11th Ave. & West 26th Street, New York City, circa 1910

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Here is what it looks like these days:

Screencapped from Google Maps

Blossom Restaurant, NYC, 1935

Source: Berenice Abbott / Via - (NSFW)

This is just one of hundreds from the Changing New York series of photographs by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). You can see many, many more from this brilliant collection HERE.

By the way, here's what 103 Bowery in Manhattan looks like these days:

Source: Google Maps Streetview

Manhattan - Circa 1908

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1 World Trade Center - Beautiful Progress

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More images of the progress..