The image above shows 430 Lafayette St. It is the last remaining building of the famous Colonnade Row, and the location of the infamous Astor Place Riots of 1849. To learn more please check out this link: https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2017/05/witness-violence-colonnade-row-astor-place-riots-1849.html

Sometimes what is no longer there can be just as interesting as what remains. This happens a lot. I’ll track down an interesting image, find the location, and learn that the building no longer exists. It can be a little sad and sometimes a little haunting. I wonder how much longer the building on the right will remain?

The image above is a good example of how lens distortion can make it difficult to get a perfect before and after match. Whatever lens the photographer used in the original image created a perspective distortion making it look different even though the angle and distance of the two shots were the same.