June 14, 2010: 20 Years

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 14, 2010 12:00 am

Look around your yard, your neighborhood, your town/city.
What has changed in the last 20 years?
Probably quite a bit, businesses and buildings have come and gone.
Almost a sure bet there are less trees, and more buildings/traffic/noise.

But it's also a pretty good bet, the changes you see are not as extreme as Shanghai.

To see changes that extreme, you'd probably have to look in the mirror.;)

lumberjim • Jun 14, 2010 12:04 am

sHANGHAI HAS BEEN sHANGHAID!

lupin..the..3rd • Jun 14, 2010 12:41 am

Wow, the difference is like day and night!

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 14, 2010 1:10 am

Smartass. :p:

Gravdigr • Jun 14, 2010 5:38 am

I thought maybe this bldg was a survivor, but I've already changed my mind. Looks like every single bldg has been replaced. Kinda sad, really.:yelsick:

I bet that's not even the same water in the river.

SPUCK • Jun 14, 2010 5:55 am

There are many of the same buildings. The two pictures are from different vantages so in the second the buildings are much smaller so you might not recognize some of them.

SPUCK • Jun 14, 2010 6:03 am

Note these..
Also a whole wall of new taller buildings are amost completely obscuring any older buildings that were in the old picture closer to the shore.

Gravdigr • Jun 14, 2010 7:26 am

Well nevermind then.

glatt • Jun 14, 2010 8:13 am

SPUCK;662905 wrote:
Note these..
Also a whole wall of new taller buildings are amost completely obscuring any older buildings that were in the old picture closer to the shore.

Your far right line is wrong, but the rest of them look to be spot on.

Adak • Jun 14, 2010 8:18 am

I don't know what's funnier:

the "Upright Vacuum" Bldg.

or

the "I [COLOR="Red"]♥[/COLOR] SHIT" sign.

:D :D :D

monster • Jun 14, 2010 8:18 am

Am I missing something? the comparison shots do not appear in the OP -just the night shot with the added "labels"?

Adak • Jun 14, 2010 8:33 am

@Monster: Nope, it's odd, but there's no day shot to compare with the night pic, in the OP.

Maybe the day pic looked at the Vacuum Bldg., and laughed so hard it fell right off the forum? :rolleyes:

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 14, 2010 11:37 am

monster;662928 wrote:
Am I missing something? the comparison shots do not appear in the OP -just the night shot with the added "labels"?

Adak;662929 wrote:
@Monster: Nope, it's odd, but there's no day shot to compare with the night pic, in the OP.

Maybe the day pic looked at the Vacuum Bldg., and laughed so hard it fell right off the forum? :rolleyes:

I fixed it, the op picture had been overwritten.

monster • Jun 14, 2010 12:13 pm

ah. That's happened before with something I posted.

dmg1969 • Jun 14, 2010 12:18 pm

I noticed another difference too. See if you can spot it.

Diaphone Jim • Jun 14, 2010 12:19 pm

This comparison came immediately to mind:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=20905&highlight=hiroshima

spudcon • Jun 14, 2010 2:12 pm

dmg1969;662991 wrote:
I noticed another difference too. See if you can spot it.
Looks exactly the same to me.

Sundae • Jun 14, 2010 2:58 pm

That's not an upright vacuum, that's a bottle opener!

classicman • Jun 14, 2010 3:31 pm

SPUCK • Jun 15, 2010 7:23 am

Sundae Girl;663053 wrote:
That's not an upright vacuum, that's a bottle opener!

:D:D:D

I think I screwed up the original picture.. (I didn't notice) Turns out if you upload the same file name the server takes the new pic and writes it over the old one. Most servers randomize the uploaded pics.. I will be vvvvvvvvery careful next time.:thepain:

Undertoad • Jun 15, 2010 9:29 am

Yes, the system (of hosting Cellar images) was really only ever intended for I's of the D so I didn't harden it against that sort of thing.

Spexxvet • Jun 15, 2010 10:32 am

He said "harden".

SPUCK • Jun 16, 2010 6:22 am

Spexxvet;663209 wrote:
He said "harden".

:biggrinlo:biggrinlo:biggrinlo:grinnylov:grinnylov

loondawg • Jun 21, 2010 9:24 am

Wow. What a change.

Another difference is in the sky itself. You can seen a much more distant horizon in the older picture. It could just be the weather or time of day, but it's just as likely it's pollution.

And I was also going to provide an image showing more links between to two shots but I'm not allowed to post images yet. But to get a good idea of the difference in perspective, look at the clock tower at the very right in the old picture. You'll notice it is a little left of center in the newer picture.

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 21, 2010 3:00 pm

loondawg;664948 wrote:
Wow. What a change.

Another difference is in the sky itself. You can seen a much more distant horizon in the older picture. It could just be the weather or time of day, but it's just as likely it's pollution.

The second picture was also taken at almost night.

And I was also going to provide an image showing more links between to two shots but I'm not allowed to post images yet. But to get a good idea of the difference in perspective, look at the clock tower at the very right in the old picture. You'll notice it is a little left of center in the newer picture.

Post #9 shows the relationship of the clock tower.
Oh, and welcome to the Cellar, loondawg. :D

Back to Forum | Back to Top