Lost cities

Cities and towns are supposed to last forever.
Or at least longer than human life. Nevertheless they are always changing. Sometime expanding, sometimes destructing.
Memories of all those revolvings were first embedded in words, then in paintings and later in photos. Beautiful buildings, charming squares and historical monuments that no longer exist, today live only in this kind of media often hidden in some dusty archive. But sometimes they find their way out....

If while you are walking around your hometown you keep asking yourself "guess how was this place 100 years ago or more" here is your place: HI-RES images of lost (i.e. disappeared) urban places from all around the world

All the images posted here are supposed to be PUBLIC DOMAIN, if sometimes they don't is not on purpose, so hereby I apologize for any mistake. If you have more details on the images posted here please share them in the comments! As well are welcome suggestions, hints and photos you found on the web (better be hi-res).