Driving 405 freeway North, 1988 vs 2022
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2022
- I randomly found this ( • Driving 405 freeway No... ) RUclips video and knew exactly where he was starting because it was only a couple miles from where I grew up and where he was ending his drive because I live only a couple miles from there now. I got that weird itch telling me I had to re-create the video as faithfully as I possibly could (I even said "Wrong way!" like he does at :35 seconds) so on a weekend, I piled the kids and my dad into the car and off we went!
Because he shot the original video on a Friday evening in 1988 and I was driving the route on a Sunday afternoon, it's not a direct 1:1 recreation so I decided to get a little creative:
• I kept and used the original audio as opposed to try to recreate it
• I marked up certain landmarks on the original video in order to sync my drive with his
• I tried to color correct my HDR footage as best I could to match his SDR video (my iPhone shot in HDR vs his original VHS)
• I did my best to recreate his focal length and angle but only had limited resources. I figured lining up the landmarks did just as good a job
• I kept his original frame height, scaled my 4K footage down, and doubled his original frame width to split the screen evenly
Went back to the original video I shot. Here's some fun stats for you:
• Shot on 7/17/22 at 1:54pm
• Took us 22 minutes and 25 seconds from start to finish
• Artificially created the date and time on my video in order to "match" the '88 version
• Edited on 7/19/22 (hence the date stamp)
• Adjusted the 1:54p start time to match the original to the minute.
Didn't think it would matter since for me, the intention of the exercise was to see the visual changes, not traffic conditions. The date and time were so incidental it didn't matter for what I was going for.
It's wild to see how much has changed vs stayed the same! Enjoy! Thanks for watching! 
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can we appreciate the effort of this man, traveling back in time just to capture a footage of himself driving in 1988, really impressive.
No, sorry, I’m afraid that won’t be possible.
@@joesweeney6152 you don't say
@@joesweeney6152 r/woooosh
@@joesweeney6152 goofy asf
Everyone knows going back in time is impossible. This guy traveled to the future to take a video.
An interesting takeaway for me: no matter how mundane a home video might seem to us now, in 34 years, it might be absolute gold.
Yes. Things such as taking photos of grocery/department stores, even their parking lots can be golden to future generations. Store shelves with products, restaurants as you walk in, hotels, hospitals. Documenting the now because in an instant it becomes the past. Lots of instagram fakeness online today, but people who didn't live it want to see how it really was.
Now that there's no film it's all stored digitally until the data's lost. I bet there will be very little footage like this in 35 years
@@Dooblecaine
Before I play around with camera, I don't have that much photo of my old house, and the memory is nearly all faded away.
So,when there's a chance, I try to take a photo and video as much as I can in the best format, resolution I can afford and back it up properly in safe place.
Not much of a pic outside but usually my family, my house, or when just having a breakfast together, mum driving a car, dad fixing a motorbike.
Not even 3 years in, looking at those shots is already felt good.
in 34 years the world may look like fallout
it will be, we’ll miss these times
Can we appreciate how stable and smooth the older footage is? It's just insane how well it looks.
ikr it looks better than the new
@@babachicken333 I swear I grew up with top of the line vhs cameras in the 80s and none of my families footage looks this stable. LOL
Ya this dude definitely knew what he was doing. Plus the weight of the camera alone helped.
This was around the time when 60fps cameras were becoming more mainstream
@@Ocinneade345 1988 a VHS camera was $2000 and they were 24fps in LP mode and 30fps in SP mode.All of the footage was interlaced, it wasn’t until digital 8 cameras came along in the early 2000s that 60fps was available to consumers. My Dad bought his first VHS camera in 1986 it was $2800 and weighed a ton. He still has it because he’s a pack rat and it still works lol
I was 9 on the left and 43 on the right. I hope the take away from those younger than me is that things don't change as rapidly as one thinks. Anyone from 1988 would be able to get around in 2022 LA and while they'd notice subtle changes indicating "the future" it's not as crazy different as one might think.
