Using Google's awesome new time travel tool, here's what gentrification looks like.
Astor Place: September 2007
Astor Place: September 2013
10th Street between Avenue C and D: September 2007
10th Street between Avenue C and D: August 2013
Mural on Avenue C: September 2007
Mural on Avenue C: August 2013
Bowery and 4th Street: September 2007
Bowery and 4th Street: August 2013
Cooper Square: September 2007
Cooper Square: August 2013
Cooper Square: September 2007
Cooper Square: August 2013
4th Street and Lafayette: September 2007
4th Street and Lafayette: August 2013
Avenue A and Houston: September 2007
Avenue A and Houston: August 2013
Second Avenue and 9th Street: September 2007
Second Avenue and 9th Street: August 2013
St. Marks: September 2007
St. Marks: September 2013
3rd Avenue and 11th Street: September 2007
3rd Avenue and 11th Street: August 2013
Broadway and 13th Street: September 2007
Broadway and 13th Street: September 2013
The Bowery: September 2007
The Bowery: August 2013
Broadway and 10th Street: September 2007
Broadway and 10th Street: August 2013
9th Street and 1st Avenue: September 2007
9th Street and 1st Avenue: September 2013
1st Avenue: September 2007
1st Avenue: August 2013
Avenue B and 13th Street: September 2007
Avenue B and 13th Street: January 2013
Avenue B and 12th Street: September 2007
Avenue B and 12th Street: August 2013
6th Street and 2nd Avenue: September 2007
6th Street and 2nd Avenue: August 2013
Where the old CBGBs used to be: September 2007
Where the old CBGBs used to be: August 2013
The mural on Houston: September 2007
The mural on Houston: August 2013
Astor Place: September 2007
Astor Place: September 2013
11th Street between 2nd and 1st Avenue: September 2007
11th Street between 2nd and 1st Avenue: August 2013
11th Street between 2nd and 1st Avenue: September 2007
Avenue C between 9th and 10th Streets: August 2013
Avenue D: September 2007
Avenue D: August 2013
9th Street Between Avenue B and C: September 2007
9th Street Between Avenue B and C: August 2013
12th Street between Avenue A and B: September 2007
12th Street between Avenue A and B: September 2013
14th Street and 3rd Avenue: September 2007
14th Street and 3rd Avenue: September 2013
The other side of 3rd Avenue and 14th Street: September 2007
The other side of 3rd Avenue and 14th Street: September 2013
14th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue: September 2007
14th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue: August 2013
2nd Avenue and 1st Street: September 2007
2nd Avenue and 1st Street: August 2013
Avenue B and 5th Street: September 2007
Avenue B and 5th Street: August 2013
4th Street between Avenue A and B: September 2007
4th Street between Avenue A and B: August 2013
All photos via Google Maps.