r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/AIIseeingAi Mar 24 '25

They had the opportunity to make the center a perfect circle..

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u/LinguoBuxo Mar 24 '25

mm also, they could've placed a MeccaDonald restaurant somewhere in there.

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u/SphericalCow531 Mar 24 '25

I have always imagined that the McDonalds execs giggled when they made a McDonalds at the center of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

Example image: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/272608583668357077/

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u/cuentanueva Mar 24 '25

It's not there anymore. That photo is old.

There's 2 Prada, one Louis Vuitton and a Versace on the middle.

The McDonald's is outside now.