Sometimes pleasant views, and even not-so-pleasant views, make way for so much worse.

With this thought, here are two places that are not quite so nice today as they once were.

Epping Forest Guardian:

Then and Now: A view of Leyton High Road taken before 1906. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive)

Epping Forest Guardian:

Leyton High Road today

Epping Forest Guardian:

Then and Now: Gates Corner, cross roads looking east, South Woodford, 1970s. (Image courtesy of Wanstead Historical Society)

Epping Forest Guardian:

The same view today