Transcend The Past Decade With A Visual Timeline of Your Borough’s Changing Skyline

Time-Lapse Slides Show the Most Spectacular Skyline Changes in the U.S. in the Last Decade
Time-Lapse Slides Show the Most Spectacular Skyline Changes in the U.S. in the Last Decade
Photo: RENTCafé

Ever feel like it's been a decade since that construction started? Well, you may be right. The past ten years have brought a continuous influx of new people with new demands into our nation's biggest cities, including New York. Cue: luxury residential towers, contemporary office spaces, and bulky parking decks.

Real estate blog RENTCafe captured this gradual change with a series of time-lapsed sliding images to show five of the City's most prominent developments over the past decade. By simply dragging the arrow left and right, you can witness the immense social and structural transformation of your borough.

Queens: East Coast 4, 4545 Center Blvd, School 78, Quik Park, 4540 Center Boulevard

The Bronx: Courtlandt Corners I and II (a.k.a. The Upton)

Brooklyn: Avalon Fort Greene & Toren

Manhattan: Silver Towers, Sky

Manhattan: Skyline

The photos instill mixed feelings of nostalgia and awe. While we might yearn for the skyline we once knew, these buildings are here to stay- we might as well work to appreciate these impressive feats of modern architecture.

via RENTCafé

Ashley Jankowski

Ashley Jankowski

Contributing Writer

Ashley is a journalism student living in a 5-foot wide bedroom in NYC. In between class, She can be found working out, wandering into bookstores or making To-Do lists.

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