WHERE WAS I? Here's another challenge with a twist: The clues, given enough time, will spell a word that is a clue in itself. The word won't be a complete giveaway, so don't count on it. My advice is to treat this mostly as one of those "no picture" challenges--even though it's okay to try to guess the word.
And yeah: As usual, it's in the five boroughs. And leave your guesses in the
comments section.
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Below 14th Street in Manhattan?
Let me get this straight: the letters are not in the place nor do they spell the place? Thanks for the totally useless but entertaining visuals, Dave!
No, Debbie, it's not below 14th Street in Manhattan.
The letters are not in the place and they do not spell the place...but they add up to a clue that could be useful.
So they're not totally useless although they are indeed entertaining. Immensely so.
Above 14th Street in Manhattan?
Yes, Debbie--above 14th Street. You must be onto something....
Looks like a G. Is this a pub?
The place where I was (as opposed to whatever place was the source of the G) was not a pub.
Above 42nd?
Yes, Scott--above 42nd Street.
Were you at those gardens on the promenade in Riverside Park around 88th street looking at G-L-adiolas?
No, Scott...but nice try!
Were you at the G-L-asserman's on West End and 69th Street?
No, I know, the word is just a clue not the location, so how about this: were you buying G-L-owsticks at a Ricky's on 57th Street and 8th Avenue?
Were you admiring the newly rennovated Bethesda Fountain Terrace Arcade after downing a few quick G-L-enfiddiches at the Boathouse cafe?
Negatory, Debbie.
I hope y'all are laughing over this at least as much as I am. That would make me glad!
Negatory, Scott. Keep trying...you'll eventually glom onto something!
Were you fleeing the rats at Risotteria on Bleecker Street after enjoying some G-L-uten free delights?
No, Scott. And, for what it's worth, I've never seen a rat at Risotteria. The restaurant's (temporary) closing has made me quite glum.
Scottie: last time I checked Bleecker St. wss below 14th AND 42nd Streets.
David: were you looking for G-L-aciers from the Washington Bridge?
Debiquita: Thanks. Honestly? I thought you'd be so proud that I was spelling Bleecker correctly, and I got SO excited, I didn't realize the moronicalness of my guess.
You're right. I wss wrong.
Anyway.
David: Were you at the Sanitation Facility on 99th and 1st Avenue admireing the new G-L-ad "official sponsor" logos on the trucks?
Sorry, Debbie and Scott...but negatory on both counts.
I don't think I've seen the two of you guessing with so much glee!
We're you G-L-oomy because everyone stopped guessing, lacking geographic warms and colds to egg them on?
Or were you outside the Gershwin on 51st, begging G-L-inda for an autograph?
Good news, Scott: You're getting warmer!
That earns you one ring of the glockenspiel!
Scottie: I actually did notice your excellent spelling of Bleecker and now I was admireing your creative spelling for admiring!
Davey: Were you at the Conde Nast building at 4 Times Square outside the G-L-amour offices?
Debbie: Another good guess--you're getting warmer!
May you never be attacked by a Glandelinian!
Were you G-L-aring at the Henry Darger collection at the American Folk Art Museum on West 53rd Street?
That's not it, Debbie, though I recently gave the Darger work at the a look-see. You're about as warm--and about something as serious as that I wouldn't want to seem even minutely glib.
Were you looking at all the glittery diamonds on West 47th Street?
After all SOMEONE's gotta guess!!
And it's appreciated, Debita!
So I'm happy to say that you're warmer. It's seems that you're progressing without a glitch.
I'm lost.
Conde Nast building is warmer than the Gershwin; the Folk Arts Museum is just about as warm as Conde Nast in relation to the Gershwin, and Diamond District is warmer than Folk Arts.
Of those 4 locations, which is the warmest, please?
Why, the Diamond District, of course!
Just to be sure, I brought up a map and confirmed it with a glimpse.
Glitch - Glitter - Glitterati - Glittery - Glitz - Glitzy
That's it, there ain't no more.
We're you buying tickets to Celtic Women at Radio City which, of course, would be a glitch in your cultural calendar.
Boy, this time change really knocked me out...
Were you buying tickets to "Celtic Women" at Radio City which, of course, would be a glitch in your cultural calendar?
Were you at the Diamond Dairy wishing you could eat blintzes while overlooking the glittery diamonds? That would be 4 West 47th St. in the National Jewelers Exchange.
Negatory on both counts, though in my imagination I am always eyeing blintzes in the Diamond Dairy, Debbie.
Debbie still has the warmness edge, though Dolph has done good work in the vocabulary unit.
In as nostalgic bid for some Warholian glitter and glitz, were you at The Factory on 47th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues?
