Leave your guesses in the comments section--and, dammit, try to enjoy yourselves! Meanwhile, I'll try to improve things on this end of the contest.
VISUAL CLUE ADDED MAY 6
BONUS PHOTO ADDED MAY 8
Photos: David Marc Fischer
Friday, May 05, 2006
WHERE WAS I? Here's the latest challenge, with a hint: No archery this time! I mean it!!
Leave your guesses in the comments section--and, dammit, try to enjoy yourselves! Meanwhile, I'll try to improve things on this end of the contest.
VISUAL CLUE ADDED MAY 6
BONUS PHOTO ADDED MAY 8
Photos: David Marc Fischer
Leave your guesses in the comments section--and, dammit, try to enjoy yourselves! Meanwhile, I'll try to improve things on this end of the contest.
VISUAL CLUE ADDED MAY 6
BONUS PHOTO ADDED MAY 8
Photos: David Marc Fischer
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Manhattan?
A skylight at the top of an elevator shaft? (Btw, totally enjoying myself. Keep up the good work!)
Ah...so you recognize it already? Warm!
Er...um...my previous comment was in response to Debbie's first guess.
Cool...so I hope you're still enjoying yourself!
Just think: In a single guess, you've eliminated every skylight atop an elevator shaft in Manhattan!
That's what I call "progress."
In Low's, 68th street movie theater
"are you in grand central station," i guessed, thouroghly enjoying myself, as usual on wwwi.
No, noo noo, I'm afraid the Loew's is a "no go"--especially compared to Grand Central Station, which is warmer.
A church in midtown?
It's not a church, but I can see where you're coming from.
Are you back at Rock Center?
Rockefeller Center is cooler than Grand Central.
Chrysler Building?
The Chrysler Building is slightly cooler than Grand Central.
The old Bowery Savings Bank that's now Cipriani's across from Grand Central?
Or maybe the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park?
Between those two guesses, you're getting warmer!
eleven madison avenue? that flat-topped building across from madison square park that was suppoosed to be 100 stories tall, but they ran out money, so it's like this massive base and no skyscraper?
Maybe it's the old B. Altman's building on 5th and 34th that now is a CUNY center.
Well, Scott, I, er...wait a minute...what's that, Debbie?
Debbie's done it again! Debbie's done it again!
I was, in fact, at the former location of the B. Altman & Company department store--more specifically, by the entryway to CUNY on the western side of the block.
The history of this building, which just happens to date back 100 years, can be found on this page, which leads to a second page that offers details about the architectural elements I photographed.
The first image (don't you love it?) is of "a curving, Art Nouveau style metal and glass canopy, supported by elaborate wrought-metal brackets." I took it from below, looking up, around sunset--rather ironic, I think. The second image and the third (bonus) image are details from a column by the main entrance portico.
Hearty congratulations to Debbie for finding my location and being the first WWI participant to hit double digits. For reaching this historic milestone, Debbie may (or may not) choose the option of selecting her own WWI challenge at a future date!
Wow! I'm in total shock. That was a COMPLETE guess and I had no idea that that was a shot of one of the canopies. Nice one!
So are you saying that I would possibly choose a place to photographed or photograph a place and
send them to you? That's funny because I had mentioned a similar idea to Scott (if in fact this is what you meant.) I'm open to all of it. Thanks for the double digit honors.
We'll figure something out!
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