[pics] Aerial Photography Of London From Around 1909 [Apologies For The Daily Fail Link]

[6Foot2]

Link: Google Earth view of London - circa 1909! | Mail Online

 

Buckingham Palace

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/03/article-2057093-0EA6738800000578-508_968x667.jpg

 

Modern view:

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/03/article-2057093-0EA6971900000578-746_968x412.jpg

[TechMonkey]

Shame they couldn't have attempted to match the shots. Interesting that not a lot has happened on the left but the right has been developed a fair amount. I'd love to know what the buildings in the B&W image were on the right connected by one of the arms off the fountain.

[HarryMonkey]

 

If you mean this bit here, it's Wellington Barracks.

[6Foot2]

... I'd love to know what the buildings in the B&W image were on the right connected by one of the arms off the fountain.

 

With a little digging I found this:

 

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9199/sgeographicalestablishm.jpg

 

The map dates from 1901.

 

Source: Central London, south west. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901) - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

 

Would those buildings you refer to in your reply be The Wellington Barracks?

 

Wikipedia link: Wellington Barracks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Edit: Beaten to it by @stevenewman [didn't see the post updated while I was posting the results of my research]

Edited April 4, 2012 by 6Foot2
Add detail to the post.

[TechMonkey]

Thank you kindly sirs. I assumed it had to be Military but it looks very different between the 2 so assumed it had been redeveloped into yuppie flats or something. Guess a fairly intense bombing campaign can do that to buildings

[chazzy2501]

This is a similar website but includes towns all over Britain Britain from Above | Rescue the Past it actually has my house with a burnt roof. Edited October 11, 2012 by chazzy2501