I guess its near the ramp that we take to get on 495 heading west, but since I'm usually driving I've never noticed that library with the turrets before.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
OH SHIT! I totally recognize that now, but it's been years and years since I was a passenger on that stretch.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
holy crap! Well done mrs o. nate!
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
I bet we would have gotten it a lot faster if this had been the angle
https://www.google.be/maps/@40.7688973,-74.0238126,3a,75y,118.91h,76.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soLj3LvtQhuxTebafXlLQ0g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
My wife just walked in and looked at the picture and told me it was in Union City. Actually Weehawken, I guess. Apparently we've driven past it multiple times, which I didn't recall/
Yes, Weehawken Public Library, such a familiar view to anyone who's driven or got the bus out that way!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
fancy library - building history is on their front page http://www.weehawken-nj.us/library.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/vDZkC7C/y.jpg
Thursday
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
I daresay there are a million places in the UK that might look just like it but it strongly reminds me of oxford.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
that looks a lot like Oxford to me
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
xpost!
specifically the area around Cowley Road across to Headington Hill
Also quite like some parts of grandpont/hinksey but nowhere i can place specifically.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
yeah Donnington Bridge and Iffley Road below Rose Hill and Iffley Village
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
The road runs NW/SE...
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
First building on left is either a students' halls of residence or a halfway house or something along those lines. Then the second building has a bizarre window, what is that?
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
... is there a clue in the picture that we're missing? Is this kind of one way road super exceptional, maybe? Not getting any further than "could be anywhere in Britain" for now
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
sorry that was garbage, more like N/S
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 09:57 (two years ago) link
We're right by the shark house!
https://goo.gl/maps/ir4PgcMk7dxcYL8J8
(look right...)
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:06 (two years ago) link
or click here: https://goo.gl/maps/99PDUjLUKDknuhQB7
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:07 (two years ago) link
nice one!
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 11:12 (two years ago) link
Or look left! The shark's reflection is in the window
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:15 (two years ago) link
Very solid work upthread at getting Oxford without even needing that though!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:18 (two years ago) link
I did grow up there, curious that it's so distinctive though - here's the street that it first reminded me of, a couple of miles over the other side of town, obv the OAP looking accommodation and gated driveway on the left is a coincidence but v similar two storey terraces: https://goo.gl/maps/qzt5Vso68Kt1vH5NA
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
my folks live up the road in Littlemore
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
OMG the reflection in the window! damn
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
oh no i did look at that briefly but didn't think 'hmm maybe it's a shark'... if i'd been thinking of north instead of south oxford i might have done!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/0F97scp/uz.jpg
Monday Morning
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
Close but no cigar at Guess the Day of the Week it seems
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
ha!
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
Not a lot to work on here. Body of water far left could be a lake, river or harbour - I'm thinking the latter as there's some industrial type construction that could be part of a port facility. White building far left and building with light green facade centre left look European to me. Wild guess with not much to back it up would be somewhere in Italy
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:49 (two years ago) link
Strange tower far right is pretty mystifying
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link
Reminds me of the road up from Peschiera del Garda up the east coast of Lake Garda
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
looks like a shipping control tower, for the port at left maybe?
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/RppWSzp/ka.jpg
View II
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
Lighthouse, harbour, got nothing.
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
feels too flat for Norway & not flat enough for the rest of Scandinavia (although... maybe)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
why the fuck does google maps suddenly move back to my location whenever I search anything - GRRRRRRRRRRR
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
lol otm
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Are we back in Russia? Defo northern hemisphere and don't think it's anywhere in North America
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 28 October 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Googled striped black and white road barrier and got a bunch of stock pics that look pretty similar but frustratingly no location mentioned, although they're copyrighted to a photographer with a Russian name
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 October 2021 08:38 (two years ago) link
that guard rail is pretty distinctive - not a sideways W shape like most
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
the first pic has a yellow/black striped tower/chimney thing - oil refinery?
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
jeez - https://www.google.com/search?q=power+pylon+types&source=lnms&tbm=isch
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:13 (two years ago) link
although that particular type with the widest at the top and then narrower and narrower below that isn't something I can find in many of those pylon overviews, apparently
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing this may be somewhere on the Baltic Sea. That type of lighthouse seems to exist there.
― o. nate, Monday, 1 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
that road barrier with stripes is common in ukraine
― micah, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
hint please
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
Murmansk?
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9856794,33.0948002,3a,75y,236.84h,98.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ3f5F9Uml4uE4z6pmi8FMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
YES !!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9826598,33.0955864,3a,75y,310.18h,90.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smrhk13lnCidCsu5I8f-pFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9860639,33.0960879,3a,75y,254.58h,85.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sujAKG6gpXnAIlhBb_1WQsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
I mean, it was clear from your link that that was THE lighthouse :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link