Electric and self driving cars would be a trip. Same with those bird scooters and Lyfts instead of cabs would be weird and half the city wearing masks would be weird but I totally get what you’re saying. The roads and architecture are vastly similar but I’d still be tripped out seeing everyone in their cars on cell phones too haha. I’m 41 so I somewhat remember 88 as a 7 year old 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Things have changed WAY MORE than you realize. Mostly in terms of society at large (not for the better) but also technology has advanced a lot. Most of what has changed are things you can't really see. At 9 years old you wouldn't have really realized the state of things to understand the profound differences. Not criticizing you just saying children aren't aware of adult topics and concerns. That's why everyone who was an adult in the 1980's (almost to a person) wishes we could go back. Also, not the same point, but even for a 9 year old today vs. back then things have changed a lot. What hasn't changed that much is just the feeling of cruising down the expressway listening to tunes (in general) and I guess that's what you are referring to in your comment. Anyway, not criticizing your comment at all just want to make sure that younger people understand that there has been lots of change... don't be fooled by your eyes.
@@aliceberethart This is one of my favorite things on youtube and there are many others like it. Here's an 87 year old man being interviewed 93 years ago when talking films just came out. ruclips.net/video/RS27u6IqWt0/видео.html This man was born 180 years ago and has a good point of reference on the human condition.
@@crimsoncola There are no self driving cars yet, and electric cars were made in the 1910's lol
@@omi_god when you said, "signaling the beginning of the end of the American way of life" I felt that.
The amount of work that went into driving the 405 and then syncing the two videos is incredible. Kudos and thanks!
Glad you dig it! It was fun to do and my dad was super excited when I told him I wanted to do it. So much so he said he had to come along.
I really wanted to see Wrong Way Bitch in 2022.
@@dougfisher1813 that would have included a shootout
It took 34 years but it was worth it.
imagine if he drove at the exact date and time. wonder if traffic would be similar.
It's very interesting to see how relatively little things have changed 34 years later, right down to the roadside shrubbery and trees.
Yes, the infrastructure and landmarks are all indistinguishable. The only real difference between the two videos is the resolution and dated automobiles.
It's the people and politics that have changed. I might as well be living in an alternate universe, as much as it has """"""progressed"""".
Yeah that's a good thing cuz it makes not feel old lol
Not seeing the Getty center on the hill did surprise me
The difference is now that once there was a break between rush hours but the traffic has gotten worse.
This is quite possibly one of the coolest videos I've seen. The nostalgia is hitting me hard right now.
The nostalgia hit me hard too. Got teary eyed.
What nostalgia? He's driving through the same shit
Always found the original video intriguing. I absolutely admire the fact that you remade this so accurately. I look forward to "Driving in 2056 vs 2022" 😂
Or, perhaps, _hovering_ in 2056? 😉
@@hlcepeda no
@@hlcepedawhere we’re going…we don’t need roads.
@@RiffMusic1970 I'm buying stocks in Mr. Fusion the moment it goes public.
He's probably not going to be alive in 2056
As a car nerd, I love seeing these older cars on the road still as relatively new cars. Very cool!
Same here! I feel like I’m the only one thats checking out every other car when driving. I play this game where I try to guess what car is behind me just by glancing at their headlights at night 😂.
Old cars are cool especially 70s and prior. The late 80s and 90s were kind of boring as far as the automobile goes.
@@malcorub Nah japanese cars were just goated during those times
Same heree supra, stanza trans am, prelude , 928, corolla
@@prodbasedmystik we had RX-7 TURBO ii we had the supra turbo 1JZ, WE HAD THE TURBO Z, celica all trac, mr2 supercharged, starion turbo,
I cant get enough of the music, brings me back to my childhood when going on roadtrips in the late 90’s to southern California to visit my Grandparents ❤️❤️
Dude, you should've lived there back then! It was a hell of a time.
Was hoping someone would drive the wrong way again, on the first road out of the driveway, so he could cuss again in 2022. 🤣
I busted out laughing myself. xD
This is so interesting and well-done.
And I STILL love Chocolate Rain!
