New York Now and Then: 1870s vs Today

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New York Now and Then shows before and after photos from New York City, shot by George Bradford Brainerd in the 1870s and 1880s between 1872 and 1887, as well as my pictures which were captured in 2013 and 2014. The Chase building is still there in 2024, so that's why I labeled the thumbnail image as such.
This short film New York Now and Then pays tribute to Brainerd, a forgotten 19th century photographer who died in his early 40s. He was alive to see the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 and took a number of wonderful photographs around the area. He was a pioneer in his field and even created his own "detective" cameras that allowed him to capture pictures of subjects without them knowing that he was holding a camera.
New York offers such a rich history with its massive amount of photos that were shot in the second half of the 19th century. Since so many of the same buildings and structures are still standing in the 21st century, it was possible for me to be able to shoot my own pictures that matched where Brainerd captured his photographs. Not only did I point my camera to the same structures, but I also took special care to ensure that I was trying to capture the same tripod height and angle where Brainerd had his camera. The result were several dozen incredible photographs that show 140 years of difference.
There's a certain magic to then and now photographs. They make us think about our own past. The places we visited. The people we met. They're the closest we can get to time travel. I had an amazing time riding on my bike and taking the subway to capture these photographs, and I hope that you also enjoy the project that was so important to me.
Be sure to also watch the behind the scenes video New York Now and Then: The Documentary.
UPDATE: A slower side-by-side version of this video is available here: • 140 Years of New York ... .
Behind the scenes film:
• The Creation of "New Y...
Original trailer:
• New York Now and Then:...
Shot and Edited by
Jordan Liles
Music in "New York Now and Then"
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Frederic Bernard
Music in "The Creation of" Video
"30 Minute Meditative State"
Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
End Credits Music in "The Creation of" Video
"Sidewalks of New York"
Composed by Charles B. Lawlor
Performed by Jordan Liles
Special Thanks, Image Credits and Inspiration:
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, New York Public Library
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Brooklyn Institute
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection
Green-Wood Cemetery
Museum of the City of New York
The New York Historical Society
Long Island Historical Society
Theta Xi
Special Thanks, Image Credits and Inspiration:
Lois Fischer Black
George Bradford Brainerd
Ric Burns
Anthony Caruso
Rachel Danzing
Tracie Davis
Melanie Evans
Lynn Ferrara
Thomas Rushmore French
Adi Goldstein
Henry Goodyear
Ruth Orr Graydon
Henry W.B. Howard
Brian Keane
Moses King
Clara Lamers
Wallace Goold Levison
Stephen Low
Clark S. Marlor
Barbara Head Millstein
Julie C. Moffat
The Moffat Family
Terri O'Hara
Liz Reynolds
Naomi Rosenbum
Carol Rusk
William Schmid
Harriet Senie
Marthe Smith
Marie Cimino Spina
Henry R. Stiles
Jack Termine
Irene Tichenor
Judith Walsh
Herman de Wetter
Elisabeth White
Dan Wilson
Deborah Wythe
Bonnie Yochelson

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@jordanliles Жыл бұрын

Hi everyone. Here's a side-by-side version of this video, if you want to have time to study old versus new: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9Oagsdz1arciok.html. Thanks for watching.

@sugasweg2571 5 жыл бұрын

Who else is addicted to old photos

@boobsthechemist2067 5 жыл бұрын

Suga Sweg me 😀 would be amazing to go back & see it for a day or two 👌

@sugasweg2571 5 жыл бұрын

@@boobsthechemist2067 I dreament about being in my neighborhood in the past.

@boobsthechemist2067 5 жыл бұрын

Suga Sweg I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era. Like I’d be far more suited to life 80 years ago.

@sugasweg2571 5 жыл бұрын

@@boobsthechemist2067 True, I am tried of video games. I want to play street games, but people don't play it anymore. There is only fortnite, roblox, and all that shit. I want to play something that's actually in real life. Not in a screen of pixels.

@sensie965 4 жыл бұрын

Metoo

@Multifacted_Brotha 7 жыл бұрын

This may seem weird and morbid but looking at the old photos seem to depress me a little. It kind of hits home that things never stay the same and life goes on. All those people and families you see in the old photos are dead and newer generations have come in and basically changed things. It truly was different world back then.

