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Guess the Architecture for 10/23/2018

Posted October 23, 2018 2:00 PM by MaggieMc

Can you guess this week's building?

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10/24/2018 3:57 AM

Some sort of baptistery?

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10/24/2018 4:59 AM

Close but no cigar

The round house Wandsworth even has the lamp post.

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Don't know why this came up in the search but should really be in "Caption this".

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10/24/2018 12:26 PM

The owner was left-leaning, but his customers tended to be right-wingers.

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10/24/2018 5:59 AM

Close again: makes me think the building in question might be in the UK somewhere.

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And another segue, Dubai Hybrid Hotel, wow just WOW:

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10/24/2018 8:54 PM

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10/25/2018 10:57 AM

Where the heck is George, Judy, Elroy, Jane and Roxy hiding?

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10/24/2018 6:49 AM

The Com Exchange in Leeds, UK?

It also has a light pole!

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10/24/2018 5:20 PM

This is the Troy Gasholder in Troy, New York.

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10/24/2018 7:50 PM

I think we have a winner!

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10/24/2018 10:28 PM

Ok, give the bloke a Seegar, but where and what is it (apart from in the States somewhere) - for the Cue Pee doll

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10/25/2018 5:19 AM

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford?

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