I swear my recommended is just TayZonday’s watch history
How’s it going today TayZonday
Yooo the OGs are here. Hope youre doing good man.
my man you are everywhere lol it's pretty impressive
For those of you who are not from LA or may have missed it, a couple of really big, noticeable points are 1. The Getty Center built on the left (west) side of the freeway was completed in 1997, and 2. the 405 was widened significantly around the top of the grade. This required the tall bridge almost to be completely rebuilt, and also the mountainside was significantly altered and graded to allow for the extra lanes. At around 13:20, you can see one of the retention walls and the removed mountainside. This stretch of the 405 is one of, if not the busiest freeway interchanges in the world, and was required to be closed for one weekend, leading many locals to leave the area for the weekend to avoid the major traffic disruptions.
Carmageddon. That was quite a moment. The city was totally transfixed by it! Haha
@@user-ke4kz3in9j yeah we went wine tasting that weekend to avoid it all. Good times!
Haha man I remember when they closed the freeway, it was like the apocalypse
@@sublimelove23 That's what I was thinking exactly. Everyone stayed home in fear of everything being overcrowded.
Don't forget about the tents at 2:45
This is why I really like the algorithms on RUclips. I would NEVER have searched for something like this. Being in my early 20's in 88 and now in my late 50's this year, I appreciate this. What I've noticed is the trees and population growth. I so appreciate this video and for having the mind to do this in 88, ahead of their time! Thank you!
Bro was shuffling the radio and every song came on was a hit 😂 what a time I have big respect for it
Rock solid suspension and/or camera mount back in 1988. Impressive.
The roads were maintained back then. Now that Democrats run shit, roads are shit. Like the rest of LA and every other place they control. Oh but their banks account have grown by millions!
Yes it‘s so solid, almost like it‘s part of the vehicle
I've never seen a video quite like this one before. The 405 was a lot greener in 1988. Kudos to the job you did here.
damn. I wasnt even born at that time
Global warming!! 😂😂
It just rains less nowadays
@5 0 I was mainly focused on the initial portion of the 405. There are far more trees along that portion of the freeway than there are today.
Well, time for you to watch this now... even crazier. ruclips.net/video/7TqqdOcX4dc/видео.html
What a really cool thing to do. Thank you. Great decision keeping the original audio.
I grew up in Anaheim during the 80's early 90's. I remember a lot of the old footage ride. What a flood of memories. Somewhere out in the distance my dad is driving home from work. I miss him.
"Somewhere out in the distance my dad is driving home from work. I miss him." Cool observation and thought. Cool thing to say. I miss my pop too.
👍
Your father was part of a beautiful thing, and the memory of this time period is immortalized with the memory of the people who lived in it. Tell his stories, pass them down to your children or nieces and nephews or just the internet even if no one sees it now. We can only learn so much about the past through pictures and videos, stories is how you immortalize the memories. Tell your story, trust that someone someday will appreciate hearing it. We’re all going to depart this ride someday, but our stories and memory don’t need to die along with us 🕊️
As someone who has lived in Sherman Oaks for a very long time... this is fascinating, because I have driven this exact route countless times. Only difference is that I turn right after exiting on Van Nuys Blvd. Many of the differences between the 2 videos are changes I remember having to deal with months of construction headaches, if not years. People talk about how bad traffic has gotten lately... I usually reply that traffic has ALWAYS sucked, and this video is proof
It’s kinda crazy seeing some parts of the 88 video having traffic on the streets meanwhile the 22 video barely had any.
I'm not from LA but this is really fascinating how you matched up the timing. I like how at 11:45 we hear 3 straight songs that, 34 years later, are STILL radio staples!
difference is they weren't classic hits then lol. In the 80's 1950s music was what classic rock was
I used to listen to klsx back when I lived in that area. I remember the classic rock back in those days was considered 60s and 70s.
Jump!
@@ralphishere5756 Hell yeah. I learned that on Keyboard about 8 years ago. Very fun to play!
