Urban history · iOS concept · Personal project

A time machine for every street corner.

Scroll, swipe or press space

Juxta app: the Call Building in 1903 and the 1940s on a then-and-now slider

02 · The idea

Juxta maps historical photographs onto the street corner you’re standing on. Drag through the decades, no research required.

Type
iOS concept
Domain
Urban history
City
San Francisco
Status
Concept
Discover: a map of San Francisco under an era dial set to 1895, with an Explore button
01Find a spot
Area: South of Market on a map, a date range from 1895 to today, and nearby landmarks like the Call Building
02See the neighbourhood
Then and now: the Call Building with a split slider between the archive photo and today
03Stand on the corner, swipe
Profile: a world map of cities explored, landmark counts, and cards for San Francisco, Porto and Munich
04Keep it in your journey

03 · How it works

One walk through the app: find a spot nearby, see the neighbourhood through time, stand on the corner and swipe, and keep it in your journey.

The Call Building

703 Market St · San Francisco · 1898

Crocker Building

San Francisco

Hewes Building

San Francisco

04 · Swipe. React. Share.

What was lost, and how it feels.

Drag across the photo to compare, then react: the next building swipes in. Fling a card to skip it.

Walnut#996B4DThe dial, the accent
Stone#C4C2B7The map
Umber#42403AText
Night#14130FDark screens
Paper#F2EDE4Cards

05 · The system

06 · Your city

Want to discover your city?

Juxta is a concept, not in the App Store yet. If you’d like to build something like it, say hello.

A hand holding a phone on Market Street, San Francisco, with the Ferry Building behind; Juxta shows a map of South of Market and nearby landmarks
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