Is the cemetary signifigant, like the one on Grosse Isle?

I would say a condo.

Is this in mississauga somewhere?

It is a university residence.
The university rents the plaes out to the public during the summer. I stayed there when I visited the city for a wedding.
The building has some significance in the city that it is in.

nothing? Nobody?

ummm.. i would have said Gage residence at UBC, but there is no chruch nearby, and the architecture is all wrong.

any more clues? why is the church significant?

The churce itself is not significant. I just tried to find a pic with more that just the building in it so that you would have a shot.

It is the building that has some significance to the city. If I mention what it is it will probably give it away.

Hint: It is in a provincial capital

ok. Here's my guess:

this is Fenwick Place in Halifax. It is a student residence for Dalhousie University.

It's the tallest building in Halifax and it was never completed by the developer. the top two floors are supposed to have a swimming pool, but the developers decided that it was too expensive an option.

But that's just a guess... :thumbsup:

You got it Leto

alrighty, here we go:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0366Medium.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0381Medium.jpg

What Torontonian couldn't figure this out? It's the new ROM Crystal.

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I absolutely hate that building, but I know people who rave about it.

Game on Aberkok, here are some outside shots. There were tours yesterday before the so called "crystal" was filled with the museum exhibits. I think that it's a good thing that the building is controversial. At least it states that it has a personality, and departs from the blandness that is pervasive in our architecture. remember that the Eiffel tower was similarly controversial. Now it is iconic.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0358Medium.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0360Medium.jpg

Is there a new picture forthcoming Aberkok?

ya, c'mon Aberkok... we may have to jump in...

The one angle where you an see the old part looks kinda dumb but that last shot its cool looking, looks like the building is falling over.

OK folks, I declare the game open. Someone post a picture and lets get back at it.

Game on to whoever reacts first.

I got one, http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...whereamI24.jpg

go for it!

hagatha, need to repost your pic.

oops

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...eowhereamI.jpg

I fucking HATE it too.

They DESTROYED the ROM and the decision makers on that should be shot.

Total "look at me" architecture with no thought, no creativity, no skill.

You want to build a piece of shit like that - build it out in Downsview somewhere. It's offensive to look at.

Libenskind must be laughing his ass off that the fools in Toronto bought into it.

Dundurn Castle Hamilton

I'm so sorry for the disruption guys... it won't happen again and I'm glad you went on without me. Honestly, I just don't have anywhere left that I've been in the country that I haven't posted... that was part of the problem.

Tiberius takes it.

!! ya mon!

I feel a little that way as well, er eill just have to be more specific with the places we pic and maybe give a hint along with the pic.

You mean we had to have been there??? Am I going to be disqualified, I haven't been to half the places I posted. :paranoid:

I generally post in places I've been as well. But not always...

I don't see any problem with posting photos from where you haven't been. It diversifies the game and helps keep it going. We all learn a little too. :thumbsup:

I agree. I've tried to post my own pics, or at least pics of where I was. But sometimes, well.... you just gotta get creative.


what I really don't like about the structure is that the "front door" is almost impossible to locate. The old front door on Queen's Park Circle was almost majestic and welcomed you to enter the building while at the same time, humbling all who approached.

This newly configured entrance is hidden at the base of the crystal whith no heraldic conventions. Even the doors themselves are somewhat cryptic, with handles that have to be labled to be found.

Otherwise, I like the structure itself, even the way that it does the "Fortress of Solitude" thing with the old ROM, but that may just be my geology background. What I like the most is the controversy that it has engendered!

Damn it Jim, you need to post a pic!

Sorry, been busy.

give me a sec, I have the perfect one....taken by yours truly. I came upon it in a recent business trip and I was shocked and thought, boy, this'd be good for the TFP.


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/P6080018.jpg

My first thought is Winnipeg, Manitoba.

ya, I was thinking Manitoba as well... about time to flex my google finger...

That's in Ontario... in the north.

Earlton, Ontario

Earlton, Ontario

**Edit: Damn Charlie, you are one minute faster.

whoa! Charlie's back!

What's an Earlton?

said the cosmopolitan snot from the Niagara Region

Ok, how the fuck did you know that?????

I just drove by it last week and almost smashed into the truck in front of me.

It's an antanomically correct buffalo as well.

Here's another shot I took

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/P6080019.jpg

I think that Charlaton's got about half a day before somebody else ponies up with a pic....

sorry I forgot I was playing, I'm a bit rusty.