Should have left it on ub40
The biggest plus of driving in 1988 with the radio on... every station brings great music!
yeah, unlike today. i dont listen to the radio anymore because every station just plays this modern trash. every single modern "song" is just mumbling with generic music in the background
@Snack ler you are lucky you have them, here in manchester uk, as far as i could find every station plays autotune trash except classic fm, and that plays classical music
@@ogorekkiszony7236 funny how these "mumbling"s are going to turn to classics for some
Is that why he skips stations several times every few minutes? 😂 there was bad music back then too, it’s just that you only remember the good songs and people today only ever play the good songs from that period.
Like how people think that all old tools are great and modern ones are junk. “They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.” There were junk tools from a long time ago too, they’ve just all broken and been thrown away. Of course it’s only the *good* old tools that have survived, thus making you think that all the old tools were good. Survivorship bias.
@@StevenAkinyemi quite unfortunate isn’t it? Almost like the further we go on in time, the more people lose taste for good music
The similarities are striking. Things seem so similar, even the timing is within seconds.
He would stop or slow the video on the right to sync with the location of the left.
Nailed it. Spent a couple hours dialing in the landmarks. It’s wild how many street signs moved or were completely removed over the years.
@@DavidParke84 Bro the editing is great, you killed it with this. Great idea to do this
@@DavidParke84 Did you also alter the time? At the first glance it seems that both took 27 mins to complete the journey even if one side or the other was slowed down.
@@viperjason777 yes it's synced
Great work. Moved to LA in 1989 (since left), so the 1988 footage was like a time machine. Excellent effort syncing and the original 1988 audio from radio really adds to the 1988-ness.
Incredible! I lived in LA during this time, and remember all those radio stations and the 405.
It’s literally going back in time.
Great idea to put it up on RUclips.
Great work with the timing.
As someone who pays attention to trees (tree nerd!) I found it fascinating that many trees looked shockingly similar in size 25 years later. The two palms on the left at 8:36-8:41. The three palm trees at 8:59 aren't that much taller. Even the tree at 27:49 on the left doesn't look that much bigger considering it's 25 years later.
I can clearly tell you are a tree nerd, but you're definitely no math nerd since it was more like 35 years ago and not 25. 😁
@@tanside979 LOL, I know, I realized that shortly after but didn't bother to edit my comment. Truth is I cannot believe 1988 was 35 F'ing years ago. Like how F'ing OLD am I????? How did this happen?
@@neilmoryson 34
@@AnastasiaLUVSU yeah, definitely not a math nerd 🤣
@@neilmoryson feels like last night it's crazy. time fly's
It's so comforting to know that the colorful road rage the man had at the beginning is just like it is today! LOL! Nice video.... 😋😋🙏🙏
Road rages these days cause people wanting to get out of their cars and murder other drivers
@Phillip Banes well said
@Phillip Banes You should see how it was in the 90s, before christ.
The amount of time and patience this guy put into this to satisfy our curiousity is remarkable! Thank you.
This is an amazing video, David. Thank you for allowing us to travel in time briefly.
The side by side makes me feel like a time traveler, your dedication to faithfully re-creating deserves a gold medal
Would love to see this filmed on a Friday evening for a direct comparison of the traffic conditions.
And rush hour not lunch time like updated version.
@@88997799 I would too but all things considered I think he did a very good job putting this together.
stop and go... lots of red lights in the back of cars lol
So a video of a parked car is what ya want to see?
If it’s a Friday evening and still light out, it will be bumper to bumper for miles in this section of the 405 going northbound like the video. Wouldn’t be possible to make a comparison. That’s why he took a drive at 1pm
This video is insane. I was born in 1999 so this was recorded when my mom was a kid. I have a feeling the air was just different back then, Much like how it felt when I was in school.
99 gang 👊 The air was different, I remember too 😅
Lmao that's just the camera quality you zoomer . Although I'm sure the air did had more (Lead particles) back then
@@DjJooze no, he is right actually. The chemtrail spraying really has amped up over the last decade. The air actually was better.
Lmao you thought he was basing his opinion off the look of the footage? You sound like the zoomer.
