Wembley, with twin towers intact
‘In Yahoo! Maps, London is stuck in a new-Millennial timewarp. The vintage satellite photography is now almost a decade out of date’
- Londonist
St Paul's before One New Change shopping centre
St Pancras before international
Spitalfields Market
Shepherd’s Bush before Westfield
Olympic Park - fields, and light industrial units
No Shard. Another tower at top left has also since been demolished.
Home Office-to-be in Pimlico. Note, outline of one of the circula rotundas – old gas infrastructure converted into a bunker during WWII
Highbury before Emirates Stadium
Half-complete 'More London'
Astoria and buildings on Charing Cross Road that were swept away for Crossrail. The brightly coloured St Giles scheme is yet to be seen
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Thank you to Londonist
This capsule was curated by Graham Lehr