Tuesday, June 14, 2005
How Things Stay The Same As They Change
I posted some old historic pictures of various places around Nova Scotia on my web site. They are old pictures that came from my mother's and grandmother's shoe boxes of photos. Most are from the 1800 to 1900 era. There are pictures of Halifax before the bridges, before the high rise skyline, and other parts of the province from Middleton to Cape Breton. Even a couple train stations - who remembers them?
While going through these photos to select a few for the page, I couldn't help thinking of how things have changed, and what it might have been like living back then. At the same time it was stuck in my mind how things were the exact same. For example the shoreline and George's island have the same basic shapes.
But if we look into the future for another 200 years, I doubt it will be the same. Just look at how many high rise buildings are being constructed at water's edge. Look at some of the pictures and take notice of how many trees and green areas there are. The basic landscape is the same, but the goodness is nearly gone. My father used to say it takes a hundred years to grow a tree.
Steel 2 x 4's are nothing compared to what our future generations may see ... oh so artificial!
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
I posted some old historic pictures of various places around Nova Scotia on my web site. They are old pictures that came from my mother's and grandmother's shoe boxes of photos. Most are from the 1800 to 1900 era. There are pictures of Halifax before the bridges, before the high rise skyline, and other parts of the province from Middleton to Cape Breton. Even a couple train stations - who remembers them?
While going through these photos to select a few for the page, I couldn't help thinking of how things have changed, and what it might have been like living back then. At the same time it was stuck in my mind how things were the exact same. For example the shoreline and George's island have the same basic shapes.
But if we look into the future for another 200 years, I doubt it will be the same. Just look at how many high rise buildings are being constructed at water's edge. Look at some of the pictures and take notice of how many trees and green areas there are. The basic landscape is the same, but the goodness is nearly gone. My father used to say it takes a hundred years to grow a tree.
Steel 2 x 4's are nothing compared to what our future generations may see ... oh so artificial!
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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