maybe it's a Decathlon stock photo?
https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/decathlon-une-innovation-par-semaine-895278
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
but we ARE on a building with a glass round roof type thing (look in the reflection)
https://www.infomediaire.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/decathlon.jpg
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
... still no idea though :(
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Lyon:
https://goo.gl/maps/PjkD5ws2raizKdZ57
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
high five!
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Alright - how? It looks like that roof top isn't a parking spot anymore in the latest google aerial photo?
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
nice!
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
I just went through the list of locations on the Decathlon website. Unfortunately no photos are provided, but I tried to find ones that seemed to be inside malls, judging from the address, and then checked them out on street view. It was hard to find a street view on the roof of that mall in Lyon, but an interior pic showed the skylight from below, so I thought I was on the right track.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
Fantastic!
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Well, at least I learned that there's a sporting goods company called "DECATHLON" today.
Better than "DICK'S" I guess
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
That brown office building looks pretty decrepit in the original photo but in the Google street view itβs got a logo of a major corporation (I forget what itβs is).
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
Better than "DICK'S" I guess Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Athlete%27s_Foot?wprov=sfla1
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
Good work on that one, wasn't sure if it would go off one pic!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
where did the original pic come from, not google maps then?
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Original pic was from google maps but doesn't seem to be there now, or at least I can't find it
I think you mentioned before that there was a photo that wasn't showing up on the map for you but you could still see it when it was a direct link?
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/TBfWTD9/asa.jpg
Friday
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 15 October 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
That just screams Pittsburgh to me for some reason.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 15 October 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
Some castle type building with floodlights on the (garages? arched thing to the left) ? Quite a fancy street light, too - is it a whole Disney-inspired street/neighbourhood?
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
that GMC limits this to North America where gas is cheaper, I would think
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
... and there are a LOT more houses with turrets than you would think :(
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I think the thing on the left is a viaduct.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 15 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Could be any hilly US city.
― o. nate, Friday, 15 October 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
Los Angeles has plenty of GMCs/other big trucks. People have money to burn here.
― nickn, Friday, 15 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
i don't think those trees are southern california. west coast though?
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 15 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
looks like a white bus in the background
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 15 October 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
those kind of streetlamps (the ones that look like the ends of condoms) are uniquely american in my experience (as if the GMC truck wasn't enough)
oooh, the thing I thought was a floodlight for the castle is the cabin of a bus/truck/tram/... - and between the trees there's another one.
Are those overhead cables for a trolley bus or tram?
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 07:51 (two years ago) link
IF (big if) it's a trolleybus, there's only five systems still in operation in the USA, according to wikipedia: San Francisco, Boston (two lines: Cambridge and South Boston/Waterfront), Dayton, Philadelphia and Seattle. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_the_United_States )
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 07:55 (two years ago) link
if it's a tram then the list is a lot longer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#System_lists
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
Looks like there is writing in washed out white on the top bit of the bridge. Looks like Geo.. Gooble. Clue or useless, I donβt know.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
I still say it's Pittsburgh. They have a light rail (tram) system but I can't find out the color of the rolling stock.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 16 October 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Isn't that just the Google watermark? xp
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 16 October 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
indeed - I'm afraid that's the google watermark
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
Lol, then useless.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 October 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
the bus is an MCI D series (4000 or 4500, maybe others too) which is operated by pittsburgh
― micah, Saturday, 16 October 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
or at least operated in and around pittsburgh. the viaduct could be an elevated busway
― micah, Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
guys you can keep saying pittsburgh til you're blue in the face, if you want confirmation cherry blossom will need a minimum 6 figure grid reference
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Lol. And it may not even be Pittsburgh but one of the 100 or so grubby municipalities in Allegheny County. To which I would say: a borough is not a city!!!
― Typo? Negative! (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 16 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
Tell that to Titshire, the largest hamlet in Shroppingham, featured here in 2018
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
"Tell it to Titshire" - now there's a book/album title that should exist
― StanM, Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/DW8yYDR/uc.jpg
Friday, View II
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 October 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
Is that Walgreens? (not that that would help much, they have like 9,000 stores in the US)
― StanM, Monday, 18 October 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Yes, Walgreens are everywhere in the US. It seems like maybe in this pic we're on the bridge/viaduct shown in the background of the first pic? Trying to work out whether that's train tracks in the far right hand side of this pic, which would possibly be passing under the bridge.
― o. nate, Monday, 18 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
looks a lot like philadelphia tbh
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 18 October 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
I think I've looked at all the Walgreens in Philadelphia and nothing with a viaduct + a big house with turrets seems to be jumping out at me
― StanM, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
good on you, i've not that much attention span lol. what about pgh?
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 18 October 2021 18:34 (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.
https://goo.gl/maps/rimHEwRGxi1icarq6
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
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