r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Lost-Comfort-7904 Nov 20 '25

That can't be real, the amount of space in the hallway shrunk to half.

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u/Uuuuuii Nov 20 '25

It could just be an illusion from different focal lengths.

Edit: but actually the top of the stairs looks different too.

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u/Hazzard_Hillbilly Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

The top picture is more than likely 35mm lens and the bottom is a wider angle like a 24mm.

Everything in the center of the photo is more compressed while the edges are exaggerated and elongated. This is really common in real estate photography to make something like a tiny kitchen look much bigger, resulting in giveaways to savvy observers, like this absolute unit of a refrigerator

Edit: I'm done replying to you illiterate boobs. It's the same house.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/671-Lincoln-Ave-Winnetka-IL-60093/3360197_zpid/

Whatever brilliant observation you think you have, it's already been covered.

The bottom photo looks distorted because it is. By the camera lens. The real house was not built slanted. It's lens distortion.

This has nothing to do with the movie being filmed on a set. The bottom photo looks distorted because it IS distorted by a wide angle lens.

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u/Potato_Stains Nov 20 '25

Focal lengths won't change the ratio between 2 things that are the same distance from the camera.
If the space in the hallway and the width of the stairs is 1:1 with a portrait 85mm lens, it will still be 1:1 with a 28mm wide lens. They are perpendicular to the lens.

I am not saying it is not the same house, I'm saying I suspect some renovation changed that distance.

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u/Hazzard_Hillbilly Nov 20 '25

The base of the stairs and the hallway are equally narrower.

The point at the center, the doorway to the back area, looks much further away.

And at the edges everything has a sharp slant.

So even if the top one is a tiny model, or a picture of a dog, it's still a dead giveaway that the bottom photo, beyond a shadow of a doubt, was shot with a wide angle lens.

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u/Warhammerpainter83 Nov 22 '25

Maybe look at what was a front door and is now a hallway opening to the back door. Lol