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ummmm... a skylight? The Place Des Arts Skylight?
er.... if so.. I think that Sticky is the dude with the next pic |
I just passed by it yesterday at the opening night of the Jazz Festival.
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It's your game, Sticky.
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Happy Canada Day (a little early). I won't be around until Wednesday. If someone else wants to go in the meanwhile, it's all yours.
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Okay... Happy Canada Day everybody...
I'll post one. It's been a while since we did bridges so: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/bridge-2.jpg |
It's a railway bridge....
It has a swing span... Significant bridge.... Ottawa?? |
That bridge almost looks like one I saw in BC, but no one posts BC trivia so that can't be it!
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It's not a bridge in Ottawa. I'll give a hint: it primarily used as a pedestrian bridge these days.
Blahblah... There has been a fairly significant BC component to this thread in the past. My guess is that since it got moved to Nonsense, people loose track because it doesn't show up in the New Post search. |
The Fredericton Trail Bridge, spanning the Saint John River, linking together North and South Fredericton. Formerly a railroad bridge, it became a pedestrian/cycling bridge in 1997 and is now part of the Trans Canada Trail.
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Game on Milnoc.
I think I'll have to further afield to stymie you. |
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At first I thought it was a subway, however, I don't see any third rails.
So it must be a train station. (You can see the platforms) I'm going to guess Gare Central in Montreal because it's largely underground. (I know Union Station and that definitely aint it.) |
Kirk's got it! The picture was taken from the back of a commuter train heading North into the Mount Royal train tunnel. The camera was a Pentax K1000 with the standard 50mm lens, and the film was Kodak TMAX p3200.
The train was a real museum piece on rails. I believe it was built during the nineteen-thirties, and was kept running well in the nineties. The picture itself was taken in 1991. I'll get myself a new scanner and locate the pictures I have of the train itself. It's quite a sight to behold. What was funny was the n00b next to me who kept saying "your picture won't be any good." :) |
good story! I think B&W photos carry a certain atmosphere that captures the moment with a kind of nostalgic attribute built in.
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http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...6250558_rs.jpg
A bridge that is very near and dear to my heart..... Give me the name of the street / bridge And the City it's in. |
oh boy. I want to say Hamilton. Is it in Hamilton?
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Noooop.
Far too nice of a bridge for Hamilton |
It may be in Toronto in one of the more "upscale" neighborhoods... :)
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that's a railway going over the road isn't it?
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It is a railway going over a road yes - which makes it a subway.
It is in Toronto. It was originally designed and built in 1913 and I did the rehabilitation design in 2007 with construction recently having been completed. :) http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/IMG_3635.jpg In the above photo, the bridge is supported by a temporary structure under the bridge (you can see the temporary columns and footings on the left) to allow the trains to continue to pass overhead while we demolish the original foundations that supported the columns of the bridge (note the 2 hoe rams blasting away at the old concrete). We then install rather large steel pedestals that weight about 15,000 pounds each (or grillages) that get cast right into the new foundation wals (front right) http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/P9180007.jpg To give you an idea of the size of the pedestals.... |
hey... which one is you?
wouldn't be cheaper just to rebuild the bridge? Is this in Summerhill area? |
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I think you mean "replace", since we are basically rebuilding half of the bridge. No, it would most definitely not be cheaper to replace the bridge. Plus, there's nothing wrong with the superstructure, it was the substructure that was falling apart. (Substructure being the concrete work.) Plus, you need to keep the trains moving. Nothing can ever stop that. You have to build your bridge around the trains. If you have to spend 20 million to keep the trains moving while only doing 1 million worth of work - so be it. It's the same line that is behind Summerhill, but not Summerhill. |
I'll give it a shot...
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Milnoc comes up the middle.....
game on |
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Some museum in Ontario?
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Looks more like the statues on the side of Skydome.
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Nope! It's in Montreal, and it's a very popular sculpture. You're only seeing a very small part of it.
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Since you said it was in Montreal I figured it out way too easily.
I am going to leave it for a while and see if anyone comes up with it. |
definitely not on the skydome... those are a bronze colour.
This one is on Mcgill college avenue it's called The Illuminated Crowd . |
Game on Leto!
