TheFolkman
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Jan 30, 2023 8:39 PM
TheFolkman
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ArcadiaBerger
We can do the same in our own cities, if we have the gumption.
einthedog2
I was just there on Friday in the Car Parking looking building
CannotBeBanned
Same location, but pic two is much more zoomed in. Are those corp buildings still there?
OtziOzbjorn
This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
Mxlespxles
DukePhelan
RocknRoleModel
Late to the party but I know you guys like extra information: It was water since 1100. In the 50ths they made it a road. Now water again.
SkyHighInc
Now that's a glow up
sfcorax
Looks backwards compared to many places in the western world.
celestiaIs
As an American I'm very jealous of European infrastructure. Plenty of trains to get anywhere, everything in walking distance... must be nice
forensicfilesbestofseason1
The second pic in like a block down from the first one. I suspect this is not as it seems.
Farbrook
Something actually in the world? Excuse me. I have something in my eye...
xenjamin
#upgrade
CP3oh
That building is the "Oud-Katholieke Gertrudiskathedraal", if anyone else wants to find this on Google Maps
drgonzo67
Willing to bet it was a canal for hundreds of years before becoming a road, and then a highway... 'Cause Netherlands.
drgonzo67
Yes, it was a canal until 1973. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharijnesingel
brickius
I can't believe they went to the trouble of moving that church 100 yards down the road, that's dedication
einthedog2
Side note, the canal now goes under the mall and its amazing
ObiHaiv
Is that VD store from the 80s still around somewhere today? Asking for a friend...
ILikeFood2000
Good start. I’m looking at the satellite view, and there’s still plenty of roads.
Owliebub
Wish we'd do that in the old, historical parts in the US.
igooutsidesometimes
This trash pile is historical! Sure you could house a hundred families but what about the neighborhood culture!
icanthandleanotheraccount
I think that the photographer in the lower photo is standing on the bridge that is seem in the upper.
vodkaho
They're adding 4 hotels and 382 homes in my 'hood. I wish we could have this instead, and mixed use zoning.
PagetheFound
Fun fact : there is a private tunnel from one of the houses to the church chapel,so my dad's religious grandmother could go pray in private.
PagetheFound
My grandfather and his father both had a say (and property) in when "the ugly" was first planned/build. they tore down some beautiful histor
PagetheFound
ic houses in the proces (and parts of a castle that used to be there)
PagetheFound
This you see now is more of a "restauration" to how it used to be. Except ofc they cant rebuild the old houses cause "hoog caterijne" and
PagetheFound
The trainstation are still there. Other dmg my fam did to Utrecht can still be spotted a bit back, across from the Vreeburg music centre,you
PagetheFound
Can spot huge metal framework on a rooftop wich used to hold a giant watch advertizing our jewelryshop. It cant be removed without destroyin
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Huge improvement. It should never have been an ultrashort motorway, that was utter madness
Imademyselfsquirtle
As someone who drove through Baton Rouge. I will never understand the US obsession with high rise highways.
rrrrroy
https://www.duic.nl/algemeen/utrecht-door-de-jaren-heen-de-veranderende-singel-in-beeld/ ( more before / after shots )
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
First picture is the 1970s though, V&D had a different logo in the '80s
Nincompoet
Bruh there are arbys with signs from like 1700 in Ohio
coothlesscthulhu
"We containeth thy meat"
necrojoe
San Francisco Embarcadero highway was similar:
thomn8r
I remember the embarcadero from when I was a kid in SF - it was hideous
DankTimez4Eva
Is it just homeless, dirty needles, and feces now? It's crazy how fast it went downhill
Soggybathroomsock
Only, it's still all concrete.
BlackCatCasper
Earthquake ended the debate
BobaFettApproves
There were originally going to be SO many more highways tearing up the SF map, but thankfully the 50s locals fought it as hard as it took.
LendLeaseIdentity
Also earthquakes. Yes to earthquakes ending stroads.
BobaFettApproves
Wasn’t negating that. I just enjoy knowledge of SF history.
amp99
Sort of related: "Cities Aren't Loud; Cars Are Loud" by Not Just Bikes: https://youtu.be/CTV-wwszGw8
Mairoa
This honestly feels staged. He's in a public space with other people, and nobody's yelling or screaming and the trains aren't included
Mairoa
There's a train track over 2 miles from my home and it's still so loud when it passes that conversation often gets interrupted. Indoors.
Mairoa
I doubt some bushes will help when the forest between the two does nothing. Trains are loud and shake the ground... It's a train
whatsisname
Believe it or not, but cities aren't full of people that are constantly yelling and screaming. That doesn't happen very often.
Mairoa
I spent a good 20+ years in various cities. I like not hearing gunshots and drunken screaming matches all night anymore
AgnosticPaladin
I have never heard a gunshot in ~35 years, and when i did it was at a revolution. That's an american problem. Not much shouting either.
