The two cities make for fascinating comparisons, differing in many respects; Buenos Aires being developed by the Spanish and Rio by the Portuguese. (vjv.com)
The rich scholarship on modern governance in China could make for a fascinating comparison. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
I do not know if these were made retroactively, but even so they provide a fascinating comparison between the imagined and physical — the intent and the result: (clothesonfilm.com)