Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[Pkrd]

Wait, what do you mean “google the image?” Is this even legal in this game? #rule4

I think that means don’t reverse search the image. I usually verify educated guesses or fading memories with google but wouldn’t search from scratch.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I think that means don’t reverse search the image. I usually verify educated guesses or fading memories with google but wouldn’t search from scratch.

Yes, I meant that if you want to verify the place you assume from #1, attending to #2 will do it. It's the only reason I know the name of the building. My hint is really about John Denver songs. Like me, he was born in 1943.

edit: I see that I phrased #2 poorly. Sorry.

 

[Pkrd]

Heck, John Denver wrote about an awful lot of places!

 

[D.B.Moody]

Heck, John Denver wrote about an awful lot of places!

Yes, he did, but focus on Colorado.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

This one is driving me crazy. It's like one of those Magic Eye puzzles, where it just looks like a jumble of pixels, but you know that if you could just catch a glimpse, everything will suddenly come into focus.

I'm getting hits on Aspen in a lot of John Denver lyrics, so let's go with that. I still have no clue on the church, though.

 

[Pkrd]

I cheated and googled. Still no bloody idea.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Aspen. Yes. John Denver. Aspenglow. Starwood in Aspen, etc. etc. He famously lived in Aspen, and the town has a beautiful memorial garden in his honor, the John Denver Sanctuary. I thought John Denver was an easy giveaway. Since I didn’t know the name of the church and “Aspen Church” gave the wrong building, my next search words were “Aspen Chapel”.

Indeed the building were looking at is the Aspen Chapel, “a spiritual home for everyone.”

It’s yours, @3 Dawg Night!

 

[D.B.Moody]

I thought John Denver was an easy giveaway. Since I didn’t know the name of the church and “Aspen Church” gave the wrong building,

I had guessed Aspen so I googled Aspen church and got an image on Aspen Chapel. I thought John Denver was a giveaway too.

Edit: Grandson on his way back to college. Skyline has been identified. All's right with the world.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

I kept talking myself out of Aspen. That's not the first time (and it probably won't be the last time) I've talked myself out of a right answer in this game.

I think this one should go pretty quickly.

 

[D.B.Moody]

RE: new picture:

though John Denver could have misled you to West Virginia...

Or not.

 

[dirkomatic]

Morgantown, WV.

Funny... I thought it looked like WV or OH. I've been to Morgantown quite a few times, but only in this specific area at night and I just didn't recognize it. A friend of mine once lived very close to where this photo was taken.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Morgantown, WV.

Funny... I thought it looked like WV or OH. I've been to Morgantown quite a few times, but only in this specific area at night and I just didn't recognize it. A friend of mine once lived very close to where this photo was taken.

You got it! I stayed with the John Denver theme. Morgantown is home to the University of West Virginia, where they sing "Take Me Home Country Roads" after every football win.

@dirkomatic is up!

 

[dirkomatic]

You got it! I stayed with the John Denver theme. Morgantown is home to the University of West Virginia, where they sing "Take Me Home Country Roads" after every football win.

@dirkomatic is up!

A subtle difference, but Morgantown is the home of West Virginia University.

Another Google Maps capture for me:

 

[dirkomatic]

May be an obvious clue, but this is not in United States

Edit: It is in North America... D'oh!

 

[D.B.Moody]

If you're talking continents it is, because it isn't in South America.

 

[dirkomatic]

If you're talking continents it is, because it isn't in South America.

Oops. Yeah... I forget that Central America isn't it's own thing... Fixed it

 

[dirkomatic]

I guess @D.B.Moody knows where it is... Anyone want to name it?

 

[D.B.Moody]

I don't actually know. I correctly guessed Central America, but I have not been able to verify anything. What was the term you used? Google fu? I need some.
Am I right that it's a lake?

 

[dirkomatic]

I don't actually know. I correctly guessed Central America, but I have not been able to verify anything. What was the term you used? Google fu? I need some.
Am I right that it's a lake?

Yes, it is a lake in Central America

 

[dirkomatic]

The lake is near a national capital

 

[DBhomebrew]

Lake Nicaragua

 

[dirkomatic]

Not Lake Nicaragua

 

[DBhomebrew]

Lake Ilopango, El Salvador

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not Lake Nicaragua

That may be a reason I couldn't find it there.

 

[dirkomatic]

Lake Ilopango, El Salvador

That's the lake. The park is Turicentro Apulo just outside of San Salvador.

You're up @DBhomebrew

 

[DBhomebrew]

 

[D.B.Moody]

That's the Jones Beach watertower, Long Island, New York.
(If you google "traffic circle in ocean" you get a picture of the circle bridge I posted at #11036 and this one in the first few images, so I saw it just a couple of weeks ago. )

 

[DBhomebrew]

You got it, @D.B.Moody

 

[D.B.Moody]

I remembered the Jones Beach watertower circle, because I considered using it as a follow up post to that traffic circle bridge post. I didn't, but this picture from 2008 is a followup:

 

[DBhomebrew]

That's the Jones Beach watertower, Long Island, New York.
(If you google "traffic circle in ocean" you get a picture of the circle bridge I posted at #11036 and this one in the first few images, so I saw it just a couple of weeks ago. )

Someone mentioned Devil Dogs in another thread. Got my mind running through hazy images of my childhood.