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Name That Skyline - Picture Game
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Wasn't it an add campaign by Rubio?
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Yep. It was the opening scene from Rubio's "Morning in America" ad.
HarborTownBrewing
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New Haven, CT
GrogNerd
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nope... hartford, ct
HarborTownBrewing
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I think you're right about it being Hartford. Interestingly though, when I go to Google and type in "New Haven Skyline" I got the exact same pic as Maylar posted:
GrogNerd
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that's how I got it
thought your answer was correct, until I googled it too
thought your answer was correct, until I googled it too
Photopilot
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Did you guys know it was in CT or just did a Capitol Dome search?
Correct. Funny that I was looking for New Haven and this one popped up.
GrogNerd
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neither
I saw HTB's answer, googled "new haven ct skyline" images and couldn't match any of the buildings. lower down in the list was the same exact picture Maylar posted, but said it was Hartford
satph
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Bodie Island Light Station Cape Hatteras
GrogNerd
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you're up
satph
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JB_Brewing2
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Triborough Bridge and Hell Gate Bridge?
satph
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You're up
JB_Brewing2
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Name the city in which this building is found.
I have no clue, but it appears that it's written in Cyrillic. Unfortunately it's not clear enough to read to type into Google Translate. 
Building says ВОКЗАЛ which is cyrillic (russian?) for station, usually train but in this case sure looks like a sea port with the statue of the dude waving into the wind (you wave at boats, not trains), ship statue, the portholes in the architecture, and what looks to be cranes for unloading ships in the background.
I'll say Vladivostok
I'll say Vladivostok
I'm going with Sochi
JB_Brewing2
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Vladivostok is too far east; Sochi too far west. Let me know if you need more clues. Don't want anyone getting too frustrated with my choice. Incidentally, I spent a week there and left by way of this building.
Photopilot
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I got the same ideas from different clues. Maybe a boat on the pedestal above the guy statue. Wires going diagonal away from building are bridge suspension?
JB_Brewing2
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Sorry, no.
It is a train station on a shore in one of the 11 time zones of Russia with a difference of 12 hours from my house. So...when it's noon at home, it's midnight there.
Severobaikalsk on Lake Baikal. What the heck were you doing there?
JB_Brewing2
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Nailed it. You're up. Please disclose how you knew.
I spent several summers in Siberia doing research and was fortunate enough to travel throughout the Baikal region. (If I can get another "skyline" correct, I may tease with another Siberian mystery spot. This is fun!)
In case anybody cares, ВОКЗАЛ (sign on that building) is pronounced "voxzal" (yes, the В character in Cyrillic sounds like "v", the З character in Cyrillic sounds like "z", the Л character in cyrillic sounds like "l").
It's no coincidence that there's a train station in London named Vauxhall station.
A train station in Russia is called that because Tsar Nicholas I in the 1800's sent some dudes to London to see how train networks were run, and Vauxhall was a hub which they went through to get anywhere, and the dudes incorrectly assumed that the word meant train-station. So now it's on all the train-stations in Russia.
It's no coincidence that there's a train station in London named Vauxhall station.
A train station in Russia is called that because Tsar Nicholas I in the 1800's sent some dudes to London to see how train networks were run, and Vauxhall was a hub which they went through to get anywhere, and the dudes incorrectly assumed that the word meant train-station. So now it's on all the train-stations in Russia.
I looked at the time zone, saw the lake, did a search for train stations on lake baikal, pic popped up of the station (a BBC story of some lady traveling through frozen tundra). New picture coming shortly.
Not siberia.
I took this picture last week while bicycling. Note the shiny city on the horizon. I want to know the name of the facility where I'm standing.
If you guess the shiny city on the horizon, I'll tell you (good job!). If you guess the name of the city I'm standing in, I'll tell you (good job!). But what I want is the name of the facility on which I'm standing (you win!).
I think that's enough clues. Was I biking through Tanzania last week? Probably not
I took this picture last week while bicycling. Note the shiny city on the horizon. I want to know the name of the facility where I'm standing.
If you guess the shiny city on the horizon, I'll tell you (good job!). If you guess the name of the city I'm standing in, I'll tell you (good job!). But what I want is the name of the facility on which I'm standing (you win!).
I think that's enough clues. Was I biking through Tanzania last week? Probably not
JB_Brewing2
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Sand Key Park?
Cove Cay Golf Club?
I'm looking across a body of water at a city with tall office
Buildings. Sand key faces Texas or Mexico.
Maybe that's a bay?
HarborTownBrewing
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You're looking West, and its between 8-11am?
Photopilot
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Maro Lago?
East, it's late afternoon. That city has buildings 30 or 40 stories tall. I was bicycling from my home; it's my daily. I live in clearwater.
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park?
alane1
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safety harbor post office?
These are both correct. It's a little linear park behind the spa. In Safety Harbor, and floating city is Tampa. I was looking for Spa, but Minky's answer is exactly correct, so he gets it.
Minky is up.
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