@taraej- 7 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised how many of the original structures survived.

@bd3825 7 жыл бұрын

Nothing lasts forever, bro

@TheVideoVolcano 7 жыл бұрын

I know... Bridges, Buildings, Trees stay... People are renewed.

@theindiediary5950 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, we are a remarkable species. Wouldn't it be nice to get a glimpse of New York 100 years from now. :) For all we know, someday someone may be posting pictures and videos on here, and comparing them to our world today in 100 years lol.

@at4420 7 жыл бұрын

videovulcan Some buildings. Some are torn down never to be seen again.

@ronineditor9920 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to put into words but it's mind-blowing to think of who else stood exactly where you are standing... 100+ years ago.

@brianmitchell5906 5 жыл бұрын

I like how the present photographer stood in almost the exact same spot as the historical photographers. It really puts the images into perspective.

@oldgordo61 5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree.

@csradheshyam 6 жыл бұрын

Even old pictures telling how much peace and calm that time. Old is gold.

@ExperimentalFun 7 жыл бұрын

I wish the photos went from then to now

@lolzlolz102 7 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha I was thinking the same. Excellent video but just doesn't feel right.

@michelleauville3991 3 жыл бұрын

Right

@jordanliles Жыл бұрын

Hi Experimental Fun. I know this is a reply long in the making but you might like this version of the video much better. Let me know if you see this comment! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9Oagsdz1arciok.html

@tulatularosa 4 жыл бұрын

I am a lifetime historian and I must admit that I never really considered how much Brainerd contributed to early photography. I am also a lifelong equestrian and believe a then and now picture with all the myriad of draught animals that once provided the motive power for such a marvelous city, would be absolutely wonderful. I live on a ranch in rural New Mexico and most of my daily chores are not any different from the 1880s. I realize how truly foreign this seems whenever I talk with more urban dwellers. You know how amazed folks are with your time travel, amaze them a bit more with horses, fancy carriage turnouts, goat-drawn Governess carts, milk boys with dog, pulled sleds. etc. etc. You can't really go back in time, but there are an amazing amount of folks who still evoke an earlier time in the present, and they aren't aren't all Amish and named Yoder! thanks

@Riley-gi6of 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how photography can allow you to look back into the past

@MarkWhich 3 жыл бұрын

Pity it didn't exist sooner, any earlier comparisons with have to be compared with paintings if any existed on the subject at all.

@garymanuel20 6 жыл бұрын

Wow it’s so cool that most of the photos you get to see the trees as babies or young and now adults! It’s nice that they’re still there! ❤️

@Mtlbro6 2 жыл бұрын

To all the comments saying "WOW they're all dead now" please understand the people in this video did not live meaningless lives just because they aren't alive anymore. They had children remember? They fought in World War 1, World War 2, they are our legacy and without them we would not be here! Instead of feeling bad for them "because they're dead" feel bad for yourself because it's YOUR turn now to take the torch and keep the world running.

@kinggidorah6910 2 жыл бұрын

Also, ( you will understand if you are a Religius person), just remember that no one is ever really gone. Tho the fact you stated above is more important.

@hououinkyouma3864 2 жыл бұрын

Give them a break, m8. It's actually fairly normal to have most of them experience the concept of time through something so powerful and wonderful. You might have had a prior experience but for them this could be the first time that induce that awe in them understanding how melancholic yet beautiful time is.

@paladinfoxx6574 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the little things, enjoy each moment, because in 100 years from now we will be in one of these videos.

@samsingh9981 3 жыл бұрын

😇🌞🙏

@j.s3933 3 жыл бұрын

Sad reality...👏👏👏

@biblelovergirl 3 жыл бұрын

Bitter sweet

@toastcart8211 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. 😥

@wakcy 4 жыл бұрын

what hits me is that every person you see in the old photos are now dead

@josephobrien9008 3 жыл бұрын

Every 100 years, all new people.

