Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
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Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
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Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#2I don't know any of these locations, so I'm sure these are even more amazing for people familiar only with their current state of being. I particularly appreciated image 15 with the soldiers carrying the Soviet flag underneath the modern German flags.
Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#3Kind of depressing that most of the US will never have something as cool as this due to this countries lack of appreciation for dated architecture.
Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#4Kind of depressing that most of the US will never have something as cool as this due to this countries lack of appreciation for dated architecture.
That, and the fact that the last war to be fought on US soil pre-dates the invention of film.
(US Civil War ended in 1865; film was invented by George Eastman in 1884)
Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile.
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Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#6Kind of depressing that most of the US will never have something as cool as this due to this countries lack of appreciation for dated architecture.
That, and the fact that the last war to be fought on US soil pre-dates the invention of film. (US Civil War ended in 1865; film was invented by George Eastman in 1884) Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile.
Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile.
Why? Humans conform nature to our needs. If we need a better building, why shouldn't we tear down an old one? All of the previous building's history will remain documented in, say, Wikipedia.
This is probably just the worldview of an inexperienced kid though.
(This is an honest question, not a statement of opinion.)
Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
That, and the fact that the last war to be fought on US soil pre-dates the invention of film. (US Civil War ended in 1865; film was invented by George Eastman in 1884) Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile.
Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile. Why? Humans conform nature to our needs. If we need a better building, why shouldn't we tear down an old one? All of the previous building's history will remain documented in, say, Wikipedia. This is probably just the worldview of an inexperienced kid though. (This is an honest question, not a statement of opinion.)
I agree, but what's considered valuable and what isn't is just fashion more often than not. And once the building is torn down, it's too late to reconsider.
Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#8http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/
Original source, also lists the locations.
There are also places in a number of these cities where limited amounts of the ww2 damage are left un-repaired, as a memorial and a live version of these composites.
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#9Kind of depressing that most of the US will never have something as cool as this due to this countries lack of appreciation for dated architecture.
The buildings that tend to stick around the most seem to be made of rocks.
The US doesn't build many buildings with rocks.
(for the purposes of this statement, concrete is not a rock)
Re: Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day
#10Kind of depressing that most of the US will never have something as cool as this due to this countries lack of appreciation for dated architecture.
That, and the fact that the last war to be fought on US soil pre-dates the invention of film. (US Civil War ended in 1865; film was invented by George Eastman in 1884) Lamenting the lack of architectural appreciation remains worthwhile.
Early photography used metal or glass plates, not film, and most certainly existed during the civil war. Here is an exhibition on civil war photography from the Met: