Interesting photo essay; Normandy 1944, then and now. (Edited. Dial-up warning)

[A HERETIC I AM]

The rest can be found here

[slackmaster]

1. It changed from black and white to color, just like in the Wizard of Oz!

Thanks for posting the link.

[eleny]

2. k&r

[Swede]

3. Thanks for posting this.

K&R

[Horse with no Name]

4. What I find the MOST fascinating

is that many of these buildings were restored to their former glory.
In this country, they would have been leveled and strip centers put in their places.
Most excellent.
Thank you for this.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Agreed. Looking through those I found it interesting to note what features had been either modified

or removed altogether. For example, the tall feature on this church;


Modified;



or this wall;



Now completely gone;



I'm glad you enjoyed the pics.

[ThoughtCriminal]

18. No Walmart?

Golly.

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. Wal-Mart is always on the edge of town.

You know that!

[SmileyRose]

20. Yep, walmarts and strip clubs end up at the edge of town.

[lumpy]

10. First thing I noticed also.

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[hlthe2b]

5. I love that they took the care to restore many of these buildings...

and to retain the "look" of Normandy. I find it so sad that the corporatist mentality in the US, by contrast, finds it so expedient to destroy the historical beauty and rebuild the "ugly expedient."

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. That's not always the case in this country, but I understand your point. n/t

[hlthe2b]

16. NO... but it has been a trend--starting, I believe with Reaganism

and his overturn of the anti-trust regualtions that prevented monopolies like WalMart from taking over everything with their big box cheap quality throwaway mentality.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Where things are built to last and the past is remembered.

[StarfarerBill]

9. Yep. We have a lot to learn from "Old Europe".

Great photo essay; thanks for posting. :)

[tabatha]

7. Thanks.

Very interesting. In the last picture, one can still see the line above which the plaster was repaired on the outside. In other words, they did not completely tear down and rebuild, but fixed what was broken.

[AzDar]

11. SO cool.

Thanks for posting this...:hi:

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. Glad you liked it. n/t

:hi:

[DearAbby]

14. Interesting

thank you for posting

[Bobbie Jo]

15. Love stuff like this....K&R

:kick:

[question everything]

17. Nice that some communities choose to repair

instead of just tearing it down.