The world has evolved incredibly fast in the last 100 years, so it's almost hard to imagine how some things have changed in that time. Some cities have been "under the knife" countless times in recent decades and have become unrecognizable from the past. The most beautiful example is Dubai, which was more than a desert a decade and a half ago, but today it is one of the most vibrant cities in the world, where machines hum 24 hours a day and where the cityscape changes practically every day. But Dubai is far from an isolated case.
Cities they have played an important role in human life for more than nine thousand years. If they were the same for a long time, then she radically changed them the industrial revolution, but today it is capitalism one who dictates drastic changes. Many cities have managed to preserve the spirit of the past, while others have been overwhelmed by capital and have changed markedly in recent decades and are practically unrecognizable.
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London, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, New York, Vilnius, Istanbul, Los Angeles ..., there are tons of examples. See comparisons old and current photos cities that have changed a lot in the last period.
Then and now - world cities that have become unrecognizable from the past:
