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21/07/2026 5:58 pm
Here are some photographs taken from the exact same location, but many decades apart. (and in one case, over 120 years apart)
21/07/2026 11:03 pm
Interesting. Thanks.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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22/07/2026 7:26 am
I love that type of photography - before/after of same subject. Thanks Mike!!
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Topic starter
22/07/2026 1:39 pm
You are welcome, Tony ! It can be real "back to the future" type stuff, created by photography. It is a bit eerie to go the the same spot where something was in that very place many decades before.
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23/07/2026 2:17 am
those buildings have been remarkably well preserved, well done to those involved. Interesting post thanks Mike
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23/07/2026 5:44 am
Thanks, Geoff ! Riverside, IL is a national landmark, so things generally don't change a lot in town. The guy who designed the town in about 1870, Fredrick Law Olmstead is also the same guy who designed Central Park in New York and many things at the World's Fair/Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The town was a sort of refuge in 1871 when much of Chicago, 12 miles to the east, burned to the ground.
The suburban town was built with crowned paved roads and a street gutter system to help keep the roads suitable for carriages and motor-cars.