@SuperBlobsterMan 2 жыл бұрын

they are here right now, time is a wheel

@ChatGPT1111 2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBlobsterMan show us, pray tell

@killersg.8290 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephobrien9008 true but not always the case, there’s still atleast less than 10 ppl who survive with a hundred yrs old

@Expirz97 7 жыл бұрын

I've lived here many years. Seeing this was a reminder of how time passes, and I pass with the time. Thank you for this wonderful compilation.

@SWLinPHX 7 жыл бұрын

When I watch these I feel less stressed in the old photos. Like I could relax easier and not feel rushed or pressured.

@tonyrobb8815 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone receive a chill down their backs seeing this...knowing where your walking someone else was on the exact spot over 100 years ago,and now just a spirit !

@thankyoufortodayjk3704 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me feel things that I don't know how to explain...

@Ersultan234 3 жыл бұрын

@markedward3526 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too i feel it

@Unknown-se7nn 6 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how some of these structures are still standing.

@thiaguinhogameplays 6 жыл бұрын

They're renewed

@bibluteque 5 жыл бұрын

It gives me the chills to watch videos like this and see how time goes by without noticing it. Thanks for uploading.

@bgarr99 5 жыл бұрын

It's so great that photography was invented in the 19th century. It gives us a final glimpse into a way of life that had existed for hundreds of years but was rapidly disappearing.

@darrellborland119 2 жыл бұрын

@bgarr99...the photographers of that era, particularly AJ Russell of the UP, Alfred Hart of CPRR, and Charles Savage of SLC, labored under difficulties we can only imagine and contemplate in wonderment. When we study the collodian wet-plate technique, juxtaposed with primitive conditions out West, A.J. Russell in particular, comes across as a superb, tenacious, technician. His large format exposures are masterpieces. They were rediscovered in the 1950's and later. Barry Colms, and the Oakland Museum in 1969, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the "Wedding of the Rails", published a book of A.J's photos in their original format, with descriptions. It's title is "Westward to Promontory", and is readily available. Another book, recently written, is Daniel Davis' "Across the Continent", a deep dive into Andrew Russell and his life. A good and fascinating read into a frontier photographer's life, and travails. Thanks.

@bgarr99 2 жыл бұрын

@@darrellborland119 Your knowledge is impressive. Thank you for the recommendations. I'll definitely check them out.

@ChatGPT1111 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, all those statues around from 1873-2014 have been torn down in 2020-21. History is just so inconvenient to the narrative.

@Lagaidh 2 жыл бұрын

I rarely log into any site to leave a comment. I'm a nit-picker, so I tend to keep my online thoughts to myself. This video compelled me to log in so that I could congratulate the creator(s). The transitions are so precise inside of the gentle zoom that every one of them felt like opening a present at a party just for me. I clap for you!

@jordanliles 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. A lot of people complain that I didn't do a side-by-side version. I eventually did and it's available in the description if you also want to see that. Have a good day!

@mumlife90 6 жыл бұрын

it looks sad... that someday.. i die and fade like these pictures

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

+Anya Lopez But not yet. Not yet. Go live.

@joelschmole 6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles great video

@peaceandlove2931 6 жыл бұрын

Anya Lopez but 1873 that time was nice . i wish i was live in that time .

@mumlife90 6 жыл бұрын

PEACE AND LOVE me too

@nph19 6 жыл бұрын

how depressing

@cuntstubbl 6 жыл бұрын

It's so uncluttered in the old pics, no stupid road signs and cars every where. Just looked tidy.

@michael.5360 4 жыл бұрын

New York was really dirty and had a huge sanitation problem when they.had an influx of immigration In the early 1900s There was this huge division between rich and poor. I do wish people who think New York was so grandeur do some research.

@johnw2026 5 жыл бұрын

Life is a vapor, here one moment, gone the next. Use your time wisely.

@michael.5360 4 жыл бұрын

Really , I was, but now this pandemic has interrupted my flow.

@lisacurnow3524 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love all the old black and white pictures, what people wore, what life was like what streets were like and how things have changed since then

@theangrygamer895 6 жыл бұрын

Look at the architecture and beauty of the buildings and monuments back then,the craftsmanship and skill compared to the ugly shit we build these days.

@velociraptor3097 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, modern buildings look better than old ugly ones.

