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Here is a wonderful video, riding the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in 1902 and 2015 side by side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqqdOcX4dc https://www.youtube.com/

Here is a wonderful video, riding the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in 1902 and 2015 side by side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqqdOcX4dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqqdOcX4dc As noted in the description, the 1902 video plays in real time, and the 2015 video has some cuts and framerate adjustments to keep them in sync.

Aeolun 1y ago
This is fantastic! Though my main takeaway is that we’ve seemingly forgotten how to make our cities aesthetically pleasing.
- deleted 1y ago
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appointment 1y ago
Here's the original 1902 footage as digitized by MoMA, without AI bullshit smeared over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ud1aZFE0fU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ud1aZFE0fU
- Jean-Philipe 1y ago
  Thank you! I keep stumbling upon interesting historical footage on Youtube, only to find that it's been ruined by janky AI. I do think there's a place for AI and video restauration, but colors and 4k, with soundscape, really?
- frereubu 1y ago
  Thanks for this. There's so much more detail here.
irjustin 1y ago
Oh man I love the aesthetics of the 1902 trains, gorgeous.
amai 1y ago
Cities were so beautiful before we destroyed them with all the streets for cars. Also modern buildings look really ugly. We need more ornaments in architecture.
- wffurr 1y ago
  RIP all those street trees too.
- MagnumOpus 1y ago
  Here it is more a case of “cities were so beautiful before we destroyed them with all the firebombing by the Royal Air Force”… Half of Wuppertal’s buildings were destroyed by the end of WW2. Some cities had the leeway to rebuild historical ornamented buildings, many others built as cheaply and quickly as possible because it was more important to create more shelter rather than prettier housing. Edit: Though I very much agree on the ugliness of the excessive street furniture and car parking space!
  - amai 1y ago
    Don't forget the reason for all that firebombing: Germans voted for a guy who promised to make Germany great again. Worked out great in the end. It was the greatest end of a war ever. What a great guy he was.
    - maweki 1y ago
      I don't think they questioned the reason for bombing civilians. They questioned the utility.
- mschuster91 1y ago
  > Also modern buildings look really ugly. We need more ornaments in architecture. Agree but who the fuck is gonna pay for it? Urban housing is already under massive price competition.
  - codethief 1y ago
sandworm101 1y ago
Ya, they were great before all those annoying people moved in and made everything so crowded. Everything looks better when there are open fields every other block.
- Sharlin 1y ago
  It's not really about people. What made places crowded was cars, which take a vast amount of extra space per person transported, and continue to take that space even when empty.
Sharlin 1y ago
Really brings it home how much common space we gave away to cars.

Aeolun 1y ago

This is fantastic! Though my main takeaway is that we’ve seemingly forgotten how to make our cities aesthetically pleasing.

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appointment 1y ago

Here's the original 1902 footage as digitized by MoMA, without AI bullshit smeared over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ud1aZFE0fU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ud1aZFE0fU

Jean-Philipe 1y ago
Thank you! I keep stumbling upon interesting historical footage on Youtube, only to find that it's been ruined by janky AI. I do think there's a place for AI and video restauration, but colors and 4k, with soundscape, really?
frereubu 1y ago
Thanks for this. There's so much more detail here.

irjustin 1y ago

Oh man I love the aesthetics of the 1902 trains, gorgeous.

amai 1y ago

Cities were so beautiful before we destroyed them with all the streets for cars. Also modern buildings look really ugly. We need more ornaments in architecture.

wffurr 1y ago
RIP all those street trees too.
MagnumOpus 1y ago
Here it is more a case of “cities were so beautiful before we destroyed them with all the firebombing by the Royal Air Force”… Half of Wuppertal’s buildings were destroyed by the end of WW2. Some cities had the leeway to rebuild historical ornamented buildings, many others built as cheaply and quickly as possible because it was more important to create more shelter rather than prettier housing. Edit: Though I very much agree on the ugliness of the excessive street furniture and car parking space!
- amai 1y ago
  Don't forget the reason for all that firebombing: Germans voted for a guy who promised to make Germany great again. Worked out great in the end. It was the greatest end of a war ever. What a great guy he was.
  - maweki 1y ago
    I don't think they questioned the reason for bombing civilians. They questioned the utility.
mschuster91 1y ago
> Also modern buildings look really ugly. We need more ornaments in architecture. Agree but who the fuck is gonna pay for it? Urban housing is already under massive price competition.
- codethief 1y ago

sandworm101 1y ago

Ya, they were great before all those annoying people moved in and made everything so crowded. Everything looks better when there are open fields every other block.

Sharlin 1y ago
It's not really about people. What made places crowded was cars, which take a vast amount of extra space per person transported, and continue to take that space even when empty.

Sharlin 1y ago

Really brings it home how much common space we gave away to cars.