I knew the buffalo one because my wife's relatives are loggers in northern ontario and I've seen a picture of them in front of it. I admit I had to google the name of the place but I knew it was in the north near New Lisgard and Kirkland Lake.

Is that on Vancouver Island?

hmmm.. I was thinking it was in Muskoka, somewhere like Lake Joseph.

see I was thinking that too, but then i thought it was too obvious.

Those hills in the background look very BC-ish to me.

You know, that was my second thought. Honest.

k, I will go with Lake Joseph, Muskoka. There are hills like that in the highlands.

well, we can wait for ol' sleepy head Charlatan to get back to us (he is on the otherside of the world after all) or we can just proceed, until he can get back to us. So to keep this going, here is a pic that you westerners should appreciate:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...000/pic_04.jpg

Is that the Happy Canada Day building in the city of Happy Canada Day?

Sorry folks...

The building is in BC but not on Vancouver Island...

Is this the BCE headquarters in TO?


Is it Campbell River?

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Nope. Go west.

Charlatan...that's the Vancouver Rowing Club, Stanley park.

Leto, Is that the SFU campus?

Nope, You're too far west. Think of wild rose country.

The Calgary window building

nope. It is a city hall.

Medicine Hat city hall.

You got it.

This should be an easy one...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/splck/hu8h.jpg

splk, Banff, Alta?

No, not Banff.

entrance to Whistler Village?

no, not Whistler. It's closer to Banff than Whistler

You got the Vancouver Rowing Club right as well...

Jasper? I don't remember it from the last time I was there, but that was a long time ago.

It's in BC.

Revelstoke, BC

Lake Louise?

Hey! HeyAgain, you're right.

Miner Building, Bay street?

Next street over.

sheppard Street?

Nope, on Yonge Street. South of College Street. Here is another hint. Note the building located on the right-hand side.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2276/13061499kz5.jpg

Looking for the name of the building.

The "Toronto is the center of the universe building"

That's at Temperance St. right?

Nope.

One street south.

Here is another view from 1912.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6653/52163503vb5.jpg

Is this a building that we should know?

I was able to drive, but not walk by the building on the weekend. It's #6 Adelaide street, but I didn't notice a plaque or any other significant markers.

My google and Wiki searches didn't turn anything up either. I suppose I could visit the City Archives and peruse the old City directories, but... any more hints? :D

Thanks for the reconnaissance big help on the address.

I am declaring myself pretty good at Google.

The answer is:
The Lumsden Building

You are correct.

Your Google-Fu is strong, Grasshopper.

So I was curious as to the significance of this building and did some of my own googling with the following results:

at http://www.internvest.com/properties.htm I found:

Lumsden Building
Toronto, ON
The Lumsden Building is a historical office building located on the northeast corner of Yonge and Adelaide. The ten storey building is completely renovated, offering both prime office and retail space. Located on the Yonge subway line and across the street from the PATH system, the Lumsden building stands in the core of Toronto’s financial district.
Owned and Managed by Internvest


Also at http://www.answers.com/topic/dominion-bridge-company

I discovered that the building was constructed in 1910 with the assistance of (and this should interest our bridge fanatics) the Dominion Bridge Company.


The city of Toronto designated it as a heritage site in 1978 and lists it as being built in 1909, rather than 1910:

http://app.toronto.ca/heritage/browseLetter.do?letter=Y

Lumsden Building, 1909, J.A. MacKenzie at 2-6 Adelaide St. E. -adopted by City Council on June 20, 1973 DESIGNATION BY-LAW PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL on Jan. 16, 1978 (designation plaque - 1979)


And that's about all I could find.

Quick simple one becuase it just fits in nicely with the season.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6730/example1sq3.jpg

old montreal?

Old Montreal it it.

I said it was simple.

Can someone take my turn I don't have anything ready to go. Only stipulation is nothing west coast, I suck at those ones :P

Shotgun!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...sts/horses.jpg

Woodbine Race Track.

Leto takes it by a nose!

Okay, here's a simple one:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/images-2.jpg


and:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...00/images2.jpg

Louisbourg, Cape Breton?

no, not Nova Scotia. - not in the maritimes.

Gibraltar Point Toronto

Game on Sticky!

- The Gibraltar Point lighthouse is on one of the Toronto Islands. Supposedly, it is haunted.

Next:
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1030/example2ld9.jpg

Is it Mont Tremblant?

It is.
It is the Mont Tremblant village.

Okay, here's one.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...50248926-1.jpg

extra points if you can name the street.

Montreal somewhere?

I am guessing Ontario, probably Ottawa.