Today vs yesterday

I was just having a break at work and reading the news on-line when I suddenly ran into some old pics of important sites from Cluj taken in about 1827-1850 and which were presented versus the photos taken nowadays.
My conclusion: the city looked more nice at that time, I love the simple, mistic air of 1800s' and 1900s' and I really think at that time people apreciated more open-air walks and entertainments as well as spending their spare time with the others. This justifies the better look and shape of parks, opera, theatre, back then.
You can see it for yourselves:

Central Paark - Fountain

Yesterday:



Today:



Central Park - The Casino

Yesterday:



Today: