Postcard Past / Present Photo

Merged image of the linen postcard of a post office with a 2023 photo of the old post office

Aug 11, 2026 Indiana

Post Office, Columbus, Indiana

An incredible juxtaposition of the Columbus that was (the handsomely generic old post office) and the Columbus that is (the delightful AT&T switching center).

Split image of the top couple floors of the Belle Shore in a 2026 photo and a 1943 postcard

Aug 6, 2026 Chicago Illinois

Belle Shore Apartment Hotel, Chicago

One of the flashiest examples of architectural terra cotta on Chicago’s North Side decorates a residential hotel.

split image with the photo and the postcard

Jul 27, 2026 Indiana

Public Library, Columbus, Indiana

A tidy Carnegie replaced with a pair of modernist icons.

Spilt image with the contemporary color photo on the bottom left half and the color linen postcard on the upper right half.

Jul 14, 2026 Indianapolis Indiana From the archive

Perry Stadium / Stadium Lofts, Indianapolis

One of the quirkier examples of adaptive reuse you’ll ever see: you can now live in the ballpark where baseball Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron played for the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro Leagues.

Split image of the 2023 photo and postcard

Jun 30, 2026

Hoosier Flyer, Columbus, Indiana

Indiana was one of the hubs of the interurban streetcar system that bloomed across the US in the first decades of the 20th century—at