@@DjJooze No. The air was just better back then.
Nah. Not “This video is insane.” /
Perfect job keeping the videos synced, including timely lane changes. This must've been a lot of work, but a labor of love I'm sure! Thank you for creating this!
I was a salesman back in 88 living in La Crescenta. Traveled all the freeways and listened to the radio all day in the car. Good times.
This is a prime example of quality content. Thank you for making the video
It was pretty cool how you were behind two GMs that probably would’ve shared a platform (80s Buick and a late model Cadillac ATS).
Then there was a white Sentra and a white Camry in almost the same position relative to you.
Also, at one of the lights, you were behind the quirky 80s Isuzu Impulse and the quirky 20s Toyota Mirai.
There were more examples but those stuck out to me. Thanks for your incredible work. RUclips is truly a visual and aural encyclopedia. You were truly ahead of the curve in the 80s!
The next time you go back there, please leave your DeLorean parked in the open so we can see how it looked when it was new. I understand why you couldn’t drive it to film; as it would’ve been such a distraction. 😁
listening to the radio, weather and traffic, man... really takes me back! This is and amazing video, thank you for doing this! Brilliant.
This absolutely brought back memories! I'm a retired pilot. Back in 88, I lived on Addison, right off of Van Nuys Blvd. I would drive back and forth to LAX listening to KFWB (traffic) KROQ, KMET, for music. Someone in the comments mentioned that "there are a lot less trees and shrubs along the freeway today." This appears to be so. I live in northern California now. We still have trees up here. But, the wild fires are taking its toll on nature here too. Sad state of the times. Nevertheless.. Great Video!
I’m a pilot and am LAX based. I make the drive up the 405 a few times a month. Blue skies to you in retirement sir!
No way! We’re neighbors! Small world.
@@RobtheAviator ayy bro what classes you take? I’m a student at csula major in aviation administration and my career goal is to become a FedEx pilot. 😭
@@interfuze9470 I got a degree in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle and went to civilian flight school and became a flight instructor to build hours. I went to the regionals after that to build time and eventually made it to my airline of choice!
@@RobtheAviator my professor is from embry riddle Daytona 😭 also I am majoring in something similar with urs. Appreciate it bro
Great effort put into this❤
Those 2 trees on the right 23:22 have not changed a bit.
Wow!!! I really enjoyed this trip back in memory lane. I grew up in Long Beach and went to school at Cal Poly-SLO. This drive brings back memories taking the 405 to the 101 from home to SLO (in my Datsun 610B). Thank you David.
I can't thank you enough. I am from LA and moved out of there in 1989; a year after I turned 40. It was great seeing how things had changed. I took my grandkids to LA a few years ago to show them the areas where I hung out but there was no appreciation; maybe when they are older!!! Again, thank you so much
This is amazing! Reminds me just how fascinating RUclips can be sometimes. I moved to LA around ‘89. Glad you thought to preserve these memories and share them with us.
So when are you leaving? and going back where you came from?
@@mingching2480 When am I leaving? I haven’t lived in LA for the last 15 years.
@@robdisner Oh , I thought you might be one of the loonie leftist that have left,or thinking of leaving, Calipornia to infect their political leftist disease of liberalism thru out the country... so you're the smart one to move to Northern Calipornia?
@@mingching2480 Even worse. I moved to the south!
This is so dope! I love the original video because it's the closest thing we'll get to time travel. I appreciate that guy for filming his drive all those years ago, and I appreciate you for recreating it so that we can see this side by side comparison!
Wow - this is something! I love two photos of the same sport from different eras side by side but this is the fist time I’ve ever seen a video done in the same way. It’s crazy how a lot of the same street signs are still in the exact same spot. This was cool, thanks!
Being from the mid city/culver city area, and recognizing the streets in this is really fascinating, thanks for sharing!
Excellent work. Love that he set the camera up in the same exact spot and synced the two videos. Absolutely incredible to watch
I'm 3 minutes in and this is one of the most incredible videos I've ever seen. It's unreal how some things are just the same after 34 years. What a world! And what is it about nostalgia? I was only 3 - barely even alive - but I feel like I'd give anything to go back and live in 1988... why is that?