@LucidVision138 3 жыл бұрын

@@velociraptor3097 Not really, back then people took pride in their architectural work and designed beautiful designs but nowadays people just design buildings just for business. Nothing more nothing less, so they don't put that kind of heart into their work as opposed as people did in the past.

@sergeantmacnuggets1132 3 жыл бұрын

@@LucidVision138 Bruh they dont care about pride they also do it for business, most of old structures are less durable and less advanced than today.

@samsingh9981 3 жыл бұрын

@Baked Beans 🙏🌞😇

@Dejroslaw2448 3 жыл бұрын

Americans has dont have respect to Old buildings

@DesolationAngel101 6 жыл бұрын

Never forget the generations of people whose work built the places where you live.

@manny2493 3 жыл бұрын

we're living on the shoulders of them

@anthonypalermo6385 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazingly short adventure this thing called life is.

@miguelkeeler7747 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that's fascinated with the late 1800s?

@rise3987 3 жыл бұрын

No I am too :)

@s.shanmugasundaram8869 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@miguelkeeler7747 3 жыл бұрын

Like, I'd back in time if I could!

@parrodice 3 жыл бұрын

That's why there's Steampunk

@mercoid 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes you are THE ONLY ONE! Think about that. Now think about the many highly educated people who do things like....write history books and actually read old books and articles of the period. Think of all the history classes there are in universities and the professors who teach them. Yeah.... YOU’RE the only one!

@monkeyzuncle1 7 жыл бұрын

So crazy how much some of those buildings and monuments have seen. If only they could talk.

@sam_digiorno7313 7 жыл бұрын

Building: yeah a lot of people jumped off me in 29

@apexone5502 7 жыл бұрын

in4mous_cool lol

@jordanliles 7 жыл бұрын

You can learn more about the buildings and monuments, and even some of the people in the photos, when you watch the extended look documentary: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. I highly suggest it!

@ruhtra619 7 жыл бұрын

if the monuments could talk theyd probably say some racist shit!

@bluesharp59 9 жыл бұрын

Whats very cool to me is when you see the small trees a hundred years ago and now how big they got since then. Great Video.

@OG-Capo--- Жыл бұрын

Whenever I look at old pictures it just makes me feel like I missed so much sometimes makes me feel how different it was back then. I'd love to travel in time and walk the streets they walked .

@adama6440 3 жыл бұрын

These old photos bring the most genuine natural smile to my face wow i definitely wish i was in these times im in love with those days

@michealfrosh8216 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Adam. How are you doing now?

@adama6440 3 жыл бұрын

@@michealfrosh8216 i am awesome thank you very much just binging on the perfect times lol hows it going

@LVNVSmash 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy looking at these old pictures,but I also get sad looking at them

@iant419 4 жыл бұрын

Notice how everything looked nicer back then and all the beautiful stuff is just leftover from a better time.

@karenryder6317 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. We do tend to idealize the past and forget about the poor health, racism and sexism that were so common place--but oh my god the grand architecture of some of civic buildings! That is something that is totally lost and will never come again. Plus middle class people didn't dress like slobs then either. Had to laugh at the black family at the beach in dress shoes and hats. We are so much better off today, but the esthetic/cultural ideal is gone.

@iansmith321 3 жыл бұрын

I love looking at old pictures then you realise that the people who are in the old photos are sadly no longer with here.

@cecillemarie8188 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not sad. They lived their lives. For me, it’s a good reminder that the hardships in this life will end. If you have Jesus in this life, there’s a blessed assurance of eternal life after our human bodies die. I don’t like life on earth.

@galaxyramen29 5 жыл бұрын

2019 anybody?

@laugh24rkn26 5 жыл бұрын

yeah

@haunebu2360 5 жыл бұрын

Nope! I’m 1986!

@missmarlenexo 6 жыл бұрын

i will never look at an old building the same

@heru-deshet359 7 жыл бұрын

Claire de Lune is so fitting a piece for this beautiful presentation. Old New York was so beautiful.

@markl1073 5 жыл бұрын

No litter, no cars, no skyscrapers, no kids glued to their cellphones. A little slice of heaven :)

@markl1073 5 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can do ;)

@pietheijn-vo1gt 5 жыл бұрын

It's easy to romanticize the past. But don't forget how cruel life was back then. People worked 70-80 hours per week, that's twice as much as now and it was mostly hard physical labour. Education was poor, healthcare even poorer. People had more kids because they lost half of them before they turned 10. Oh and if your skin was black back then everything would be 10x harder.

