New York City is certainly not immune to destructive urban “progress.” Here’s a shot from Shorpy of Cortland Street from 1908. Here’s the view today: But what’s really interesting is what happens when you turn around. Back then, it would have looked much like the picture above. You were in the heart of what was…
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From a larger series by Jen Carlson at the Gothamist. Here’s how it looks today: Though I’m not certain if The Two-Five is still at the same location. Anybody know if they’ve moved? It would be a shame if they tore down those two solid old buildings. [thanks to Alan I.]
Then: Now: [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve scheduled some non-timely non-police filler posts. Regular posts should resume soon.]
Amazingly for Detroit, this building is stills standing: Mind you, nothing around it is. [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve scheduled some non-timely non-police filler posts.]
Another one from Fall River. This one isn’t so bad. At least the bank building is still standing. Of course pretty much everything that has changed is not a change for the better. Notice, if you zoom on the old picture (best to go to the Shorpy site for this), you can see in front…
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This one is almost too much to believe. And not for the normal reasons of becoming abandoned. Fall River, Mass, is still doing OK, I think. But not what used to be the heart of downtown. And now. It doesn’t look like the same place. But it is. Where’s that beautiful building on the right…
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This time from Jacksonville, Florida. It looks like the Hamrock Hotel is a pretty upscale place, with all them nice new Ford motorcars out front! The only old building left is vacant, abandoned, and falling apart. And as usual, business and buildings have been replaced with parking lots and vacant lots. There’s one big new…
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I like then-and-now shots of life in America. I posted two of Newburgha while back and got some interest. This one of downtown Poughkeepsie, NY, isn’t as dramatic or depressing a change as was Newburgh, but is it really to much to ask for things to be bettertoday than they were 99 years ago? Apparently,…
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“Let’s bike over that bridge and have lunch in Newburgh.” That’s what I told my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Unless you know Newburgh, NY. I didn’t. My wife and I were on a weekend biking getaway and found ourselves in Beacon, NY. Beacon is a pretty but depressed place…
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