Forum Game - Where's That Landmark? Part 2

[Borek]

I am aroused by the fact hints seem to mostly mean something opposite to what I thought they mean.

Fuzzy will have a lot of explaining to do.

 

[OmCheeto]

Ha! I just went back to the beginning of this game. Do you know they went through 10 pages of landmarks in only 6 days?

 

[OmCheeto]

Ha! I just went back to the beginning of this game. Do you know they went through 10 pages of landmarks in only 6 days?

And, six weeks later, we have the answer: Tschuggen Grand Hotel
Switzerland's unique Wellness Hotel

Let's see if I can now decipher the clues:

Location Arosa, Switzerland
Which is in the canton of Graubünden

The name Graubünden translates as the "Grey Leagues," referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the League of God's House, the Grey League, and the League of Ten Jurisdictions.

Not sure what Bon Jovi + waves means. Perhaps it refers to the album title: Slippery When Wet

I have to be going soon, so I'll post the new landmark without confirmation, as I can't imagine there being two of these places.

In a lame attempt to get others to play, I will mention that another New York Aussie should recognize the construction in the background.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Yes!

"Schrödinger suffered from tuberculosis and several times in the 1920s stayed at a sanatorium in Arosa. It was there that he discovered his wave equation.[18]"
"18.^ Moore, Walter J (9 January 1926). ''Schrödinger'' by Walter J. Moore: Christmas at Arosa. Books.google.co.uk. ISBN 978-0-521-43767-7. Retrieved 2010-03-13."

(Afaict, he had a holiday in Arosa, a bowl with lakes, with an unknown woman, in the same street as the four levelled spa annexe, and in an annexe, too, which later burnt down.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schrödinger
http://www.architonic.com/aisht/wellness-centre-tschuggen-bergoase-mario-botta-architetto/5100643
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Botta

 

[OmCheeto]

...New York Aussie...

of course refers to Astronuc, who always seems to know way too much about what is going on in other parts of the world.

ps. The building has something in common with the Tschuggen Grand Hotel.

pps. And I probably shouldn't forget this attachment:

 

[OmCheeto]

Yes!

"Schrödinger suffered from tuberculosis and several times in the 1920s stayed at a sanatorium in Arosa. It was there that he discovered his wave equation.[18]"
"18.^ Moore, Walter J (9 January 1926). ''Schrödinger'' by Walter J. Moore: Christmas at Arosa. Books.google.co.uk. ISBN 978-0-521-43767-7. Retrieved 2010-03-13."

(Afaict, he had a holiday in Arosa, a bowl with lakes, with an unknown woman, in the same street as the four levelled spa annexe, and in an annexe, too, which later burnt down.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schrödinger
http://www.architonic.com/aisht/wellness-centre-tschuggen-bergoase-mario-botta-architetto/5100643
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Botta

...

I'm unfortunately too scientifically illiterate to know that that was Schrödinger's equation.

But we should stop skourting the issue, and get back to the new landmark.

 

[edward]

Unfortunately several members of the forum have passed away due to complication of old age since the last clue.

 

[OmCheeto]

Unfortunately several members of the forum have passed away due to complication of old age since the last clue.

Astro posted a time lapsed video of the structure going up in the background. I thought that was strange that he should post something like that before I did. Though, he seems to know too much about everything, everywhere.

Here's a live cam shot taken a few minutes ago.

The PF Postcard club will know where the photo was taken from.

 

[throwaway28341]

A rail bridge in Portland, Oregon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland–Milwaukie_Light_Rail_Bridge

 

[OmCheeto]

A rail bridge in Portland, Oregon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland–Milwaukie_Light_Rail_Bridge

Correct!

There are actually three landmarks. The bridge and two conjoined buildings. The building not shown in the original image is to be a dental school, named the Skourtes Tower, after Dr. Skourtes.

Hence my, "skourting the issue" clue.

That was a picture of him and his wife, riding the aerial tram, from which you get a view such as the live cam snapshot.

Clue #1 image of the Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB) was taken by a friend of mine while she was walking her dog one morning.

