Sam Raimi would like to build a "century cam". (via Leah) Essentiallly, time-lapse of metropolitan cities, one frame a day, for 1,000 years. Not a new idea, but maybe he'll have the pull to actually get the project instated.
On a related note, just started reading River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
P.S. I'm psyched about Spider-Man 2