THEN / NOW.

This room is designed for paired historical and present-day views. The goal is not nostalgia alone—it is to understand continuity, loss, scale, street alignment, neighboring structures, and what remains.

The Campus [Martius], Detroit, Mich. — REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Campus Martius in Detroit, photographed between 1900 and 1910.
Source: Detroit Publishing Co. / source record · No known restrictions on publication

BUILDING DOSSIER

Comparing the city.

Historical photograph or verified map on the left

Present-day photograph on the right

Address and viewpoint matched as closely as possible

Caption what changed and what survived

Modern photographs can support then-and-now comparison when their date and location are documented

VERIFICATION FIRST

Then-and-now comparisons use identified locations and dated images; resemblance alone is never treated as proof. Street alignment, address history, neighboring structures and source records must support the match before a comparison is presented.

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