Honestly like whole buildings or abutments are torn down and replaced or rebuilt, and then some sign or telephone pole just chills there the whole time.
Thank from some one that grew up on the 405. Great job putting history in perspective. Great idea to use the original audio. Bravo.
David, thanks for taking the time to do this side-by-side drive, in a way, recreating the route driven on a Sunday afternoon, turned up to be a pretty good idea, very close to the original recording speed, on a Friday afternoon, the traffic would have been depressing! Again, awesome job. 👍
Been 4 years since I've been in Van Nuys/Panorama. Now live in Spain. This was a nostalgic memory because it's the same route I would take going home. It's insane how not much has change in the Valley all these years. Mad respect for taking your time to do this drive and editing this. Awesome work.
I live in Panorama. It’s true, not much has changed!
@@SMIERTC and that's a good thing, watching iconic movies from the 80's shot in LA and some areas still preserve that vibe
My son came up with the idea and I jumped at the chance it was just too crazy not to do I held the camera and he drove and then because he's a professional editor he edited together perfectly
Ahh, España...great choice, not missing much here, almost everything is upside-down...
How did you end up in Spain? lol
Fascinating :)
Not sure if anyone else does this, but when I see a video shot at a time when I was alive, but in the past, I always try to think where I was and what I may have been doing at the same time.
For me, when the original was shot, I was 8 years old and very likely sound asleep. I was in the then West Germany and 6pm LA time is 3am in Europe the next day. Nothing more interesting than seeing what folk 6 thousand miles away were doing while you slept!
I would have been on my way home from preschool off La Tijera just a few miles from where this started
Definitely! I was watching a RUclips video from 89 that was filmed at the mall I went to as a kid, and you feel like you’re time traveling for a moment, and I wondered where 12 year old me was at that moment in time.
Definitely. I grew up in Tarzana, about 5-6 miles to the west of where this ends, and Aug '88 was the summer between 6th and 7th grade for me. Seeing the old, iconic Sherman Oaks Galleria logo around 21:47, before it was demolished in the years after the 1994 earthquake, is bittersweet as hell. What a trip down memory lane.
I wish I had long term memory. I can only try and think what I was doing but won't be correct. For sure I was six years old. 😮💨
Very cool 👍
this is really awesome man, I appreciate the effort you took to make this.
Looking at the cars and hearing the radio from back then really took me back...thanks man....for a few minutes I was at peace from the cluster we are living today....
Back when america was america
Love these "then and now" videos. Thank you for taking the time to create and share!
Awesome idea. Very fascinating. Also, loved hearing what was on the radio from 1988 as well. I appreciate all of the effort you put into this.
I also loved hearing the time machine throwback to that radio era!
Too cool. Went to high school in that area and for years after.
You did a very good job with this, and I thank you.
I'm not from the area but this was oddly satisfying to watch with the side by side views both past and present. I don't know how this popped up on my youtube recommendations but thank you for doing this!
I wondered how this random post showed up as well!😋
Amazing dedication, driving on the same road for almost 40 years straight! Truly a miracle their dash camera survived such a long time.
What an Amazing Video!! I could watch these all day. You did an amazing job. For me I had an eerie feeling the whole time. The commercials and music top it off. Lived in LA from 66 to 76 then Bakersfield. Now Seattle. Thumbs up to you sir!!
This is a classic. Awesome synchronization. 1988. A great year.
Love this video.
Amazing work! You are phenomenal for doing this!
By pure coincidence the day the modern video was recorded was the 50th anniversary of when the song "Listen To The Music" by the doobie brothers at 8:00 was released!
interesting co-ink-a-dink
I LOVE the diversity of cars there.. 17:49 you can see both a honda Hatchback and a luxoboat to the left.
I miss my 1980 accord. Thing was rad!
