This site is so cool. The top of the screen has pics of Vancouver (several locations) from 1978. You click on the button labelled 2003 and watch the picture transform from left to right from 1978 - 2003
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/fade/fadepanorama.htm
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/fade/fadepanorama.htm