For some reason I am fascinated by the evolution of the cities I’ve lived in over time. Images of decade-old streets that I now walk day-to-day are inspiring in a way that looking at what is there today isn’t.

Here’s a quick look at San Francisco’s waterfront, and what it looked like hundreds of years ago:

Amazing what a city ravaged by earthquakes will do to the water ways over the years, just look at how many of them have been filled in!