Postcard of the Day

[fflo]

You'd think none or almost none of those buildings would still be there.  But

I think those are the same phone poles, too. Or power line poles, or w/e they are/were called.
 

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[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

God I LOVE those types of before and after. Not sure if you've seen the movie "Lucy" with Scarlett Johansson, but there is a scene in the end where the main character watches as NYC quickly reverts backwards - so you see the beautiful city, hustling and bustling, to older from the early 1900's with horse and buggies, to the 1700's where it's strictly woods and grass, to eventually seeing the Dinosaurs. It gave me the CHILLS when I first saw that, but it was a great reminder how the world changes, and how beautiful it can be when we leave it be.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I have not, but I now so totally shall!

I wrote a poem once that included a bit about my friend(/soon-to-be-lover)'s way of looking at NYC with an awareness of its history as like her peeling it back like layers in sedimentary rock. I can't remember--- it was way long ago. But you remind me of it here.

Was wishing I could make y'all one of those sliding-bar things they use at, like, the NYTimes, to let you show before-and-after on aerial footage of a hurricane-hit area, or water this year & last in Chennai, or such. Cuz I too love the now & then thing.

Have you seen that series or meme of people holding up an old photo in front of where it was taken in just the right spot, then snapping the view of the photo & the view? I'm not saying that well, but maybe you know what I mean.

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

If you do see it, let me know what you think! If you're a Scifi fan, it's SOOOOO good.

Your poem sounds lovely! Funny how words/pictures can evoke something that is filed away in our minds.

I know exactly what you mean when you mentioned the sliding-bar images online (or the one where a person will take the image of a photo in the old location and show it perfectly alined in modern day). Those things I can stare at for HOURS. I wish places and old buildings could talk; I'd listen to stories about people for hours.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

So, the instant I saw the photo, I had the same idea, and found the google street view, and was just as astonished as you were, I even got the link to post here. Only then did I read the part where you did the google street view. Wow.

But it looks like the poles are now spread apart more than they originally were, even if the wires follow the same route.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I think that may be the fisheye effect of the google streetview camera lens(es). See also the perspective on the windows in the buildings.

Before I checked the streetview, I zoomed out to see how far this little burg is from us. It's not far from Columbus. Maybe I'll just have to drive down there and see for myself.

Funny how the town looks so much more interesting in the old view.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I'd love to go on a little adventure like this while I'm still on vacation...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Odd that it should be less busy now than it was back then.

[stolenglimpse.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes they are the same.

The look of the buildings is a bit different but it's all the same anyway, if that makes sense. neat.

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

That is awesome those buildings are still up. Do you know the date of the first pic?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

It's probably from sometime between 1907 and 1915, but likely no later than 1920.