Scottie-do! Are you not getting the general location, dude?? Should I map it out for ya? You're way cool and way east!!
Were you checking out the glitterati at the Royalton Hotel at 44 West 44th Street?
Scottie-do, your guess might actually be as warm as any other so far.
Debbie-do, your guess might be slightly cooler.
But between the two of you, you might be on to something.
Scottie-do, maybe I should have written "at least as warm." That's what I meant.
I apologize for my snarkiness.
Were you among the glitz at the Ritz on Madison between 46th and 47th?
Were you breathing in the freshly cleaned goodness of the floors* at that building on I think it's Madison that's like an old mansion complete with lawn and set back from the avenue in the mid-40s?
* The Glit business unit is a manufacturer and distributor of non-woven abrasive products for commercial and industrial use and also supplies materials to various original equipment manufacturers. The Glit unit's products include floor maintenance pads, hand pads, scouring pads, specialty abrasives for cleaning and finishing and roof ventilation products. Products are sold primarily in the commercial sanitary maintenance, food service and construction markets. Glit products are sold under the brand names, which include Glit, Glit Kleenfast, Glit/Microtron, Fiber Naturals, Big Boss II, Blue Ice, Brillo, BAB-O and Old Dutch brand names.
Debbie and Scott--You've both gotten warmer, but you're not quite there yet.
Were you at the New York Central Building (later New York General Building, onetime Helmsley Building) at 230 Park Ave? Its fanciful cupola and opulent but impeccably detailed lobby departed from the sobriety of Grand Central Terminal and added, might we say "glitz" to the neighborhood.*
*Paraphrased from White & Willensky, AIA Guide
Sticking with the Helmsley theme... were you at the Helmsley Palace, a.k.a. the Villard Houses and I'm not sure what it's called now on 51st and
Madison? If that's the building Scott's talking about then I withdraw my guess, but I'm not sure what he's talking about, really.
Dolph, you're very warm!
Debbie, I'm guessing that that is what Scott was thinking, too. But that's a different game....
Roosevelt Hotel?
Postum Building at 250 Park Avenue?
Debbie and Scott--You are both freezing next to the warmth that is Dolph!
I'll guess the walkway from 46th and Park through the MetLife building, I think it is? Not that it's glitzy, nor do I really think that's the location but just for the hell of it.
I have to say, Dave-man, this is one of the least fulfilling WWI?'s. A little too abstract for my taste, I think. Not that you asked, but this is the only part of the comment I feel sure about!
Well, thanks for not giving up, Debbie. I have to say that I really enjoyed all the GL joking.
Of course, there is the matter of finding me. You're physically not as close as Dolph, but there are at least a couple of MetLife connections that might help you zero in on my location. One of the connections explains why there's no picture of the location. The other has to do with a certain creative artist previously mentioned in WWI.
The Campbell Apartment in Grand Central?
Thanks to you, too, Scott, for sticking with this one!
It's not The Campbell Apartment--in fact, it's so large that it could easily engulf that corner of Grand Central Terminal. Yet, even though it's an unforgettable public space, it seems to be relatively unknown.
Remember: the more guesses, the more hints and clues. The more of those you get, the more likely you are to take flight with your guessing.
The Met Life lobby? Egyptian-themed and described more as "garish and ghastly" than "glitz"-y. That Flight sculpture hangs out in there toward the Vanderbilt entrance.
Sorry I went AWOL, Scott!
You've gotten a little warmer than The Campbell Apartments...but when it comes to a glitzy G you can go even farther when it comes to midtown spaces. Flight is key (who created it, anyway?), but, first and foremost, being winged would be even better.
All this might take following a somewhat different avenue of thought.
National Sculpture Society 237 Park Ave or 466 Lexington Ave at 46 Street?
Park Avenue Atrium at 466 Lexington???
Debbie, you were close. Damn close. But...it's like Scott read my mind! Way to end a little dry-spell, Scottie-do!
Go to the Park Avenue Atrium--inside the grand lobby--and let me know what you think, everyone.
As was the case at the MetLife Building, the security guards told me not to take pictures, so I decided not to post anything here.
Also as was the case at the MetLife Building, the lobby is graced by an impressive Richard Lippold sculpture. But Winged Gamma is significantly different from Flight. It's not a delicate (or at least delicate-looking) wire structure--it's enormous and kinda airborne! And it's in an incredibly GL-itzy setting!!
Check it out. Really.
And thanks to y'all for hanging in there with this one. As I mentioned, I was really tickled by all the GL wordplay. I'm sorry if it wasn't fun for you. Perhaps visiting the space will make it more okay.
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