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Guess the Architecture! for 12/9/2012

Posted December 09, 2012 12:00 AM
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12/09/2012 11:33 AM

Teddy Roosevelt's estate on Long Island?

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12/09/2012 7:55 PM

Hammer House horror movie estate?

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12/09/2012 10:55 PM

Hey.. that's my backyard.. that's my house..

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12/10/2012 1:07 AM

Yeah seen that. Its the James Edward House in Chicago.

You should see the front!

James how comes you are hiding here at CR4? Why not go a step higher to CR3?

You might ever deserve a CR1!

What a house! ;-)

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12/10/2012 5:12 AM

Banff? Either the one in Scotland or the one in Canada?

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12/10/2012 5:34 AM

what kind of a tree is that one at the left (background, standing tall)?
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12/10/2012 6:30 AM

Looks like a mobile-phone-mast fir.

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12/10/2012 6:37 AM

Indeed. There's one on the north side of the railway line at Hook, Hampshire, and one needs to look carefully to find it.

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12/10/2012 7:34 AM

Some work well, but this excrescence by the M4 between Reading and Newbury stands out like a sore thumb:

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12/10/2012 9:00 AM

Fir mast's last theorem?
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12/10/2012 10:14 AM

That's awful.

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12/10/2012 5:35 AM

Not the greatest architecture IMO.
The roof looks like an afterthought, or were they running out of money.
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12/10/2012 1:04 PM

It's the Psychoneurotic Institute for the very very very nervous...It's location is secret for obvious reasons....

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12/10/2012 5:21 PM

That tall tree standing alone looks like a Norfolk pine or Cook pine. This must be in the South Pacific or a similar climate - possibly coastal Texas or Florida.

The building itself looks rather modern and quite institutional - a school or hospital maybe?
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12/10/2012 8:54 PM

Can anybody identify the sign on the left?

Its not dont walk on the green or is it?

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12/11/2012 2:17 PM

Everyone was stumped this week! The building in the picture is the Yaddo mansion in Saratoga Springs, NY - now an artist's community. The gardens and fountains are absolutely beautiful.
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12/11/2012 3:13 PM

Wow - fooled me! The building looks newer than that, and the Norfolk/Cook pine is a very long way from home.
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