Stunning Photos of the World's Most Famous Cities Then and Now

It's kind of impossible to notice change while it's happening. You go about your life, looking more or less the same every day until you stumble across an old photo and realize just how much time has passed. The tiny wrinkles at the corners of your eyes, the way your hair falls, and contours of your face are all subtly changing until it all adds up to a point where it's undeniable.

Cities are like that, too. Their transformation happens little by little. A new building here, a renovated bridge there… until the skyline is unrecognizable. When you look back and compare "then" and "now" it's crazy to see how much has changed but also how much has stayed the same. 

Below are some stunning side-by-side photos that capture the evolution of some of the world's most famous cities through the years.

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