@ms_scribbles 5 жыл бұрын

@@pietheijn-vo1gt Or if your skin was brown. Or if you were Asian. Or a woman. Or Irish. Or non-Protestant Christian. (You couldn't be Catholic, or they'd burn your church down.) Or poor. Or heaven forbid, gay!

@spectaclereplication 5 жыл бұрын

There was litter.

@johnw2026 5 жыл бұрын

Mark L there was litter in a different form. If you walked out of a building into the street, you had to watch that you didn't step in a big pile of high quality horse manure, lol!

@Jamie-zl6mw 4 жыл бұрын

Every single one of these people lead lives of their own. They loved they laughed cried experienced pain loss but also joy. All of it lost to the sands of time forgotten temporary. It humbles you in a way knowing that that one day will be all of our fates . So I say why not march forward and live life to the fullest because this is all we get.

@kennethv4945 4 жыл бұрын

That words

@Forsnoblown 6 жыл бұрын

I wish I have the power to go back in time.

@ironmyth921 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah your correct and I will be there at old years

@filzaaziz3723 6 жыл бұрын

Old is gold

@joenop3393 3 жыл бұрын

Shows that life is indeed short and we must enjoy every minute!

@_lordgarfunkel_5364 3 жыл бұрын

We will all be forgotten

@breloomie8373 3 жыл бұрын

Eventually. :(

@breloomie8373 3 жыл бұрын

But never completely...

@auapplemac2441 3 жыл бұрын

Leave behind some good and the universe will remember you.

@KennyEvansUK 9 жыл бұрын

Great job man! I've seen so many of these where the guys go to all the trouble to revisit the location but don't match the framing, focal length etc. This is a perfect job. A1!

@Domino13334 8 жыл бұрын

Have to agree here, most just go back to the places but don't care to be in the footsteps of the photograph

@robertgift 7 жыл бұрын

Kenny Evans. How do you match focalength?

@la4two 2 жыл бұрын

2:24 is a crazy one

@nvnv2259 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@hardestclips 5 жыл бұрын

3:38 daaaamn what an old tree

@zzdoodzz 6 жыл бұрын

Makes me think of all the people that came before us and come after us. I grew up in an old house, and many families lived there before me. People were born in the house I lived in, my mother died there. One day my family will never live there again and some other family will live there. Reminds me of the fact that you will never truly own any physical thing in this world. The only thing we have is our time.

@M3RKSYNDICATE 6 жыл бұрын

Boot Indeed, human evolution has truly expanded and will continue to do so until we all eliminate each other due to power and greed, however everything else will remain the same as simply a relic within history that will one day be replaced by future occurrences that will simply approach us as the present day.

@TheFinnMovies 6 жыл бұрын

Boot you really got me thinking

@dhoail11 5 жыл бұрын

Boot you got literally got me crying..😥😭

@mercexpable 9 жыл бұрын

This took a lot of planning, work and time. Thank you for this journey from our present time and into our history. Very nicely done.

@gemmeliusgrammaticus2509 Жыл бұрын

I’d rather live in the 1870’s. A day in that world is worth a year in ours.

@jordanliles Жыл бұрын

Beautiful buildings for sure. I made a side-by-side version, if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9Oagsdz1arciok.html.

@almeggs3247 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. God bless your work 130 years!

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching my film! Two quick things. 1. If you wanted more time to see the before and after photos, or you wish the transitions went from old to new, check out this alternate video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. And 2. My latest documentary "The Sidewalks of New York" is a deeper New York history film that starts slow, but if you stick with it you'll see how it builds in a big way, and it's free and on KZfaq! I spent a year on it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nr59YMpeuqeumXU.html.

@handysalmon2131 6 жыл бұрын

I recognize this music. Is it from a Broadway musical?

@juahirmatin9369 6 жыл бұрын

Hi you should show old one first than new picture.

