Results tagged “thenandnow”

       

Not too long ago we took a look at one Harlem storefront as it changed throughout the decades, starting out a cocktail lounge and currently vacant after a brief stint as a Sleepy's. Now Paul Sahner over at NYC Grid has a new photo project up where he compares New York spots in 1961 to their 2009 counterparts. He tells us, "I recently came across a handful of photos my grandfather shots while in NY in 1961. I decided to go out and attempt to re-shot his original photos in 2009."

       

Queens gets the Then & Now treatment as Arcadia Publishing releases their image-heavy book by Jason D. Antos, filled with contemporary and historic photographs of the borough. You'll get side-by-side shots comparing the old and the new landscapes, but the book won't hit shelves until January 19th, so here's a sneak peek at what you'll find inside.

Ready to take a depressing walk down memory lane? The somewhat-recently launched Re-Brooklyn blog compares side-by-side photos of locations in their past and present state. The latest entry is of the Broken Angel home on Quincy and Downing Streets (pictured). While that image isn't too shocking, there are some where, say, a Norwegian Evangelical Church is now an auto repair shop, or a row of houses on Snediker and Belmont Avenues has been demolished. [via Brownstoner]