Before and After: Changes in the skyline through comparison

This is really cool. Before and after only in video format.

All via same perspective in midtown.

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I took some screen shots and used latest image as well that I found.

2018 (Oct):


Credit: Patrick Foto :wink:

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1984:


Credit: Panoramic view from the original World Trade Center | Flickr

2018:


Credit: New York city skyline with urban skyscrapers at sunset, NY… | Flickr

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1984

2018

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1996

2018 (taken by me)

Link to 1996 photo: New York NY ~ Manhattan ~ NYC ~ Old World Trade Center ~ M… | Flickr

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Any chance you could include Foster’s 2WTC in that last shot?

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Damn great work. Nice way to visualize the presence factor.

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3 WTC was supposed to have a 100’ taller roof and have spires. Sigh. Maybe you could work your magic to show what the difference would be? @TK2000

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01/07/2007


08/26/2018

First photo: DSC_5272 | David Brooks | Flickr

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08/26/2018

01/11/2019

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02/16/2017

01/12/2019

Link for first pic
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj1RbrDHl06/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=w4wm518b7z16
Lost the link for the second pic

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the past decade might have seen the greatest change in the skyline ever.


View of New York Harbor from Ferry by Wanderlust Dreamer, on Flickr


Super Full Blood Wolf Moon #17 by Keith Michael, on Flickr

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1974 vs 2016/2017ish

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That shot looks to be about 2014/15. Absolutely insane!

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One good thing about Stated Island is that it has some of the best views of the skyline.

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Looks like a new spot to go to in April!

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The difference good photography makes

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Haha when I first glanced at that picture I thought it was somewhere in the Midwest.

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1974

2019

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