@studdy1202 6 жыл бұрын

This makes me go back into live

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Juahir. You'll like the documentary! It takes a slower look at the photos, old to new and new to old. See here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html.

@Norannmcguire 6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles I'm born 1873had to see .gosh time fly's then returns .

@trulyinfamous 7 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing to do with these kinds of videos is to look at the trees and see how big some have gotten.

@Jdwify 3 ай бұрын

Great video and I really like the use of Claude Debussy's Clair d'Lune.

@preciadoalex123 6 жыл бұрын

People were living their life just like you, but they're long gone...

@aldocesarbenega9812 6 жыл бұрын

And someday we will - also - "cross the river". It's part of life!

@jordanliles 7 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone! Three things: 1. This project has an extended look documentary: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. 2. Even bigger, my documentary "The Sidewalks of New York" is out now, and if you love New York history you will adore the story in the film: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nr59YMpeuqeumXU.html. 3. I plan on making another New York film. If you'd like to support me, you can simply shop on Amazon with this link: amzn.to/2tXeffU. Or you can send donations to my Paypal or Venmo accounts at the email address jordanliles@gmail.com. The more money I make, the more old photographs I can purchase to use in documentaries! Thank you so much for watching my films. I really do appreciate all of you and your kindness.

@danhartl9426 7 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles

@Kareltje1749 7 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles Fuck you, we need to treat each other with respect and find solutions to problems

@user-iq2zj1yz5w 7 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles so bear

@snicketysnickets 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck off, loser.

@snicketysnickets 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@camaarillo 6 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing to see some trees starting off as baby and there still here now! Excellent video

@KatyaKit216 5 жыл бұрын

I want to go back in time! I would love to see how everything was built. We take everything for granted nowadays. It looked simpler and better back then.

@ramakantsharma8605 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@KevinKurzsartdisplay 5 жыл бұрын

Pitje Puck, stop being a spoiled prick! Would you rather work from 5 in the morning ‘til 8 in the evening where you have to work hard in a factory and rarely earn enough money? Well guess what, that’s what people did back then, they had to work their freaking butts off just to earn a few cash!

@freedom5875 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@freedom5875 5 жыл бұрын

How are you kat ?

@elias7748 3 жыл бұрын

Another romanticizer.

@DarrylBass 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me want to go out and take some pictures now so 100 years from now people can see "what it looked like back then"

@nordmarian9770 6 жыл бұрын

I feel sad because the people in new photos will never meet the people who walked in the same place in the past.

@anonnomas4755 6 жыл бұрын

I thought "Crazy how these people were liveing in the moment but that moments gone now and so are they"

@Life4Pikachu 9 жыл бұрын

It's so interesting to see how things have changed. :)

@jordanliles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! For anyone who would like a longer look at the photos, check out the short documentary film: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html.

@jillyd2807 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating 🧐 And sad that those times and people are gone! 😐

@Fernsehenpfanger 4 жыл бұрын

The City without the motor vehicles so beauty, old lovely Town...

@putraikhsankusuma7550 4 жыл бұрын

But so plenty poor people on that time

@cringecrew101asmr8 7 жыл бұрын

I got a little emotional thinking about the lost time and lost eras of the past. All of the people in the old photos are dead and are never going to see the light of day again. I can think of when they make one like this in 100 years when I'm dead and am in the photos carrying on my normal business.

@paolosanchez2927 7 жыл бұрын

Cringe Crew Cycle of life my friend. Simple but amazing to think when someone dies, at the same time a baby is being born

@TheGummybears101 6 жыл бұрын

Cringe Crewism 101 saddens me too but it's all apart of life. These people live on through their children.

@StudiosRick 7 жыл бұрын

Without the past, even if it has been bad or good, we are nothing!

@samira5527 2 жыл бұрын

اشتقنا لماضي لدينا حنين الى ماضي لاننا كرهنا الحاضر مع انه مليئ بتكلونوجيا حديثة لان الانسان تكون راحته النفسية في حياة البسيطة المليئة بكل شئ طبيعي

@maximilianraley2457 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video. I really appreciate the fading. Crazy watching buildings disappear and nature take over. Thank you so much for this! And the music made it so peaceful.

@markg999 7 жыл бұрын

Cool seeing the trees so young in some of those shots.

