Corbusier plan Voisin to destroy Paris
__SPACER__ Corbusier, a Swiss egomaniac and an unqualified but self appointed architect, who described New York as hideous, very nearly destroyed the historic part of Paris that war and revolution had...
View ArticleLondons Barbican Center on Blitzed Area
__SPACER__ The Barbican arts center was the first large scale project to be designed after the war, on the site of one of Londons most bomb ravaged areas. The view here shows the site preparation with...
View ArticleHiroshima after atomic bomb and now
__SPACER__ It is perhaps ironic that Hiroshima should be rebuilt somewhat in the image of the culture that destroyed it. Some have even suggested that this relates to the Samurai tradition of becoming...
View ArticleWarsaw after the war and rebuilt today
__SPACER__ The decision to rebuild the center of Warsaw in replica, may have seemed kitsch and unimaginative at the time, but it is a triumph of care and commitment. link » wistit »
View Articlekabul before and after
__SPACER__ Paghman Gardens, Kabul Afghanistan taken 40 years apart. We imagine that Afghanistan was always a barren and oppressive tribal culture, but as this image shows, war after war has turned back...
View ArticleManhattan then and now, imagined
__SPACER__ Although this is the only image that is imaginary, it is wonderfully descriptive of what a difference a walk down Broadway when it was an Indian trail, might have been like. link » wistit »
View ArticleDresden before and after
__SPACER__ The firebombing of Dresden is a largely forgotten allied WWII crime. link » wistit »
View ArticleShenzhen before and after
__SPACER__ America is folding itself inside out via a portal that leads from Walmart to here. link » wistit »
View ArticleGigapixel Photo of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath
__SPACER__ This is the only image we haven’t included a comparison, to encourage you to click through to see this remarkable image in full. link » wistit »
View ArticleDubai Before And After
__SPACER__ Whether Dubai will eventually return to the empty sand that surrounds it, is something that isn’t out of the question now. Still its amazing to think that there isn’t a skyscraper in NY that...
View ArticleDetroit before and after
__SPACER__ Perhaps America’s capitalism, red in tooth and claw will reveal what happens when a failed city gives itself back to nature, not in the space of 500 years, as Rome did, but within a...
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