The City of David: Then and Now

 
With a few free hours in Jerusalem, I headed to the City of David with a handful of old photographs that I had printed off. My goal was to get the "now" version. For the most part, it was not successful. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it greatly, but it means that things have changed so much that many times I couldn't even get to the same location where the photograph was taken (or figure out exactly where it was). But I had success in a couple of places, and my favorite is of the City of David.

View from Southwest, c. 1915
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-matpc-05424

 

 

View from Southwest, August 23, 2005

For best effect, download the two photos in a higher resolution (800kb) and view them in an image viewer (like Irfanview).  Back and forth.  See how many differences you can detect.