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Sep 16, 2024 • 21 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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Wow, they actually made it better!

Here are 20 remarkable revivals proving that breathtaking architectural restoration is possible. 🧵

1. Dresden (1983 and 2019)

2. Boston before and after the "Big Dig." They took the freeway and buried it underground.

3. In 2010, a new Beaux Arts building in New York City replaced a 1950s shop building.

4. Hereford Square, London (Before and After)

5. A mall in Budapest, Hungary (Before and After the fall of communist regime)

6. Warsaw, Poland (1945 and Now)

7. Chróstnik Palace 2009 vs. now. Chróstnik, Lubin County, Poland

8. Sometimes nature takes over the beauty that existed. Revealing it is a net positive.

Chichen Itza 1892 and 2020

9. Sas-Bahu Temple, Gwalior, India (1869 vs 2019)

10. Warsaw, Poland (Then and Now)

11. Harlem, New York (Then and Now)

12. Berlin Kreuzberg (1985 and 2018)

13. Kossuth square, Budapest (Then and Now)

14. Dubai (1990 and 2021)

15. Ziggaurat of Ur (Before and after excavation)

16. Mahabulipuram (Then and Now)

17. Remodeled health clinic in Csenger (before and after)

18. Hiroshima (1945 to 2020)

19. Walkways at Ohio State University were paved based on the student's desired paths.

20. Tsaritsyno Palace, Moscow, Russia (Before and after 2005)

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