The buildings are scheduled to be open around June 2014. The bridge is to be in service around September of 2015.

 

[edward]

Did they ever decide what they are officially going to name the bridge?? In Tucson they name things before they build them and then they never build them.

Your poop taxes at work OM.

http://trimet.org/pm/construction/bridge.htm

 

[edward]

Your next throwaway28341. When you solve one you have to post a landmark if possible.

 

[OmCheeto]

Your next throwaway28341. When you solve one you have to post a landmark if possible.

It appears throwaway may have been a one post wonder. Go ahead and post a landmark edward, I'm fresh out. If throwaway comes back, maybe we can have two landmarks going at once. That would confuse things a bit.

 

[edward]

This one is really lame, but it can keep us going.

 

[OmCheeto]

This one is really lame, but it can keep us going.

Wow. That's good for another 6 months of head scratching.

 

[edward]

The picture of this landmark was also taken during construction. A picture of a another part of the construction is a mirror image of the blurred picture above. I will try to iron out the blur and post it.

 

[OmCheeto]

The picture of this landmark was also taken during construction. A picture of a another part of the construction is a mirror image of the blurred picture above. I will try to iron out the blur and post it.

hmmm...

Eiffel Tower? ~1887?

Angle seems correct.

 

[edward]

Correct sir. Holy cow I didn't even get to say that building it must have been a riveting experience.

http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/Landmarks/Eiffel-Tower/

 

[OmCheeto]

Correct sir. Holy cow I didn't even get to say that building it must have been a riveting experience.

http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/Landmarks/Eiffel-Tower/

This reminds me of how fast I identified the Arizona Memorial a few years back.
Does this make me an angle savant?

Anyways, it was your "mirror image" comment that popped the image into my head. And just a minutes worth of googling confirmed that I might be correct.

I looked at the image yesterday and thought it might be the leg of a Lunar Module, but wisely decided to wait for a clue.

Here's another silly attempt at getting others to play:

I don't need the location, but merely the name of the river, as those silly kids didn't provide the coordinates...

 

[Darth Frodo]

Mississippi?

 

[OmCheeto]

Mississippi?

Nyet!

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"Nyet!" is Russian for "No!"
And nyet, that was not a clue.
It isn't the Volga either...
ps. The Mississippi is black. This river is clearly tea colored, as can be seen if one zooms in on the feet of the couple in the right hand side of the picture.

 

[OmCheeto]

http://www.musicfancam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bruce_springsteen.jpg+...

 

[OmCheeto]

Sometimes, the clue is in the fine print...

 

[edward]

OK it is time I get off my keister and solve this by making a series of wild guesses.

First up, It is the Chehalis River in Washington state.

 

[OmCheeto]

OK it is time I get off my keister and solve this by making a series of wild guesses.

First up, It is the Chehalis River in Washington state.

Nope. But if you know where the two people in fine print are from, you have the answer.

ps. Rumour has it that April 1st is being replaced with September 1st this year. Or August 31st, depending on your time zone.

 

[OmCheeto]

Argh.

DB+DB=GB

GB+AB=2MB

It's that simple...

or, at least it will be, in 3 days...

Good god, does anyone know algebra on this forum?.....

 

[edward]

ALGEBRA ! And I was thinking literature as in: Doo Bie or not Doo Bie.

 

[OmCheeto]

ALGEBRA ! And I was thinking literature as in: Doo Bie or not Doo Bie.

Greg's mom and dad's first names both start with "D".

I didn't know that, and thought his mom was his sister when I PM'd her, to get their waist sizes, so I could send them magical tofu underwear as a wedding present.

Mom didn't respond...

FB sucks...

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Fox River?

 

[OmCheeto]

Fox River?

Nope. But it's been so long, I'm having trouble with these clues.

Ah ha! Bruce Springsteen is "The Boss".

And the person standing next to "The Boss" in the original image is his wife.

Uh oh. I just checked out both of their profiles, and neither lists where they are from. Hmmm... This could explain things.

Ok. Here's an image that appears to be popular when googling the river's name.