7:01 that's a porsche 928 on the left lane. You don't even see those anymore
This is AWESOME. I find this kind of stuff fascinating. I have looked into old road maps as far back as 1910 and photos of old roads and highways from back then. I love this kind of stuff and I thought it was great you tried to recreate it. I would've been even more awesome if you would've recreated the date and attempted to film it on August 26. But, this is cool enough as it is. Thanks for taking on this project. I certainly appreciate it.
yea i thought the same thing super cool
This is one of the coolest videos I have seen recently. Great work!
This is so well done and so fascinating - especially because it's not at all what I expected! Starting the video, I expected to see all sorts of differences and also expected traffic to be much sparser in 1988, but I was struck by how remarkably similar it all is, down to many of the same buildings being there, virtually unchanged. I moved to LA just a couple years after the first video - in early '91 - and my mind is somewhat blown! Also, I miss just listening to the radio while driving! Thanks for this great video.
It would be better if they were done at the same time of day to ge a better traffic reference. The one in '88 was at 6:30 pm, the one in '22 is at 1 pm.
Also, traffic got really bad while all of that was under construction, which was most of the in between time. They have been perpetually re-building all of that.
I'm amazed this video is only 27 min long. I have taken that route, many times, at all hours, It is very similar to my commute in a number of those years. It can take up to 3-4 hours depending what is going on. At that point one has likely gotten off and has taken Sepulveda, or other ways across the hill.
But really, it's amazing how little has changed. A few new structures, but really it's just an upgraded freeway.
At @08:30, the triple cluster of high rise apartments(?)/offices(?) on the right side of the freeway is still being built! That's an image that REALLY sold me on this video. It's so surreal, like actual time travel.
I worked in the tallest of the three two years later. Corner of Santa Monica and Sepulveda.
Westwood Gateway office complex. The one still under construction is Gateway ll East, it opened in 1989. Gateway ll North opened a year earlier.
Thank you for posting this; it was fun showing my kids how much my city has changed.
This is so neat. As someone who loves ‘Now vs. Then’ content and this is the first I’ve seen of something like this and it’s incredible!
It’s pretty cool seeing a lot of the big trees in the new video being small and recently planted in the old video.
I grew up in Van Nuys and was 25 years old in 1988. I remember most of the streets and landmarks you passed, they bring back great memories. Thank you!
Damn. You are 60 years old now huh. Time flies I bet
This is dope. Such a throwback for me as a Gen-Xer. Really cool that you did this!
This is a real cool flashback. Been living here my whole life and it’s amazing to see what’s changed and what i still recognize👍🏼
Videos like this are so interesting to watch. I've never been to California in my life but seeing the comparison between the different eras is incredible.
I grew up in Northern California, but all of the state is very, very naturally beautiful.
How fun! I took that route 5 days a week from 1969 through 1992. I enjoyed watching many of the taller buildings go up, including the round tower at 11:11 and the Getty Museum. Thanks for doing that!
Great video I just got the notification to this and it made my morning. I grew up in the 80's and seeing the nostalgia and hearing the music really put a smile on my face
wow bro, this is fascinating. thank you so much for doing this.
Simpler times, amazing contrast, Thank You
I have seen the older video once before. But the work you did David to match the two is fantastic.
this is really cool to see thanks for making it. Im super fascinated with the past.
Thank you! In watching your video, I just experienced travel through time and space simultaneously, brilliant!
Find it interesting how, LA being a giant, old (by American standards) megacity, so much of it hasn't changed in 34 years. Lots of aesthetic changes, but almost all of the large and medium buildings you see in 2022 were already there in 1988.
I'd love to see a similar comparison to my own city Melbourne in Aus. It's grown so rapidly even in the last 20 years I bet it would look almost unrecognisable. I've seen some footage of what the main street, Swanston St, looked like in 1988, and honestly, it's barely the same place. So open and medium sized, lots of 5 - 10 story buildings. Nowadays parts of it feel like a mini Manhattan, with dozens and dozens of 30, 40, 50, 60 etc story towers built since the 90's.
its cause the government refuses to allow people to build anything unless you have enough money to bribe them. cash is king in California, they have some of the most corrupt people on planet earth running things over their. in normal states you just build shit and you dont have to bribe your local inspector to do it.
