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Houstons skyline before the big glass buildings of the 80s and 90s sure was quite boring and grey. That photo must be 79 or 80 because it looks like 1100 Louisiana is under construction.

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Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69 (Post 6107713)

http://michaelmcbroom.com/gallery3/v...g?m=1323644335
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j...67212265439668

Cool pic. Century City!

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Originally Posted by aro1419 (Post 5950316)

An arial photograph of Philadelphia from 1935 that has been posted a few times on this forum:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/849...a193adjxh4.jpg

Virtually every building in the foreground (between City Hall and the bottom of the frame) stands today but you'd never know it from a recent image.

Something I posted in another thread that I can post here. New York City on December 16th 1951.

http://caspost.com/wp-content/upload...york-A-001.jpg
http://caspost.com/wp-content/upload...york-A-001.jpg

Wow..New York changed dramatically.

crying shame about DT Jax. it once looked so vibrant.

I love that old philly aerial. wonderful density.

cleveland -- different views of the downtown area

1930-32 -- looking north

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/...psefefe629.jpg

1937 great lakes exposition -- looking south

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/...ps35e09f83.jpg

1963 -- looking west

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/...psde7c66fe.jpg

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1 (Post 6186449)

This picture illustrates an interesting point: "newer" cities such as Dubai, the Pudong district in Shanghai, many other Chinese cities, etc. either have new skyscrapers where there were previously empty spaces or large swaths that simply got razed. But Manhattan below Central Park has literally been filled with buildings for a couple centuries. New buildings must acquire the land and fill a demand for space. ESB is the obvious exception, and is actually an example of what is happening in many of the newer cities around the world... building a trophy for bragging rights in the hopes of attracting the demand before it actually is there.

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Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69 (Post 6206606)

http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...an-pearson.jpg
http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...an-pearson.jpg

Philly 2005

Time was, the rule in Philly was "nothing taller than Billy Penn's hat".

^wonderful. what I would give to be able to go back and stroll the streets of the NYC of 1910-1945.

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Originally Posted by mdiederi (Post 6238207)

http://i.imgur.com/DaS94fx.jpg
http://www.reddit.com/r/Oceanlinerporn

The burned-out hulk of the former ocean liner, Normandie, being hauled off to be broken for scrap. During her short life, she was the most beautiful liner in the world and there has been nothing like her since.

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Originally Posted by jg6544 (Post 6253014)

Ugh....so sad. The beauty of the Normandie is truly unsurpassed. I would have loved to have seen her.

FYI - some of the panelling and furniture from the grande salon (the main first class Lounge) are in the Chicago Hilton & Tower - the Normandie Lounge.

^Ditto that. Those shots are mesmerizing. I can get lost for hours in historical shots like these.

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown (Post 6205056)

Very well said. One is a (mainly, though arguably less and less) free market constitutional republic, the others are essentially different variations of command economies. Not knocking people from those other countries, the difference is just interesting.

Sao paolo was one classy city.

Pano of Downtown Los Angeles in 1917. I hate the height ordinance so much. Check the link if you want a bigger photo. This can go up to 22159x5025. That's a lot of megapixels, haha.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/1...8ab9366a_c.jpg
Downtown MegaPano Nov 1917 by Hunter DTLA, on Flickr

Wonderful Sao Paulo pix from the archives

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport (Post 6320591)

Wonderful Sao Paulo pix from the archives

Wasn't there a thread devoted to all of those Brazil shots from the Life archive?

In any event, I've typically thought of Brazil as a developing nation, while those old images of Sao Paulo convey the impression of prewar Los Angeles with its stately skyscrapers, palm trees and overall well-to-do appearance. I take it Brazil was more prosperous in the first half of the 20th century than it was during the second?

^^^ that's so crazy seeing LA without the Library Tower, It's literally the Empire State Building of the West Coast.

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Originally Posted by initiald (Post 6328031)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BPyQb2aCIAAYhrN.jpg
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Raleigh, 1975

WOW. Raleigh has come a long-ways since 1975. Is there a photo posted of Charlotte from 1975?

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Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69 (Post 6327999)

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...88_skyline.jpg
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...of-angels.html

Los Angeles 1988

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Does anyone rememeber the original A-Team theme song. In the beginning there was that shot of Downtown LA.

Could someone post this shot?

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Originally Posted by shakman (Post 6332537)

Does anyone rememeber the original A-Team theme song. In the beginning there was that shot of Downtown LA.

Could someone post this shot?

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