, middle rise flats etc...
Tokyo for example is just a sea of buildings, neons, etc...,
when & how & why did this all happen to asian cities?
here is an example:
Tokyo in 1865 (called Edo)
Tokyo today:
Both images from google
Thanks