Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

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A game is being played where participants provide clues to identify buildings, requiring players to post Google Maps images of the locations once guessed correctly. The game began with clues pointing to a building in Warwickshire, England, which was identified as the Chesterton Windmill. Subsequent clues led to various locations, including Jackson Square in New Orleans and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The clues often involve wordplay and connections to cultural references, such as the "gold lion" representing MGM's logo and the "light" referring to the Luxor Sky Beam. The game encourages creativity and engagement, with players taking turns to present new riddles and locations, fostering a collaborative atmosphere. The discussions also highlight the importance of using Google Earth for better visual context in solving the clues.
  • #601
OK, I'm looking for the name of a structure which was opened in 2OO7 after being converted from a previous purpose; it sounds like it would be an unsafe environment for flammable materials.
 
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  • #602
Jonathan Scott said:
OK, I'm looking for the name of a structure which was opened in 2OO7 after being converted from a previous purpose; it sounds like it would be an unsafe environment for flammable materials.

I have no idea where to start with this one, may we have a clue.
 
  • #603
There's a hidden clue (which may look like a typo) in there as well as what it says.
 
  • #604
You could make it safer by adding nitrogen to the area.
 
  • #605
Jonathan Scott said:
You could make it safer by adding nitrogen to the area.

The only thing i can come up with is some sort of oil rig?
 
  • #606
wolram said:
The only thing i can come up with is some sort of oil rig?
The "nitrogen" clue had a double meaning, neither of which was literal.
 
  • #607
And have you spotted some apparently incorrect typing in the first clue?
 
  • #608
I'll explain one of the meanings of the "nitrogen" clue, but it will probably make it too easy:
Insert "N" in the word "area"
 
  • #609
I would guess the \mathrm{O_2} Arena.

Google Maps Link:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/T...x981ded0cf3b9dadf!8m2!3d51.503038!4d0.0031543

The-O2-Arena-Photo6.jpg


The hint was @Jonathan Scott's use of the the upper case letter "O" as opposed to the proper zero "0" when stating the year of opining, 2OO7. (As opposed to 2007).
 
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  • #610
collinsmark said:
I would guess the O2 Arena.
You guessed correctly, and spotted the first hidden clue.
O2 (oxygen gas) sounds like an unsafe environment for flammable materials.
Adding nitrogen would of course make it safer, and adding "N" to "area" gives "Arena".
 
  • #611
do you mean the o2 arena?

Darn beaten to it.
 
  • #612
wolram said:
do you mean the o2 arena?
Yes, I meant the O2 (which contains the arena) but collinsmark got there first!
 
  • #613
Your go collinsmark.
 
  • #614
Here's my challenge:

I'm looking for a former place of business involving entertainment and libations (or specifically, live music and heavy drinking). When the place was originally opened, the generas of music that it planned to feature was bluegrass, country and blues (not necessarily in that order). While it never did quite succeed with its original plan, it nevertheless became one of the most influential* music scene locations of the latter half fourth of the 20th century for a different genera.

Where/what is/was this place?

By the way, it's closed down now. But Google Maps still has a reference to it.

*[Edit: If "one of the most influential" is too strong of phrase, then "one of the most notable" should safely suffice.]
 
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  • #615
Too many clues! I found it as the top hit in Google from my first search. It's apparently a 2013 film too. But I'll let others try.
 
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  • #616
Hmm. Still no takers though. Here's another hint:

The order of the original, planned generas is important.
 
  • #619
Not Amazingrace.

Here's another indirect hint:

Cover me with kisses, Baby
cover me with love
roll me in designer sheets
i'll never Get enough
emotions come, i don't know why
cover up love's aliBi​
 
  • #620
collinsmark said:
Here's another indirect hint: ...
Well, that definitely confirms I'm thinking of the right place.
 
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  • #621
When you name it, I expect you get something like heebie jeebies...
 
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  • #622
Jonathan Scott said:
When you name it, I expect you get something like heebie jeebies...

Sorry johnathan, i can not get my head around clues for a while, give a couple of days and i will be okay again.
 
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  • #623
Another hint:

watCh out you might get what you're after
Boom babies stranGe But not a stranger
i'm an ordinary guy
burning down the house​
 
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  • #624
collinsmark said:
Another hint:

watCh out you might get what you're after
Boom babies stranGe But not a stranger
i'm an ordinary guy
burning down the house​
You have found the perfect way to distract me from a task, all I can think of is David Byrne songs and an occasional Blondie tune while I'm contemplating the connection of the capitalized letters. I'm waiting for the "Epiphany" to strike, don't give up on me. o_O
( I see the C=country, B and G=bluegrass, B=blues but sometimes I have a hard time thinking outside certain boxes.)
 
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  • #625
This really doesn't require any thinking, just a couple of seconds of Googling!
 
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  • #626
Okay, another hint then.

The location is within an area that some might say is sort of like a man wearing a hat of tan color.

1oldman2 said:
( I see the C=country, B and G=bluegrass, B=blues but sometimes I have a hard time thinking outside certain boxes.)

No need to think outside the box with that. That's pretty much on the direct track.
 
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  • #627
collinsmark said:
Okay, another hint then.

The location is within an area that some might say is sort of like a man wearing a hat of tan color.
No need to think outside the box with that. That's pretty much on the direct track.

I am sorry Collinsmark, i have schizophrenia and it is very hard for me to solve clues while i have an out break, for some reason i am having an over long period
of voices in mt head, i hope you will continue the thread and i will get back as soon as possible.
 