If you did that drive in Shanghai, or Dubai in 1988 it wouldn't even be recognizable. I've always admired how LA seems to hang on to its institutions.
Same here in Vancouver, bunch of gigantic glass condos and new skytrain lines
@@hellfreezer3037 China builds (seemingly) empty concrete high-rises the way spiders weave cobwebs. I do love Vancouver but I agree, those glass condos are soulless. I wouldn't say LA's skyline is all that "beautiful" either. It's only when you really zoom in on specific blocks, building or neighborhoods within LA that there is a type of beauty. The way the Formosa Cafe stands defiantly next to a ridiculous 2 story Target/Best Buy shopping plaza. Things like that.
This was amazing! I can't believe how you were able to sync it so well. The time on your camera matched the time on the 1988 version. I saw the original video years back and it was great to see what you did comparing the old and new version side by side. Everything seems pretty much the same. Some of the trees have grown, road signage has been updated or changed on the roads and highways and some businesses have changed (some have remained). Great job! I really enjoyed watching this. :D
This is really, really cool! Thanks for posting this!
Thanks man. That brings back a lot of memories. I drove those freeways for 10 years from 1989 til 1999 😢
It was cool to see the same trees still standing after all those years! Just bigger or trimmed up!
Dood! You scratch right where I itch!
It is just amazing how everything worked out with locations, knowledge etc.
Thanks for allowing me to ride shotgun!
I love this! This was very similar to my commute when I first started working out of college. I even would enter the freeway at the same entrance lol. I love seeing the differences and hearing the radio of those times!
You sir are a madman and a gem! Not quite sure why I watched it, but I'm sure glad I did. Thanks for this.
he was making this not thinking anything. 40 years later you take the same drive. for some reason it makes me feel like you guys had similar lives or were connected in some weird way. just weird how the world works sometimes. and thinking of that gives me the chills
40 years? come on now. 1988 wasn't THAT long ago. I was born in 1989, I don't need to be thinking about 40 years ago for several years still 😅
I was assuming it was the same guy in both vids :)
@@gonuts4donuts because you didn’t start experiencing your life until 93’ like me for example born in 07’ I cant recall memoriesuntil 11’-12’
@@revengeof1307 kid shutup lol
@Alex T If you read the description, you can see it's not.
Such a creative idea! I love this video. I love comparing old vs new photos & stuff like that.
Wow, thank you so much for this video, its a lot of work and you nailed it!!🙏🏼
I swear RUclips is the closest thing we have to a time machine. I know this took a lot of effort to sync.. thank you for the great video! 🤟
This is an incredibly interesting video. I wish there were 1000 more like it with different dates and roads. Thank you so much for sharing
There are some other interesting videos like this on YT. I saw one in downtown LA in the 40s vs now.. This one really took me back even though I hadn't been in the LA area until 20 years after this '88 video.
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16:16. "Win a compact disc player". Love it. Excellent work syncing this. Genius. Brings back memories. Thanks so much. 👍
Impressive, I love seeing old videos like this but to add an updated next to it is even better. Just looking at what has changed is crazy.
Amazing! I wish I had thought of this while I still lived in San Diego. In 1992, I videotaped a trip from San Diego up to our corporate office in Torrance. Then the next day, as my friends and I drove around West Los Angeles. It would be fun to retrace those videos. You did impressive editing. I remember the 405 in 1988 as I lived in Venice, CA in the mid-80s.
Awesome job! I was only 23 in 1988. Brings back memories 😊
A real one here. Doing some next level work with thus. Thank you!
Really interesting to see all those chunks of terrain chopped off to widen the highway. I also notice significantly more incidental signage in the 2022 drive. It's also pleasant to see that although the main infrastructure traversed is bigger and barer, the tree cover and foliage at both residential streets is just as good if not better!
Really cool. It looks like most of the scenery and buildings haven't changed much.