then and now

continuing

 my fascination

 with

 the past

 i did a little search

 came up

 with 

this photo from 1911

its part of the new york library collection of old new york 

its also a photo of the house

 we live in

 see there 

on the ground floor

 those two arched windows

 that's our living room 

the wrought iron fence

in front of them

 is 

still there 

and 

the entryway 

the front door

is still the same 

but

 to the left of the entrance

 is now a small garage

the angle of this photo 

 i took it in 2004

 is 

different 

but

 you get the idea

when i was a kid 

the sunday daily news

 did a photo series in their weekend magazine

 it was 

a 

then and now 

photos 

of

 old new york

 next

 to 

photos

 taken in the present

 i loved it 

i think 

if life  had been different

i might have been an archeologist

 i love the past 

its filled

 with

 so much promise