Juxta

Cities hold centuries
of stories.

The history is there, in archives, in libraries, in old photographs, but it's buried and disconnected from the places themselves.

iOS Concept Type

Urban History / UX Domain

Archival · GPS Data

Concept Status

App Concept · Personal project

A time machine for every street corner.

Juxta draws from historical society archives, pinning photographs to precise GPS coordinates. Point your phone at a building, see what stood there a hundred years ago.

Then & Now

In the juxtaposition of then and now, a city reveals its truth: what it chose to remember, and what it dared to erase.

Discover

Find historically rich locations near you. Juxta surfaces the most compelling spots, curated by era and architecture.

Area View

Browse an entire neighborhood through time. Every block, every building, pinned to its exact location.

Then & Now

Swipe between archival and present-day photographs of the same location, separated by decades.

Travel Mode

Exploring a new city? Juxta guides you to the most historically significant spots nearby. A personal docent in your pocket.

Discover

Find historically rich locations near you. Juxta surfaces the most compelling spots, curated by era and architecture.

Area View

Browse an entire neighborhood through time. Every block, every building, pinned to its exact location.

Then & Now

Swipe between archival and present-day photographs of the same location, separated by decades.

Travel Mode

Exploring a new city? Juxta guides you to the most historically significant spots nearby. A personal docent in your pocket.

A Concept Project

Swipe.
React.
Share.

Juxta lets you explore your city through time, dragging archival photographs over the streets you know, reacting to what was lost, and sharing the stories behind the buildings that are gone.

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