# Go Back in Time with Google Street View

- Link: https://www.oldhouseguy.com/go-back-in-time/
- Published: 2021-04-01T17:47:33-04:00
- Author: Ken Roginski

With Google Street View you are able to view a location in its current state and
also view it at an earlier time.

See what changes were made to houses over an approximate 15 year period.

Unfortunately you cannot go back to a pre-Google Maps time. Someday maybe, you never
know.

It would be nice if you could go back farther, but this is a pretty good option 
for now.

[⌊poland new and old⌉⌊poland new and old⌉[

Yesterday and Today.

I pass by this house often but just noticed the ugly porch roof – not to mention
all the other bad things this bad homeowner did to their house. To see what changes
were made I looked on Google Maps Street View and went back in time to see. You 
may have known about this but I just discovered you can do this.

 

[⌊ugly house in Freehold⌉⌊ugly house in Freehold⌉[

Enter the address and see the little clock to the left of the word “street view”.
If you do not see the clock at first you may need to move around on the street for
it to appear.

 

[⌊old versus new house⌉⌊old versus new house⌉[

Click on the clock and see the span of years available.

[⌊old image⌉⌊old image⌉[

Click on the old image in the box and you will be in the street view for the year
you chose.

This all started for me because I thought they made the porch roof too high. Actually
they kept the same height however this shinny black metal roof with all those overbearing
seams make it seem larger and chunkier than it really is.

If you’re a follower of this website you should be pretty good at picking out all
the problems made to this house by now, so I’m not going to list them. I may test
you someday though.