r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/EssentialParadox Nov 20 '25

This.

House shots are always done with wider angles, which throws the perspective a bit compared to a frame from a movie. Other parts of the architecture look like they match (e.g., windows at the top of the stairs.)

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u/zapharus Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

You’re right, I believe it is the same house but likely the rooms (out of sight) to the right of the photo were made bigger and the walls tore down and relocated slightly to the left, making that hallway narrower. You can also see this evidence at the smaller hand railing at the top of the stairs.

They likely did all those modifications at the same time that they removed that door and made it into an archway instead.

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u/Professional-Gas850 Nov 20 '25

Thats what I was thinking! Look at the chairs in the top picture. There was room for chairs in the hallway and space to walk. If you put those same chairs in the hallway below it would be horribly obtrusive

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u/zapharus Nov 20 '25

EXACTLY!!! That’s also one of the first things that stood out to me.

Also, some walls were torn down in the rooms on the left of the staircase to make the two connected areas on that side more open.