# The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 13, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469 "2005-01-13T01:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469/1 "2005-01-13T01:07:40Z")

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[New York Changing.](http://www.newyorkchanging.com/nychanging/index.html)

Bernice Abbot took a bunch of pictures of Manhattan in the 1930s. These images are contemporarily reproduced. I’m so suprised at how much remains-- and how they can shoehorn so much more stuff into such a small space.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469/2 "2005-01-13T01:20:49Z")

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[This link should work](http://newyorkchanging.com/index.html)  
Very cool pictures!

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469/3 "2005-01-13T01:24:08Z")

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> [@Lsura](#):
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> [This link should work](http://newyorkchanging.com/index.html)  
> Very cool pictures!

Thanks for fixing that.

I wonder what happened.

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**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469/4 "2005-01-13T07:50:00Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Thanks for fixing that.
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> I wonder what happened.

There was an extra quotation mark at the end of the first link.

Anyway, that’s a neat set of photos. It’s amazing how little the look of the city has changed in 60-some-odd years. Of course, I’m sure there are some areas that have changed more than others. What was Harlem like in the 30s?

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/284469/5 "2005-01-13T08:25:05Z")

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One of the more remarkable ones is the bakery. Not only is it still a bakery after 61 years, it still has the same name (and probably still owned by the same family).

The aerial photos of Seventh also look remarkably alike; I’d be hard pressed to ID which is which if they were unlabeled.