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Burgring, Vienna

Following the ‘Anschluss’ in March 1938, Adolf Hitler and his staff walk in the streets of Vienna. He can be seen walking from Heldenplatz, though the Burgtor, towards the Burgring. Credit: Alamy
A photograph of the same view – taken in December 2019. Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)


Albertinaplatz, Vienna

The Albertina (left) was built on one of the last sections of Vienna’s fortification. It was refurbished in 1744 and became known as Palais Tarouca. The building was taken over by Duke Albert of Saxen-Teschen who brought his art collection here from Brussels. In early 1919, ownership of both the building and the collection passed from the Habsburgs to the (new) Republic of Austria. In March 1945, the Albertina and the surrounding area was heavily damaged by Allied bombing. It was rebuilt after the war and was completely refurbished and modernised between 1998 and 2003. St. Stephen’s Cathedral’s spire is visible to the right of the photograph. Image: Photographer unknown
The spire of St. Stephen’s Cathedral can still be seen to the right of this photograph (taken in December 2019). Although the building behind the Albertina is completely different. World War 2 bombing was part of the reason.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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Victoria Embankment, London

In (around) 1950, the number 36 tram waits to turn left, past the statue of ‘Boadicea and her Daughters’, onto Westminster Bridge. Please note the shape of the first tree on the left (behind the lamppost). Credit: Photographer unknown
As the lamppost has been removed, the tree can be more clearly seen in July 2020. The Houses of Parliament is currently undergoing a major renovation. For trams, read bicycles. Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Westminster Bridge, London

Sometime in the 1960s, the photographer was standing on Westminster Bridge looking towards Charing Cross station (just behind the lamp). Credit: The London Picture Archive
The same view in July 2020 shows a changed Charing Cross station. The modernisation was carried out in the 1980s. Following recent terrorist attacks, security barriers are in place on the bridge to protect pedestrians. Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Trafalgar Square, London

A photograph of the front of the National Gallery, taken in 1910. The bus stop in front of the Gallery is long gone. Credit: Photographer unknown
By May 2017, the area in front of the Gallery had been pedestrianised for many years. To the left of the photograph is the extension to the Gallery. In a speech in 1984, Prince Charles talking about the extension said that he …”would understand better this type of high-tech approach if you demolished the whole of Trafalgar Square and started again with a single architect responsible for the entire layout, but what is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.” Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Mansion House, London

Taken in 1972, this photograph shows Mansion House – the offices of the Lord Mayor of London – on the left-hand side. To the right of the photograph is a view to Cheapside with the distinctive St Mary-le-Bow church spire clearly visible. Between Mansion House and Cheapside is a building which was occupied by crown jewellers Mappin and Webb. This neo-Gothic listed building, which was designed by John Belcher in 1870, was the subject of a bitterly fought battle to halt its demolition. The building was eventually removed in the early 1990s. Credit: Photographer unknown
The building which now occupies the site (No 1 Poultry) was completed in 1997. At one point, readers of Time Out magazine voted No 1 Poultry the fifth worst building in London. It became a Grade II listed building in 2016. Photo: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)