Tehran Through Time: A Narrative of Three Memorable Spots in the Capital

The collection of historical images published from old Tehran has depicted some parts of the urban identity and the physical changes of different neighborhoods of the capital in the past decades.

Location and description: A rare and spectacular picture of Evin, Valenjak neighborhoods and a part of Mahmoudieh neighborhood, which was recorded in the 1950s.

Features of the landscape: In this image, a part of the Parkway highway and the northern neighborhoods of this highway can be seen, and the urban space in that era with a different texture and structure can be seen.

2. Shariati Street (Old Shemiran Road), Sadr Intersection; Year 1365

Location and description: This is the old Shemiran road or the current Shariati street; A street more than a century old, which was considered the first access route of Dar al-Khilafah to Shemiran.

Features of the landscape: This photo, which was recorded in 1365, shows the condition of traffic and the structure of this street before the construction of the two-story Sadr highway, and depicts the vehicles of that era.

3. 100 Narmak Square (former Kuy Kolad); 60 years ago

Location and description: This area is located at the end of Si-Metri Narmak Street (Ait) and the picture is from around 1345.

Features of the landscape: At this time, residential apartments had not yet replaced Narmak's villas and refined houses, and a green and calm face of the neighborhood can be seen.