Here's a few more shots. http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0009.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0010.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0011.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0012.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0013.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0015.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0016.JPG http://www.milnoc.com/images/Image0017.JPG Everyone photographs the entire sculpture, but no one ever photographs the individuals. |
somebody did. It must have been you. :thumbsup:
Okay, here we go. Where is this? http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...to_2000/lh.jpg |
fyi, i'll be heading up to the cottage tomorrow for a day. Any guesses?
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Not yet. Still working on it.
If I guess this one right, I'd probably qualify for a job at CSIS! :D |
especially since this one's not in Montreal! I can provide hints (I mean more hints) such as this is near a body of water.
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[sarcasm] A body of water?!? Really?!? You think so?!? [/sarcasm] :D
This one is definitely harder than the other ones. It looks like a combination automated lighthouse/weather station. I'm having trouble locating a reference to it on the Internet. All I find are the major lighthouses. I'll keep looking today. |
ok... so you picked up on my drole hint... :)
Here's a better one, the body of water is not salt water. |
Port Dover
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not Port Dover. I wouldn't ride my bike that far...
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Toronto Harbour Light Leslie Street Spit.....
http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/O...br/TorHrbr.htm Here's my very own photo..... http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/P7050643.jpg |
good one JTK.... was it my hint?
I think that your's is a piece of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. |
Dang, that was too easy....
Game on Leto |
great.
Okay, I'm asking not what this is (it's obvious) but where it is: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/DSC00481.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...DSC00483-1.jpg |
Halifax?
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Not Halifax. That would have been too easy.
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Ugh! I got hit with a kidney stone this week! What did I miss?
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Ouch. that's gotta be painful.
Look back... we've been to Toronto |
I'll take a wild guess while it doesn't hurt too much.
Quebec City? Second stone in two years. And yes, it hurts! It's like being cut up from the inside-out! |
It's gotta be something about your diet... maybe you need more red wine?
- not Quebec City. The date stamp on the photo may help out. |
Tall ships show out near Vancouver Island? Off of Victoria...
Is that old guy near the camera flipping the bird? |
Nope... and I don't think so... I think he's taking a pic withhis phone.
The Bluenose didn't make it out to Victoria |
Toronto waterfront? At the Nautical Festival.
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So what about the old man flipping the bird? Is he key to solving this mystery?
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Is it Harborfront (Nova Scotia)?
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Game on Silent Jay..
It was the Nautica Festival at Toronto's Harbourfront. The guy in the picture... nothing significant, he just got in the way of the shot. Nova Scotia had a strong tourism board representation at Harbourfront during the festival, the Bluenose II was the centre-piece. |
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Is this in BC?
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First of all, welcome back to the New Posts Seaches! Hooray!
Are those snowshoes on his back? |
Nope, not in BC, and yes those are snowshoes on his back.
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Is this in Alberta? It seems strangely familiar.
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Nope not in Alberta either, perhaps looking closer at the engraving will be a bit of a hint.
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The engraving looks like wings like the sort used in airforce insignia.
any more hints? |
Yes the engraving does have wings like the airforce, and also a parachute.
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ding ding..
The Airborne Forces Monument in Petawawa, Ontario at CFB Petawawa. |
Game on Leto, nice one, figured you'd get it once I said parachute.
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is that somewhere along the 401?
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I'm feeling a bit better, so I'll make a guess. (the stone hasn't passed yet :grumpy: )
The Hartland Covered Bridge located in Hartland, New Brunswick. |
Daval: No it isn't...
Milnoc, yes, this is the longest covered bridge in the world, in Hartland NB. Game on. |
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That's Montreal
Coming in on the 20 I believe from the west. I believe it's Tachareau Interchange, but I could be wrong. I seem to recall that they are planning to demolish it some time soon and build it at grade. |
No, it's not the Taschereau interchange.
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Turcott Interchange?
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I'll ignore the spelling mistake. :)
Game on, Sticky! |
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Can I play?
The vancouver Airport. |
yes and correct.
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I'll pass to someone else - I'm technologically challenged when it comes to posting images!
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highthief, PM me the link to the image or the link to the page that it is on and I will reply back to you with how to post it.
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Museum of Civilization... Hull, PQ.
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Game on Charlatan.
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you have a pic Charl?
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Sorry... been a busy week.
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Is this north of Montreal?
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I think it might be just north of Montreal... but that might be a red-herring.
