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Midweek Madness II

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link

An older city in the US.

And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link

Yeah, that fire escape (?) at the front of the building made me think US as well - some kind of French quarter or euro district type deal?
This building we're in has annoyingly little on the windows (post offices, banks, train stations would have all kinds of stuff on there I would expect)

StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link

there's a map behind the open door near the camera but it isn't giving much away

StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link

I'm curious about the 2nd trash receptacle that's further away from the camera. I guess maybe it's for recycling?

o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link

I'm curious about the 2nd trash receptacle that's further away from the camera. I guess maybe it's for recycling?


Yes, those are all over.

And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link

I wonder if playing with the contrast would bring out the text on the yellow vertical sign or the buildings across the plaza.

nickn, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link

not on my freeware image editor

StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link

I guess maybe the vestibule between two sets of doors indicates a place with cold winters.

o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link

Findlay Market in Cincinnati OH

https://goo.gl/maps/MywMEo7zF9yHybn1A

I've actually been there, though I didn't recognize it.

o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link

Good one, thought these last two might go a little quicker after some tough ones. What was your route to it?

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link

Zoomed in on the map and made out the street name "Race St". Tried a few cities with a Race Street. Got to Cincinnati and got lucky by clicking near Findlay Market right away, noticed the red crossbeam construction and then it was just a matter of clicking nearby until I found the spot.

o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link

I need a screen with more pixels, I can't even see Race St now you told me it's there

StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link

Yeah I even tried to ENHANCE and was like "Mare St? Mace St? Dace St?"

ledge, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link

Perhaps it helped that I downloaded the full image and looked at it in a photo editor rather than in the browser.

o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link

So yes, an older US city that doesn't have much going for it!

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link

i assumed it wasn't the US because there was somewhere to sit

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/ydZ5VD0v/ayee.jpg

fffriday

cherry blossom, Friday, 8 October 2021 10:45 (three years ago) link

A shitty resort.

And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 8 October 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link

Building top left doesn't look American to me so I think Europe, but obviously not Mediterranean. Woman with daughter looks vaguely East European or at least Middle European. Maybe somewhere on a lake? Or the Black Sea again, like Bulgaria or Romania?

Zelda Zonk, Friday, 8 October 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link

blue and red water slides look pretty big, maybe a dedicated water park kind of thing?

StanM, Saturday, 9 October 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link

Definitely a permanent park (all the umbrellas, and what looks like a concrete edge in the water area closest to the photographer). In fact, it doesn't look connected to a river or body of water at all because every pool edge I can see is concrete and I see vegetation beyond it.

nickn, Saturday, 9 October 2021 01:09 (three years ago) link

No real clue where to start looking to be honest - hills, big white buildings in the distance, one of them with something on top maybe (observatory? dome?), a red/white antenna or chimney?
Building on the left looks vaguely Austrian/Swiss/Alpine/Southern Germany? Lady looks kinda Eastern European maybe? But this could just as easily be in South America.

And there are a lot more blue spiral water slides in the world than I thought :-)

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:34 (three years ago) link

is that a coke can on the towel in the foreground? Can't make out letters or logo but could be a clue, don't know?

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:36 (three years ago) link

I'm also thinking that fence is impossibly complicated & could have been much simpler to make but anyway

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:43 (three years ago) link

i'm kind of fascinated by the fence! never seen one quite like it with that mix of rigid palings and weldmesh.

the half hipped roof on the far left might be traceable architecture but i wouldnt know where to start.

micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:25 (three years ago) link

I also thought that fence looked crazy complicated. Concrete edge to the water means yes this doesn't have to be near the sea/lake. Top right building still looks middle European to me, but the white apartment block looks wrong for a German city. And given the somewhat East European look of the woman, I'm still thinking that. Maybe Poland or something.

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:29 (three years ago) link

Top left building I meant

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:29 (three years ago) link

oh, you already said that lady looked Eastern European - sorry I repeated that. I guess I agree then :)

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link

Would be amazed if anyone got it on this photo alone though!

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link

that roof type is also called jerkinhead, apparently?

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link

only in the us afaict

micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link

Also known as a half hip roof, Wikipedia informs me - common in England, Denmark and Germany, and especially in Austria and Slovenia.

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link

Searching for the largest outdoor swimming pools in Europe has failed to unearth anything up to now

ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 12:10 (three years ago) link

I keep staring at that fence and I wonder if it's 3-in-1 : no slats (just the metal), half filled with slats (like it is now) or completely closed off (stick in more slats in between the ones in the picture).

Unfortunately, looking for "weird multifunctional fences" hasn't gotten me anywhere useful :-)

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link

The fence is a screen door from a Polish submarine…oof I’m funny.

And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 10 October 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link

Searching for the largest outdoor swimming pools in Europe has failed to unearth anything up to now

― ignore the blue line (or something)

i don't think its all that large on the scale of european water parks

micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link

how does that building next to the lady's head have such a white featureless side on the central tower? I don't understand what's going on there.

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link

Searching for the largest outdoor swimming pools in Europe has failed to unearth anything up to now

― ignore the blue line (or something)

i don't think its all that large on the scale of european water parks

― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:14 (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Based on what I have seen of these European outdoor pools since searching I'd say it was on par with the big ones. Whilst conceding I'm no expert

ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link

it's not easy to judge the scale from the pic but it seems to go back pretty far

ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link

I'm talking lidos and swimming pools btw, not man made lakes or anything

ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link

it all depends on how short these ladies are.

StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link

The combination of the grim fencing and the sheer size makes me think of somewhere like the Moczydło Water Park in Warsaw.

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 11 October 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/x1BPjdNg/agf.jpg

Another view

cherry blossom, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link

sladoled = ice cream in croatian, bosnian, slovenian

ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledo_(company)

ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link

(closing bracket kills the link but you can click through inside, it's the logo on the umbrellas)

ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link

Can't find the ladies but here's an aerial view of the water park. Tuzla, Bosnia

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.539505,18.6813,3a,75.0y,237.97432h,81.47935t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAF1QipNZBTzJFe3R1l80Ro_F0tfh8YX_ifqbnBAa5MnQ!2e10

ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 11 October 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link

Well done, how did you find it?

ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link

great find!

can't find the ladies on Google maps either but this is an alt view from above their location +/-

https://mojcazin.ba/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/panonsko-jezero-tuzla.jpg

StanM, Monday, 11 October 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link


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