Le monde ne cesse de changer, on est d'accord. Pour s'en rendre bien compte, TheGuardian a demandé à ses lecteurs d'envoyer un cliché de leurs villes dans les années 80. Le superbe résultat est petit à petit compilé dans la série photos "Urban memories" : on y voit, entres autres, l'un des rooftops de l'une des "Twins Towers" transformé en transat' géant par un New-Yorkais téméraire, Lyon en travaux, Beijing lumineux... Bref, des villes qui ont bien changé, pour le meilleur ou pour le pire ?
Darjeeling, India, 1980
"Taken January 1980 on an overland trip from Darjeeling to Kathmandu" / Photograph: ID8887339/GuardianCities
Kathmandu, Nepal, 1980
Photograph: ID8887339/GuardianWitness
Prague, Czech Republic (Czech Socialist Republic at time), 1981
"This is Mostecká. Many people will have walked along here, either from or towards Charles Bridge. Not many souvenir shops back then, nor restaurants"
Photograph: Picasa/klokan/GuardianWitness
Lyon, France, 1980s
"With the construction of the railway station in 1983, Part-Dieu district becomes a transport hub for Lyon"
Photograph: F. Guy/Agence d’urbanisme de l’aire métropolitaine lyonnaise
Berlin, Germany, 1982
"A glimpse of East Berlin"
Photograph: jancarlsson/GuardianWitness
Beijing, China, 1983
"Chang’An Avenue looking west from the Beijing Hotel roof. The hotel was, I think, the tallest building in Beijing at the time. Note the absence of any motor vehicles other than buses and police jeeps"
Photograph: captaindiy/GuardianWitness
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFR Yugoslavia at time), 1984
Photograph: ID9471829/GuardianWitness
New York, US, 1988
"Someone was relaxing on top of a Twin Tower"
Photograph: jancarlsson/GuardianWitness
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFR Yugoslavia at time), 1988
"We were lucky enough to visit Mostar before the old bridge was destroyed; such a beautiful piece of engineering that had been there for centuries"
Photograph: rosie2603/GuardianWitness
Paris, France, 1989
Centre Georges Pompidou
Photograph: Paul4Jags/GuardianWitness
Hong Kong, 1989
"An old-style tram painted in vivid colours of the Dulux paint company. This was on Connaught Road, which has now been redeveloped. The characterful electrical and footwear shops have been replaced by modern malls"
Photograph: richardsharrocks/GuardianWitness