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Sep 30, 2010

Historical Washington: Look How Far We’ve Come

Some fascinating photographs came across my computer screen the other night — images taken from the recent history of D.C., but ones that showed how far the city has come, or, in some cases, hasn’t. The images are the work of Michael Horsley, who had a rare eye for the future when he set off through the streets of the District of Columbia in the mid to late 1980s with his camera, hoping to capture a scene which is, despite being only a little over twenty years old, feels totally foreign today.

 
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