@feelmyfreshlyshavedlegs3979 7 жыл бұрын

The passing of time is the most depressing thing. It is one thing we have no control of whatsoever.

@tuanjelito4ever 4 жыл бұрын

How's watching on 2020 😢

@terrydubuisson4209 3 жыл бұрын

@robertamato358 3 жыл бұрын

This made me homesick for Brooklyn Heights. Moved away in 2011. It is a great neighborhood and I miss it. Wonderful photos. Thank you.

@cedrickcorrales 7 жыл бұрын

1:06 that tree though. time's so fast

@nightmares8999 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like crying watching this.

@terrydubuisson4209 3 жыл бұрын

I love looking at the past

@moodwithfood5 4 жыл бұрын

Always amazing to peep in the past it feels that we are having a time travel....

@jeffgrant4234 7 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see how well-dressed people were back then. Today people go out in their yoga pants, ripped jeans, t-shirts even pajamas and slippers! They look like homeless people compared to back then. Even homeless people back then dressed nicer than people today!

@Akrilloth 7 жыл бұрын

Doesn't keep their expression from being shitty.

@JoeARedHawk275 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Grant Umm t-shirts are now considered a homeless look???

@jeffgrant4234 7 жыл бұрын

TEST Why you say that to my face @sshole and we'll see how much of a tough person you are. Go back to living in your camper van fuck face.

@raphaelbermeo7449 7 жыл бұрын

Fashion changes we just like simplier things instead of a big ass beaver jacket we would rather wear a slim fit jacket and some skinny pants

@andresrodriguez4294 7 жыл бұрын

Well that escalated quickly. You went from a real gentleman to a douchebag real fast lmao.

@trailmixtrail7557 6 жыл бұрын

I love the old architecture

@melissabrady5497 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else addicted to old photos and videos? Um I am!

@tanoenaczycaitin 3 жыл бұрын

@arandomlogo1081 3 жыл бұрын

@alhamdleallah 3 жыл бұрын

وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ "Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ "And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ "Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous Quran .islam*--*

@koubenakombi3066 Жыл бұрын

These buildings and places already existed, from past civilizations and past resets... you don't believe the horse-buggy-man holding a shovel was able to build with that perfection, eh?! Yep... in 1.800 they were going far-west, living in mud/hay/sticks houses... so congrats! You are now awake and ready to research about mudfloods, classical and tartarian styles... from the known past civilizations. Drop all the his-story you may think you know, it is all a lie. Look for the truth!

@2jzfrank 4 жыл бұрын

What really amaze me is that some of those trees are still here 😮

@2jzfrank 4 жыл бұрын

1:07- 1:13 tree on the left side

@32juancruz 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video. Thank you very very much! You made me cry

@antonioangeles1898 6 жыл бұрын

God Bless you,dear......

@thatoldschooldude6784 6 жыл бұрын

Everything was more beautiful back then

@hyacinthdibley2420 4 жыл бұрын

It’s also nice to see the (same) trees around back then (in their infancy).

@CambriaF 4 жыл бұрын

i love how some things look exactly the same, we still live with some of that history

@jordanliles 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks everyone. Also check out my favorite part of this project - the behind the scenes documentary! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html

@paulrhudy6542 9 жыл бұрын

He was awesome and so are you. I lived ten years in Manhattan, the whole time reading history and walking, walking, walking. I had no allies in the 80's. Now, through the internet, I discover that I finally have friends. --- Paul, Asheville/Black Mountain NC.

@TheTruth-du4xt 7 жыл бұрын

Jordan. You messed up. First you should show the old picture. The new picture comes after the old. You did it "drawkcab".

@jordanliles 7 жыл бұрын

If you want a longer look at the photos, check out the longer documentary here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. I hope you like it!

@storminboy 6 жыл бұрын

Why the hell would you dislike this, what is there to dislike??

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

Stormin Boy Some people don't like that the photos go back in time from new to old, and prefer old to new. Other people prefer the video to go slower. I created a documentary after this that shows how it was made that solves both of these things! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5Zggt2k0s6WaKc.html

@davidkumar5871 2 жыл бұрын

0:58 to 1:04 what if the old ducks are the ancestors of the ones in colored photos? That’d be so dope.

