Take a deep cleansing breath and enjoy some before/after historical photos

[SoCalDem]

These are from an archive of Ozarks photos... It;s cool that someone took the time to put them all together


http://php.news-leader.com/beforeafter/?image=1

[Sherman A1]

1. Cool

Thanks for posting.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Possibly the BEST "Then and Now" series I've ever seen!!!

[Octafish]

3. Amazing to see...

...photos like Time Travel.

[SoCalDem]

5. What I noticed was how people are absent from so many of the "now" photos

even though population has undoubtedly increased..

[Octafish]

10. Excellent observation.

Perhaps the new peeps are in the cities on the East and West coasts. One thing is certain, more folks all across the nation today are glued to their sets.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. They all went to FL or TX...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. People used to be on foot more....

These days everyone expects every store to have it's own parking lot and they act like walking the length of a football field is gonna give em a heart attack.

[zappaman]

4. Great stuff!

Have you seen these?
Same thing but with people.

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

[SoCalDem]

6. Thanks.. those were fun...

[Logical]

7. Wow, amazing! Thanks for posting! n-t

[Warpy]

8. It looks like everything has been stripped down and cheapened

What used to be streets chock full of successful small businesses are reduced to a few sterilized buildings here and there. Shade trees were taken down and never replaced. A wading pool was turned into a dirt pool planted with patches of low maintenance ornamental grass. A city square with gardens was turned into a big patch of hardscape on the side of what used to be a fountain in the center.

Honestly, if I hadn't been aware of what wealth concentration and Wal Mart had colluded to do to this country, I'd guess that a plague had swept the area and wiped out most of the population.

Damn, this was one sad tour through a small city. I see the same thing being done to my own city.

[monmouth3]

9. I could have stayed there for hours. Many thanks...

[maddezmom]

12. Neat

Thanks for posting. just sent it to my dad who grew up in the area.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Awesome

I love these kind of things, thank you

[LuckyLib]

14. Thanks for posting this. What a treat!

[Recursion]

15. You should post a warning, "You will not accomplish anything for the next three hours"

That's really cool

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. Thank you, although I usually feel more sadness than anything else.

Such is the price of progress, I suppose. But seeing an empty, unused field where used to be a thriving theater makes you wonder what we've lost as the price for what we've gained.

[secondvariety]

17. Great post.

Looks like the wrecking ball has been busy in Springfield.

[ramapo]

18. Not much to say for 'progress'

Many of the current scenes have a distinctly tacky look as compared to the historical shot. Where there were once buildings that were built with some style, there might be today an ugly, plain structure with all the soul of a pane of glass. Sometimes they just tear down a building and put up a parking lot. Unfortunately these scenes are all too typical. This series is fascinating but not too encouraging.

[Merlot]

19. These were great - thanks for posting this link!

Would love to see something like this for SoCal.