Posted on December 7, 2014 at 9:21 pm by West Sider

After we published a series of photos of Broadway taken in 1920, several readers suggested that we take the same pictures today and compare the two. Luckily, one of our readers did just that for us, and put the photos together in the wonderful side-by-side gallery below.

On a walk with his daughter on Saturday, Evan Balafas took pictures at each of the spots that Arthur Hosking focused his camera on in 1920. Evan moved to the Upper West Side six years ago, and got the history bug.

“Never had a particular interest in history before moving here. I moved here from North Carolina – where most of the construction is brand new – and ever since have been fascinated by these amazing 100 year old buildings that we all live in. I love that the architecture of buildings like the Ansonia and the Dorilton still exists among the Starbucks and Apple stores. I live on Riverside in the 90s in one of those 100 year old (but less architecturally impressive) buildings.”

Check out the photos below. What a great project!

Below is the view looking North from 59th street:

Looking North from 60th:

Looking South from 64th:

Looking North from 66th:

Looking North from 69th:

Looking North from 72nd:

Looking North from 79th:

Looking North from 84th:

Looking South from 87th:

Looking North from 90th:

Looking South from 96th:

Looking North from 96th: