Watching Love Actually and had to pause this shot to spot the difference with how much the London skyline has changed in 20 years

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1. It will be even more drastic by 2030 with the number of skyscrapers going up.

2. There’s one thing that hasn’t changed. The cranes.

3. Great cast!

4. Boris took a big skyscraper shit on it.

5. Someone once said there was a time you knew what capital city you were in just by the architecture. Now most cities in most countries, all look the same.

6. Love the Gherkin under construction!

7. Is it me or have they made St Paul’s bigger in this image?

8. It’s crazy how different it is. This looks so… flat compared to now

9. I lived on the South Bank very near there at that time. It’s remarkable how much the city has changed.

10. That’s around when I left the city after living there for ten years. I’m disoriented when I visit now; it’s very different.

11. I can’t help but think about the people in photos from a while ago. I don’t know if that’s a father and his daughter sitting on the bench, but perhaps the father is now retired and the daughter is well into her career by now.

12. Ironically the economy was much stronger back then when there were fewer skyscrapers