Hipsterless Brooklyn: Vintage Photos From A Vanished World

[Gingerella72]

Some great photos here. I'd love to see comparison photos of what these spots look like today.

http://life.time.com/culture/hipsterless-brooklyn-vintage-photos-from-a-vanished-world/#1

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ebbets Field (corner of Bedford Av and Sullivan Pl) today:

Bleh.

 

[JonnyO]

I wanted to see what these locations looked these days for myself, so I went to my handy-dandy Google Earth and looked up all the locations. I took screenshots of each to show, hope no one minds that these aren't actual photos. I tried to take the screenshots from the exact location of the vintage photo.

Flushing, Graham, & Broadway.


Middagh & Hicks


Seigel near Humboldt


City Veterans Housing is now the Bayview Housing Projects


Eastern Parkway & Utica Avenue


Grand Army Plaza


Gowanus Canal


Moore near Graham


Summer (Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle


Broadway & Lynch

 

[Gingerella72]

Well done, JonnyO!

 

[Fading Fast]

Some great photos here. I'd love to see comparison photos of what these spots look like today.

http://life.time.com/culture/hipsterless-brooklyn-vintage-photos-from-a-vanished-world/#1

Great photos - thank you for posting. The trolley car (second photo) is a loss that, while I understand the economics behind it (the mid-century push for individuals driving automobiles and population shift to the suburbs, amongst other reasons), had they hung on, could be having a renaissance today as cities look to reduce automobile traffic and move toward bicycle and intra-city mass-transit. Also, they are just so darn cute. To some extent, an echo of them is coming back as some cities are putting light rail in - Jersey City, NJ for example and, while that one is not vintage in look, the feel of waiting for a rail-based vehicle to move you within the city has a vintage feel (the few times a year that I'm in JC, I try to find a reason to use it).