@alfridosincefhfb3409 2 жыл бұрын

Oui le mème point de vu

@sallybutton6237 2 жыл бұрын

Apart from modern medicine the greatest gift to mankind is the ability to capture the past so that we might look into it & for a second become a part of it..

@tiltedcupcake5539 7 жыл бұрын

I wish these were side by side, as they are in the thumbnail. Still a mesmerizing video you've made, thanks for your beautiful work!

@jordanliles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The documentary gives a much longer look at the photographs if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. Enjoy!

@BrooklynPerson30000 9 жыл бұрын

this is great, but the old shots are too short

@Alexander-tj2dn 8 жыл бұрын

+BrooklynPerson30000 I agree

@jordanliles 8 жыл бұрын

+BrooklynPerson30000 I made this documentary for those who want a longer look: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ZoZryWyrqzpnk.html. I hope you enjoy it!

@wolfpak8228 7 жыл бұрын

BrooklynPerson30000 --deadly diarrhea? Now we have liberals

@coporal4 7 жыл бұрын

Now we have Republicans with "Alternative Facts'

@BrooklynPerson30000 7 жыл бұрын

+David Gibbard uhhhhh, huh-huh.. like,.. what?.. uhhh-huh-huh-huh, huh-huh..

@nitzsarcade1208 3 жыл бұрын

Very nostalgic, people sharing the same spot in different centuries.

@user-ct4bb2xp7s 2 жыл бұрын

nostalgic-νοσταλγία

@jordanliles 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my video. Here's a new side-by-side version you might enjoy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9Oagsdz1arciok.html.

@svsproductions1 5 жыл бұрын

The pictures of everyone on the ice really says something about how overly cautious and scared of everything we are today that we no longer allow ourselves to explore and be free to take risks and enjoy life to the fullest. Theres no way the city would let people just walk around on a frozen lake today they'd be afraid of getting sued.

@angelpereira5278 3 жыл бұрын

Our life goes by without us knowing how fleeting our existence is. Soon the passions, desires and emotions that nested in our hearts will be forgotten. Maybe someone will capture an image and we will be remembered in the future, but it is the only thing left in this world of us.

@bigv7386 5 жыл бұрын

The music works so well with the video

@0595michal 5 жыл бұрын

Just amazing, no more words.

@glamonails7666 6 жыл бұрын

What a huge difference... No cars. More people, walking through the streets... So beautiful 😍👌👍 but times change.. People change, technology change.... Everything change the world 🌍 😍💙 so spiritual.

@vwvwvvvw4519 6 жыл бұрын

Adam Anderson like Scissors

@michael.5360 4 жыл бұрын

Why are people talk about olden times were better. Have we forgotten that we fought a bloody civil war that left thousands maimed, crippled and dead?

@iinerd 7 жыл бұрын

"C'era una volta in America" - "Once upon a time in America". Thank you. Greetings from Milan, Italy.

@contreras9776 6 жыл бұрын

I can't fathom why anyone would downvote this. Fantastic archive. It's not suppose to be Star Wars or anything.

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

Fidelio Thanks. Some people wish that I would have shown the old photos first and then the new photos. Stuff like that. But I do wish the people who downvote would realize the amount of work it took not only to shoot these photographs (both me and especially Brainerd), but also to research the original photographer and create the longer half-hour video that is also available on KZfaq. But KZfaq is KZfaq. I'm ok with criticism and can take it.

@contreras9776 6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Liles I can see the amount if work that went into this. I, for one, appreciate the effort. Very introspective. Bravo.

@laurenl3819 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful gift for this NYr ....thank you

@KamilSahverdiyev 3 жыл бұрын

people are emotional 🥺

@jimbronaugh 6 жыл бұрын

I'm visiting here from 2173 and all of this is gone.Thank you for letting me some of the lost lands as they once were.

@mr.cifuentes1779 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Bronaugh damn

@jordanliles 6 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me who won a few sports games that are happening this week so I can win big, then realize I messed up the future, so later I have to correct it with Doc Brown?

@jimbronaugh 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not allowed to be specific, but, after looking through the archives I can say that I'm sorry for your loss.