Mairoa
I can't really think of anywhere public I've been with more than say, 10 people present, that didn't have some obnoxious person making noise
Mairoa
I go downtown in a town of 70k and there's someone blasting music, groups of people talking very loudly, someone arguing with a building>
Mairoa
Filanwizard
A storm did this very temporarily in Philadelphia
WhatIfGhostsAreAliens
I love Philly for this very reason. He might find out later but the fuck around part is what’s fun and embraced. Cheers!
RecommentStatistics
We had a similar effect in Auckland on Friday
Sandproblems
That’s okay - Philly will be burn to the ground soon.. win or lose the superbowl…
Filanwizard
Philly always comes back. It regenerates, it’s the town that spawned gritty after all
Hotjoe1991
The world is healing.
swedeonamoose
I was gonna say something about parasites and bacteria and such but hell, i'm pretty sure those cant survive in Philly people.
dankymang
dude..phillly is disgusting--so much trash everywhere. don't want to imagine the kind of shit in that water
Ellisd83
Sepsis dont give a fuck where you're from.
Filanwizard
DankTimez4Eva
How much of that is sewage overflow? Whenever it floods, raw sewage is always mixed in
PrincessPicklebricks
That and flood waters often have sight-unseen stuff floating in them.
Filanwizard
Unknown most likely came from the Schuylkill river. (It’s said like Scoogle).
DankTimez4Eva
from the youtube videos I seen of Philadelphia, either he is a crack smoking fentayl addict or male hustler. not many positive philly vids
lrateyourrig
Got take a walk through the culturally rich Kensington. $20 will go far! $40 might get you murdered.
MCNewYorkLives
Not hating, this is cool, but it's not the EXACT same spot. Bc of the comparison, it almost looks like they removed the commercial buildings
WrithingVoid
They literally didn't you can clearly see it would be impossible for them to be in frame.
SomeDetroitGuy
It's a couple hundred meters.
zebraspotsarenotstripes
I cycled here yesterday. The commercial buildings are still there, but somewhat nicer. Roads are gone, water in its place and trees added.
MCNewYorkLives
If you look closely in the top video, you can see the same building further in the distance.
slamEVIL
Nobody said it was though. They just said this is the same place in Utrecht.
drzdeano
Yeh it is a tad selective
handsomesquidward90
I was there last week for work. They gave us the explanation of how they did it and all. It’s called “Catharijnesingel “
alticaarden
Katherine heigel?
coffeysays
Yeah. It's notoriously difficult.
oldguyexlurker
You're precisely correct. The respondent's are not. Roads are gone, but buildings (probably) remain. Can't tell in 2nd shot.
Sjbmanz
The buildingbis still there! Source: I live around the corner lol.
MCNewYorkLives
Someone posted a street view. This section ONLY happens passed the other bridge. Before that, it looks nearly the same.
Drunkenhalfling
"nearly the same". motorway transformed into canal but yeah nearly the same
MCNewYorkLives
What I'm saying is that the top picture is filled with concrete without a shred of grass. Then the next looks like they not only filled the
MCNewYorkLives
Road with water, but also ripped up the service roads and replaced with grass as well as replaced the commercial buildings with something
amp99
Same spot; bottom pic is just a tighter shot (match the buildings):
Thickinthewarm
You missed the dudes point completely.
darkstarmc
This does inherently mean it's not the same spot, just nearly at the same spot.
SamuthNBS
Nah it is roughly the same length camera lens, they are physically in a closer spot, not just zoomed in
TheDouche
Ooh, now can we have sky/weather conditions that match and see how the roads are doing that had to absorb that traffic?
jeandolly
Yeah but... They left out all the ugly buildings to make it seem prettier.
Syrpynt
That's it--Burn it all down with everyone inside because we failed this user's expectations. /s
iamlamp2
I mean there is a river now
TeeweeAndSmashboy
I get what you mean; the newer photo looks much nicer- not only due to the awesome new growth, but also due to framing. Subtle.
MCNewYorkLives
That's what I mean, it's the general area, just on the other side of the bridge.
melmboundanddown
It's the same area, the road becomes a canal, it's just zoomed in
amp99
Bridge the top one was taken from doesn't exist any more. Here's a street level approximate location: https://goo.gl/maps/hJSAfXaECuLfijQs5
TicoGuy
I like the Teapot Building
VibratingNipples
look like it was taken from the bridge https://goo.gl/maps/Q7c358ePMS5yTVcEA
amp99
That's the bottom one, yes. The top pic was taken from a bridge which no longer exists.
PickleForBreakfast
That changes things... The greenery only starts at the point photo 2 was taken. The first part is a pretty barren canal
MCNewYorkLives
Exactly! That's what I was trying to say. It makes it looks like they completely reversed everything, while that's just a small section