A friend sent along this image, noting the shift. While a few ghost buildings survive along Tulane Avenue and S. Galvez on the map alone, the streets are shown as gone, as are most of the buildings.
Here's a look at just a few selected VA Footprint screenshots from GoogleMaps - before the change, back when it was dense with historic houses:
Strangely, despite the change in the street map as shown in the first map, the satellite images of the area on Google Maps still shows all the houses intact.
It's fascinating to see how maps can evolve and reflect changes over time.
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