“Nassau Street, looking south from Fulton Street, on March 3, 1926.”
In Focus: Historic Photos of New York City
Top: View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, on April 24, 1933.
Bottom: Lower Manhattan skyline at night, seen beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn end in February of 1938. See this scene today in this Google Map street view.
See more. [Images: E. M. Bofinger and Eugene de Salignac, courtesy NYC Municipal Archives]
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In Focus: Before and After Japan’s Earthquake
This combination of pictures shows the view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 (right side) and the same scene as it appears on January 15, 2012 (left side). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan.
See more. [Image: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv2j0XYI81qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
![theatlantic:
In Focus: Before and After Japan’s Earthquake
This combination of pictures shows the view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 (right side) and the same scene as it appears on January 15, 2012 (left side). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan.
See more. [Image: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzv2j0XYI81qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
In Focus: Before and After Japan’s Earthquake
This combination of pictures shows the view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 (right side) and the same scene as it appears on January 15, 2012 (left side). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan.
See more. [Image: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images]