  • #628
1oldman2 said:
( I see the C=country, B and G=bluegrass, B=blues but sometimes I have a hard time thinking outside certain boxes.)
Definitely time to think inside the box.
collinsmark said:
The location is within an area that some might say is sort of like a man wearing a hat of tan color.
That might have narrowed it down if it wasn't already obvious!

In a few days (after my concert this weekend) I might have time to think up something new, in which case I'll give the answer to this one (if no-one has spotted it by then), but I suspect that either no-one is playing or no-one wants to come up with a new one. If the latter, please just answer anyway but ask for someone else to take over...
 
  • #629
Not Manhattan Mt. :headbang: Sorry guys I really deserved that, be back soon. (In my defense this place was entirely new to me, once again I was overthinking the obvious.)

CBGB.PNG
 
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  • #630
1oldman2 said:
Not Manhattan Mt. :headbang: Sorry guys I really deserved that, be back soon. (In my defense this place was entirely new to me, once again I was overthinking the obvious.)

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There you go.

CBGB, usually affectionately referred to in the possessive form CBGB's when spoken, was a bar in Manhattan. The name is an initialism for Country, Bluegrass and Blues. Hilly Krystal, the owner/creater, named it that when it opened because he had thought that country music and blues music were going to be the next big things. But the bar took a different direction.

CBGB's has been called a "dive" bar, even a "dump." It's bathroom was so horrifying that it became legendary in its own right.

But the main thing CBGB had going for it was the bands that played there. Some examples of bands that were either "discovered" there, or at least played there regularly immediately before making it big were,
  • Talking Heads
  • Blondie
  • Ramones
  • Patti Smith Group
  • Television
'Mostly punk rock bands. But the bar did make a name for itself big enough such that that in its hey-day, bands would travel from all around the world to play there. And tourists would do the same to drink there.

Map Location:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...8cd4bb8212fbd5!8m2!3d40.7552196!4d-73.9935317

Okay, @1oldman2, you are up. :smile:
 
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  • #631
collinsmark said:
Okay, @1oldman2, you are up. :smile:
Approximately 60 Kilometers northeast of Moscow, a world famous fossil find, so unique the autumn colors of the leaves are still seen before rapid oxidation turns them black. (Also a good place to race your snowmobiles) Magnolia, Avocado, Sycamore and the like from the Miocene era, as well as an extinct trophy trout. Name the location of this bed/bowl.
 
  • #632
1oldman2 said:
Not Manhattan Mt.
1oldman2 said:
Approximately 60 Kilometers northeast of Moscow, ...
I see what you did there!
 
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  • #633
Jonathan Scott said:
I see what you did there!
Lol... yeah, me too.....:approve:
 
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  • #634
I'd a hope that someone would have located it by now.
It's not a bird, but still a specific lark I am thinking about.
 
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  • #635
Jonathan Scott said:
I'd a hope that someone would have located it by now.
It's not a bird, but still a specific lark I am thinking about.

I'm back and have spent some time on this one with no luck so far.
 
  • #636
:smile: http://www.theslowlane.com/other/marks.html A clue.
karl.PNG
 
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  • #637
1oldman2 said:
A clue.
I hid a couple more in my previous post, assuming I got it right.
 
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  • #638
Even with all the clues i can not find this on google Earth or google maps:mad:
 
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  • #639
wolram said:
Even with all the clues i can not find this on google Earth or google maps:mad:
Search the name of the pizza joint with the name Moscow, or click the link in my last post. remember this only designates the general area not the exact location your looking for, the fossil bed is world famous as some claim there is actually 15 million year old DNA that can be extracted, others claim the DNA is from contamination. At any rate the preservation is truly unique. :wink:
I should add the pizza is pretty dang good also.
 
  • #640
Just head out from Moscow through Troy and keep going for about 48 miles.
 
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  • #642
wolram said:
You crafty 1oldman2 i was looking in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkia_fossil_beds
:partytime: Good show, I live only a few hours drive from the area, it really is very unique. (I suspect in the case of the pizza joint Karl Marks was likely a capitalist)
 
  • #643
wolram said:
You crafty 1oldman2 i was looking in Russia.
Yes, that was an amusing anti-clue!
Jonathan Scott said:
I'd a hope that someone would have located it by now.
It's not a bird, but still a specific lark I am thinking about.
Just for the record, those were my hidden clues.
I hope to have more time soon (last orchestra rehearsal before the summer break tonight) so I might get back to answering properly in future.
 
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  • #644
Jonathan Scott said:
Yes, that was an amusing anti-clue!
A little disinformation/deception can go a long way. did you notice Moscow is a college town?
Jonathan Scott said:
Just for the record, those were my hidden clues.
I enjoyed those, very good! Hope your rehearsal goes well.
 
  • #645
Here is your next mission, find this bull

The Bull's head is lowered, its nostrils flare, and its wickedly long, sharp horns are ready to gore; it's an angry, dangerous beast. The muscular body twists to one side, and the tail is curved like a lash: the Bull is also energetic and in motion
 
  • #646
I would have to start by guessing the Merrill-Lynch bull on wall street.
bull.PNG
 
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  • #647
1oldman2 said:
I would have to start by guessing the Merrill-Lynch bull on wall street.
View attachment 103118

That was to easy, but not a bad ruse to put you back in the chair:biggrin:
 
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  • #648
wolram said:
That was to easy, but not a bad ruse to put you back in the chair:biggrin:
:headbang: I can't believe I fell for that one again, be back soon. :smile:
 
  • #649
A rocky desert of hominid immolation. (this should be an easy one)
 
  • #650
1oldman2 said:
I suspect in the case of the pizza joint Karl Marks was likely a capitalist...
Oh, you're such a wise one, oldman, too.....:oldlaugh:
 
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