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New York is developing at a dizzying pace, with new glass-and-steel buildings popping up seemingly every day—and in unexpected places, like the Lower East Side and Brooklyn. While some streets look completely different than they did even ten years ago, others remain comfortingly the same. Intern Roger West photographed New York streetscapes and landmarks, juxtaposing them against photos from fifty years ago. Click for the photogallery.

Click for the slideshow.

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• 14th & Astor (Cooper Union), 1942
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• Broadway from Battery Park, 1942
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• Guggenheim Museum Under Construction, 1958
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• Manhattan Bridge from Washington Ave in DUMBO, Brooklyn, 1937
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• Broadway & Doyer, 1936
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• Flatiron Building Under Construction, 1902
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• Pike & Henry, 1935
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• Union Square, 1936
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• Skyline with Brooklyn Bridge, 1940's
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• Municipal Building Under Construction, 1904