10 cities that have changed beyond recognition

1/26/2018

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Geography Story: 10 cities that have changed beyond recognition

Take a trip to the past and witness the fantastic changes these big cities have undergone.

Year after year time seems to run faster and faster and brings about more and more changes to our life. It is most noticeable in metropolitan cities - many of them looked completely different only a few decades ago.

#1 Singapore. 1960s and nowadays

#2 Hong Kong. 1960s and present time

#3 Fortaleza, Brazil. 1980 and now

#4 Shanghai, China. 1990 and present time

#5 Toronto, Canada. 1930 and now

#6 Seoul, South Korea. 1950 and present day

#7 Nairobi, Kenya. 2007s and nowadays

#8 Beijing, China. 1940s and now

#9 Melbourne, Australia. 1920 and our time

#10 Dubai, UAE. 1980s and present day

What do you think about these changes? What do they mean to you? Share your opinion in the comments!

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112 Comments

Darla Deats

I think it's interesting but the after's don't appear to have been taken at the same location as the before's.

Luis Perez

These are only a few of the cities that have changed in the last 50 years. It would have been interesting if the pictures could have been of the same locations, instead of some other angles or sites.

Liz Carret

I agree with all of you! It would be interesting to see the difference with pictures from the same location and in black & white. Some of the changes are NOT for the better. Especially Fortaleza, Brazil. What a way to destroy a beautiful coastline!

Larry Abramovitz

why don't you take a look at the Detroit Michigan then and now. It's a 180 degree turn around

Joan Dougherty

I wonder how many people had to be forced out before these changes could occur?

Vimala Padmaraj

THE CITIES HAVE LOST THEIR EARLIER ORIGINAL LOOK AND HAVE BECOME SIMILAR LOOKING CONCRETE JUNGLES.

Lynne Zeman

I am torn. Progress? Conspicuous consumption? Cookie cutter sky scrapers for the sake of whatever?

Diana Newman

Wow, how much cities have changed, even though maybe the locations are different in the befores and the nows, I get the idea. Dubai has certainly grown.

Leapy Lee

I agree that many of the changes are simply progress and don’t really show you how radically a city has changed. The Melbourne1920s view still has many of the same buildings still standing now, but the second shot along the Yarra River was built on waste land and has added another dimension to our city.

Elsy O. Stromberg

I liked the old Fortaleza a lot better. Wouldn't want to go there now.

lmoores

Darla Deats, I was thinking 🤔 the same thing.

Anthony Russell

If the before and after photos aren't taken from the same spot, it doesn't giver an idea at all. Pointless.

Alana King

While I understand they weren't all taken at the exact same site (Melbourne for a start, as that is Southbank, along the river), some of these I definitely prefer the before shot. (My dear Melbourne included) Sometimes, such vast change takes away a lot of charm.

Russ Dobell

A lot of those photos show 70-80 years of change, Toronto shows 92 yrs. of change, Melbourne shows 102 years of change, no kidding things have changed! Things unthinkable in the before photos.

tdelisi

I liked the few sets of pictures that were from the same perspective over simply differing views.

Eve

I'm with everyone else...the pictures should have been of the same location.

Frank Hawks

skyscrapers does not mean better cities. did the people change with them? if not, same problems just prettier

Carroll Price

Thanks, but like women and makeup, I much prefer the unimproved look to the fake glitzy look.

Elvy D A Buena

It shows how progressive the country is. Unfortunately the "before" was not the "after" as shown in the picture - seems they are on different places/location.