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To be clear, this is not in Quebec.
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Agawa Canyon?
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No... this is in a different part of Ontario.
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It looks a lot like the Mer Bleue Conservation Area in Ottawa, but I don't think they've ever built a lookout point. Then again, the last time I've visited the area was many years ago.
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Not in Ottawa. It's West of there.
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Here's another angle on the building.
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UPDATE (this is not a guess): This old post in our game has a picture of the filmport studio under construction. Well, it appears to be complete now (Charlatan, Fresnelly - you guys may be interested): Toronto's Filmport just what industry wants: Cronenberg Toronto's Filmport just what industry wants: Cronenberg Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 3:17 PM ET Comments0Recommend0CBC News The largest and most modern sound stage for shooting TV and film in North America opened Wednesday in Toronto as part of the inauguration of the city's huge Filmport project. The 4,270-square-metre building is one of seven sound stages in Filmport, a site that Toronto hopes will be a magnet for the film, video and digital media industries. The TV and movie studio, on Toronto's neglected port lands, is the first phase of what the city hopes will be a creative hub that draws filmmakers from all around the world. Filmport, a public-private partnership backed by investment from Sam Reisman and Paul Bronfman and to be managed by Toronto Film Studios, has been five years in the making. It arose out of a Toronto Economic Development Corp. (TEDCO) study five years ago that determined the city was missing out on large film shoots because it lacked dedicated production facilities. The two studios previously in operation in Toronto were converted warehouses, lacking the large expanses of pillar-less space that can be provided by Filmport. "We have had the large spaces for Hollywood films that we need to attract more projects to Toronto," said Jeffrey Steiner, president of TEDCO. "What Filmport has done is provide exactly what Hollywood studios have asked for — a controlled space to do shooting." The seven sound studios that were unveiled Wednesday, made of 25-centimetre thick concrete with a foam core and padded with a sound-absorbing material called Insul-Quilt, allow filmmakers to shoot without being interrupted by outside noise or any sound reverberations. The studios are wired to power high-wattage film lights and other equipment, and the 12-metre ceilings allow room for lights high above the sets. Filmport also has a large, secure internet line that filmmakers can use to transmit special effects, digital footage and other electronic information anywhere in the world. The fly in the ointment has been the film industry, which is shooting very few projects in Canada at the moment. It's not just the high dollar that's driving production away — a writer's strike earlier this year forced the postponement of hundreds of projects, and the current labour difficulties with the Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood have further delayed production. "We brought a group of producers from of Hollywood's biggest studios here earlier this year, and they were very excited by what they saw," said Ken Ferguson, president of Filmport. "We're going to finalize some of those deals, and I expect something by the end of the year," he said. So far, no projects have been booked to use the new facilities, some of which are still under construction. However, David Cronenberg, the Canadian director of A History of Violence and Eastern Promises, told media and dignitaries gathered at the opening that Filmport is just what the film industry wants. "I'm here representing an eager, salivating customer," he said. "It's exciting for film people … to look at all the details of the buildings, these structures — the electrics, the electronics, the lack of pillars in the buildings. That's something you don't think about if you're not in the film business, but if a studio is in a converted warehouse, it will have pillars in the way and you have to continually work around them," he said. The largest of Filmport's studios has an outside structure like the flying buttresses of a cathedral, so no pillars are necessary on the inside. "I saw that mega-studio and it gets the creative juices going," Cronenberg said. "I can't wait to be in there shooting something, creating something." Filmport has rights to more than 18 hectares in Toronto's port lands. If the new facilities become busy, there are plans for more sound studios and further development in the area. "Five years from today, this will be the epicentre of the creative community in Toronto, and Filmport will put us in our rightful place on the world stage," Mayor David Miller said in a speech at the official opening. The long-term plan is for a huge community devoted to film and TV production, including offices for lawyers, agents and other services, restaurants, theatres and other public areas. |
Very cool Leto.
Another hint: you might see Moose or hear wolves from this place. |
Hint: It is a visitor's centre.
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Is this near Algonquin Park?
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THE ANSWER: The Visitor's Centre in Algonquin Park.
Someone please post another shot. Thanks |
haha... that's what a long weekend will do to a scintillating game.... I'll find something.
Here: Where is this? http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/IMG_1664.jpg |
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