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Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by aptwebapps »

contingencies wrote: post #7
ghaff wrote: post #4

I often wish I could see a "Streetview" from 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. years ago. It would be interesting not only in cities, but even to see how areas outside of cities morphed over time. Of course there are examples but, especially when taking a photo cost real money, there wasn't a lot of systematic documentation of mundane street scenes. There are some examples here from NYC http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/pictures-ny…

I managed to construct something similar as a Google Map of Haiphong, Vietnam, a few years ago, based on images collected from scanned postcards of the French colonial era. https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@20.8611143,106.6734063,15z/d...

I don't see any images when I click the markers.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by questionr »

ghaff wrote: post #4

I often wish I could see a "Streetview" from 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. years ago. It would be interesting not only in cities, but even to see how areas outside of cities morphed over time. Of course there are examples but, especially when taking a photo cost real money, there wasn't a lot of systematic documentation of mundane street scenes. There are some examples here from NYC http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/pictures-ny…

street view in google maps has a timeline, in some places almost up to a decade.

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/go-back-in-time-with...

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Post by robertnealan »

questionr wrote: post #22
ghaff wrote: post #4

I often wish I could see a "Streetview" from 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. years ago. It would be interesting not only in cities, but even to see how areas outside of cities morphed over time. Of course there are examples but, especially when taking a photo cost real money, there wasn't a lot of systematic documentation of mundane street scenes. There are some examples here from NYC http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/pictures-ny…

street view in google maps has a timeline, in some places almost up to a decade. https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/go-back-in-time-with...

Aha! I remembered seeing something a year or so back but thought it was just a proof of concept by an individual, not officially baked into Google Maps. Just took a look and it's definitely there, though unless you know where to look it's a bit buried in the interface.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by rmason »

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it.

http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by throwaway_exer »

rmason wrote: post #25

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it. http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

2008 had nothing to do with anything - this has been going on at the same pace since the 1980's.

The trained eye can see the impact of brick and siding thieves in those photos.

Also, what fool built that red fence in 2011? That's like candy to "recyclers" - just roll it up and sell it as scrap.

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by hellofunk »

rmason wrote: post #25

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it. http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

Those are really sad photos.

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Post by elcapitan »

hellofunk wrote: post #27
rmason wrote: post #25

There's a Detroiter who has contrasted Google and Bing street view photos showing Detroit blocks from 2007-2016. You can't really understand the magnitude of how the 2008 recession hurt Detroit unless you see his photographic documentation of it. http://www.goobingdetroit.com/

Those are really sad photos.

Ugh, creepy. Reminds me of season 4 of "The Wire" (where people get killed by organized crime and the bodies hidden in abandoned houses).

There was a also a recent Planet Money episode on knocking down abandoned buildings: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/08/26/491490744/episo...

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by twic »

ghaff wrote: post #4

I often wish I could see a "Streetview" from 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. years ago. It would be interesting not only in cities, but even to see how areas outside of cities morphed over time. Of course there are examples but, especially when taking a photo cost real money, there wasn't a lot of systematic documentation of mundane street scenes. There are some examples here from NYC http://petapixel.com/2014/04/04/pictures-ny…

You may be interested in these photos by Camilo José Vergara, where he took pictures of the same building or street over a span of decades:

http://www.messynessychic.com/2016/10/26/for-over-40-years-t...

Re: Photographers of 1870s London Documented Their Disappearing City

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Post by hellofunk »

elcapitan wrote: post #28
hellofunk wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are really sad photos.

Ugh, creepy. Reminds me of season 4 of "The Wire" (where people get killed by organized crime and the bodies hidden in abandoned houses). There was a also a recent Planet Money episode on knocking down abandoned buildings: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/08/26/491490744/episo...

A few years ago I watched an interesting documentary about modern Detroit where it was pointed out that Detroit now has the world's largest urban ruins by a wide margin, and far more than Rome.
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