I love the way they doesn't tear down the white building.

This is the second pic from Norway with no changes. Looks peaceful.

There are probably some crazy before and after photos of Dresden related to the war.

Oans, zwoa, gsuffa!

The before had beautiful buildings , but the fact that there are trees there now makes me feel it's changed for the good .

It's corner of Ratajczaka and Św. Marcin Streets. "Skrzyżowanie" means "crossroads" in Polish. :)

Context: Top photo is shortly before the Chernobyl meltdown (this is the nearby town where the employees and their families lived).

Sad...

...even the guy sitting there has changed...

The first picture is definitely not from 1900. Judging by the cars, it was taken around 1930. This is what the place actually looked like in 1900, before a fire destroyed the building in 1915: Moulin-Rouge-1.jpg

Looks like a fairytale.

restoration at its finest

Gorgeous.

The original construction was destroyed almost entirely in WWII. The current one was completed in 2005. The black bricks in the new church are some that were part of the original construction.

Awww, the old one looks more romantic

We can survive & rebuild from rubble.

Interesting how the original field boundaries ended up forming the streets and roads .

the quote on the sign is still valid...

I think it would look better without all these bikes, although it is a healthier way of getting around compared to cars tbh.

Neat as a pin

Looked way better before

It looks much better!

New Bridge looks a little bit sturdier

That globe is so cool! I wish it was still there!

This reminds me of Mr Darcy's house in Pride and Prejudice

Hey! who moved the chair???

Retained the cobblestones!

I assume this is a church? A church where they evidently don't want you to sit for very long...

Sad, beyond words.

It's a shame how a lot of the ornate detail gets lost when buildings are renovated

Those are some ugly benches.

Interesting how they put the attic into use by adding the dormers (when the roof was replaced?).

Beautifully preserved.

Top photo must show the destruction from the uprising mentioned a few photos earlier. Very interesting.

The flèche, a type of spire in the middle is restored around 1864 after it torned down in French Revolution.

Gee... Les Miserables anybody? To the barricades!

A better comparison would be a photo of the scene in 1945.

Population explosion?

I have never liked the photo from 1932 because every time I've seen it my abdomen tightens involuntarily! The one from 2011 would suggest that construction safety standards continue to need more study.

This is just sad.

I love how beautiful most of the structures are in Europe.....and if they were in the USA, they would have been torn down a long time ago for Trump Towers and Malls and Starbucks and Drug stores.

Sweet!! We have a tree now! But honesty, I love that the original architecture was not lost on this. Restore, repair, retain, not remodel..

L'viv, Rynok Square. Strange to see this place so empty. It's (OK - wasin September 2017) much more crowded

The Title is lacking a "Tor"

Still very picturesque.

Is seems they have gotten rid of trolley tracks everywhere but its still great to see that the buzzing of people walking about and enjoying the town has not changed.

The now image looks kind of photoshopped even though it may not be the case

From Most Kłodny to Least Kłodny...

The vehicle in the 1944 pic was a self-propelled howitzer called a "priest." Also the men next to it.

Where did everyone go? I mean, I guess they all had 97 years to find their way home.

1942: japanese troops 2017: japanese tourists

I think you mean 1861 here

how do you remove a river??

JOB WELL DONE

If that building could only talk, imagine what it has witnessed.

the bridge is not the same!!!

2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!

I wish they had left some of the landscaping....