Guess the City

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it's not on the way to the airport

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link

oh well

Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link

Those buildings could rly be anywhere influenced by edwardian architecture

scampsite (darraghmac), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link

i can understand where you'd get that, though, eephus— of the several routes one can take to the Philly airport, one of them requires the driver to stop at a light near a bridge with a mural that has similar vibe. That mural, however, is nowhere near any hills, or within sight of a residential neighborhood, and doesn't feature a red bridge, but some sort of old school concrete/stone amalgam...

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link

welp I just exhausted 5 minutes of various permutations of search terms:

red orange steel art deco rail truss trestle underpass overpass mural

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link

The part of the mural under the bridge depicts a cityscape which maybe represents the city this is? Maaaaaaybe Chicago? There's one building in front which seems to have a diagonal front face like that tower in Chicago that has that.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link

Chicago railroad underpasses tend to be concrete in my experience.

Mosholu Porkway (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 15 February 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link

it reminds me so much of one neighbourhood in montreal but like if four different parts of the neighbourhood were kinda patched together like in a dream

Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link

any other hints?

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link

That stop light is interesting -- only two lights and they're both red (or is one orange?).

doctor johnson (askance johnson), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link

I know of one similar one-lane-wide underpass that has a 2-way light (red & blinking-yellow once triggered).

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link

@Will I was also thinking it could be Canada.... but East Van or West Windsor?

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link

Looks like it could be in New Jersey.

o. nate, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link

xp. definitely not east van

Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link

I think it’s just a yellow blinking light, the kind that are used as a warning of a possible obstruction.

Mosholu Porkway (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link

with all due respect to the many good players in this thread, i would like to read an extensive interview with cherry blossom about their approach to the Guess the City game

alpine static, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 08:23 (three years ago) link

It could probably be anywhere in New England, how about Northampton MA

Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/XjxR26nY/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17-45-25.png

Reverse angle

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link

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Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/nhFFsYkd/aap.jpg

technical issues!

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link

Feeling much less Philadelphia now

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link

Mural shows this is a place with palm trees along the shore (unless it's a mural depicting a completely different place, which just seems too mean of cherry blossom)

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link

I don't know. The vegetation across the road there looks like it comes from a very different climate. The mural seems to depict some place in the Middle East, but everything else looks very Eastern US to me.

o. nate, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link

is that a pool? sign reads something like "stairs could be slippery"?

Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link

Looks like a cable stayed bridge in the first picture's mural, but that led me nowhere.

bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link

stairs closed

and isn't that an elevated train station?

rob, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link

it's Upham's Corner train station in Boston

Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link

thanks to rob's hint

Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link

It's not *technically* a reverse angle, it's around the corner (the cherrypicker is partially obscuring the right side of the mural/ivy from pic 1).

Definitely a smallish train station, the tracks in pic 1 lead into this building.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link

lol nevermind well done

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link

https://goo.gl/maps/7Qdzhr5H5WoGwuo88

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link

my first ever guess!

only took a shitton of scrolling on Google Image search results for "rail station mural mountains"

Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link

crossing one off my bucket list

Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link

ha nice one, I have looked at a ton of train-themed murals today

rob, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link

good work!

The second mural depicts Cabo Verde, the first mural is a depiction of Boston

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:04 (three years ago) link

(unless it's a mural depicting a completely different place, which just seems too mean of cherry blossom)

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Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link

but OK, I get it, big Cap Verdean community

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link

My northeast US seaboard general vibe was right, at least.

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:56 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/vmHZ6tbf/GTC2.png

This one will likely be easy for a few people.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:23 (three years ago) link

Bridgetown, Barbados?

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:32 (three years ago) link

lol, yes. Well done.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:40 (three years ago) link

if you recognise it's a cricket ground you're in business with that one

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:40 (three years ago) link

and it's on my list of cricket grounds to visit!

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:41 (three years ago) link

how do we do with ports?

https://i.imgur.com/EVxTEs5.jpg

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link

Think it's Trieste? Looks European so got a top 10 of Europe's largest freight ports and did a gis of each, Trieste came in 8th

or something, Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link

(not that I got that! Just going off your answer, I was going to guess maybe Genoa

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link

Trieste has the same yellow cranes also

nashwan, Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:14 (three years ago) link

yes, well done!

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:23 (three years ago) link


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