48 Photos That Compare and Contrast What Different Places Looked Like Then and Now

When it comes to famous landmarks, some are so famous that anyone would be able to pick them out from a crowd. Some are so famous that it can be weird to even imagine a time when they didn’t exist.

And seeing a picture of the Manhattan Bridge in its stages of being built compared to how it looks today is very strange. Not only does New York City look way less built up, but it also shows how far we, humanity, have come in the last 100 and something years.