New York Before and After a Century or So
August 19, 2013 8:56 AM Subscribe
NYC Grid is hosting a neat photo-series which lets you slide back and forth between images of New York today and a similar shot from the early 20th century. [via]
I love the Park Avenue and Lever House one. The cab is in the same spot!
posted by mochapickle at 9:13 AM on August 19, 2013
posted by mochapickle at 9:13 AM on August 19, 2013
I love photoserieses like this one. I have a bunch of old Brooklyn photos that I want to do this with but that would require me spending a day or to wandering around Midwood/Madison.
posted by elizardbits at 9:54 AM on August 19, 2013
posted by elizardbits at 9:54 AM on August 19, 2013
Also see the New York Changing project, which rephotographs images by Berenice Abbott. It was at the Museum of the City of New York a while ago, and was amazing.
This is totally cool, thanks.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 9:58 AM on August 19, 2013
This is totally cool, thanks.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 9:58 AM on August 19, 2013
Handrails. That is one thing which particularly jumped out at me. Sometime in the last century, lots of handrails were built.
posted by fings at 10:42 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by fings at 10:42 AM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
There are many more people in the new photos. The black&white streets are so empty! Also, almost no cars.
posted by kandinski at 4:26 PM on August 19, 2013
posted by kandinski at 4:26 PM on August 19, 2013
Been enjoying a similar series of Rochester, NY for the past few years. It's addicting.
posted by vitabellosi at 4:57 PM on August 19, 2013
posted by vitabellosi at 4:57 PM on August 19, 2013
Amazing. A sky in NY City. Bet you could still see the stars at night, too.
These are neat. I'm glad to see that many of the old buildings are standing.
posted by BlueHorse at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2013
These are neat. I'm glad to see that many of the old buildings are standing.
posted by BlueHorse at 5:22 PM on August 19, 2013
> The black&white streets are so empty
Isn't that partly because of the longer exposure time photos used to take? People who were moving quickly wouldn't show up.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:19 PM on August 19, 2013
Isn't that partly because of the longer exposure time photos used to take? People who were moving quickly wouldn't show up.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:19 PM on August 19, 2013
This Interactive Map Compares the New York City of 1836 to Today
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