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Chinook Arch
05-21-2009, 08:13 PM
So today is a slow day at work. Here's something just for kicks.

Can anyone guess this location within Calgary? The winner can choose the next location to be guessed.


http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3240/calgary3.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=calgary3.jpg)

Me&You
05-21-2009, 08:40 PM
So today is a slow day at work. Here's something just for kicks.

Can anyone guess this location within Calgary? The winner can choose the next location to be guessed.


http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3240/calgary3.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=calgary3.jpg)

Crowchild tr, just north of 5th ave?

Full Mountain
05-21-2009, 08:55 PM
Crowchild Tr N and University Dr

Wooster
05-21-2009, 09:01 PM
^ Yep.

Wooster
05-21-2009, 09:05 PM
Here's another one - I don't think too hard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/calgaryguess.jpg

Full Mountain
05-21-2009, 09:07 PM
the bridge across the bow just south of southland drive...by the dog park

Wooster
05-21-2009, 09:07 PM
nope

Full Mountain
05-21-2009, 09:13 PM
the bridge in fish creek that goes from douglasdale to the other side of the bow then

Wooster
05-21-2009, 09:14 PM
FAIL! :cool: I'll give you a hint - the river is the Elbow.

AirGuitarChampion
05-21-2009, 09:15 PM
I'm going with Sandy Beach ped bridge over Elbow...

Wooster
05-21-2009, 09:15 PM
I'm going with Sandy Beach ped bridge over Elbow...

DING DING DING. Winner.

AirGuitarChampion
05-21-2009, 10:10 PM
Yay!

Here is mine:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6352/sspwhereincalgary1.jpg

Full Mountain
05-21-2009, 10:20 PM
not sure exactly what the area is called....it's east of the ped bridge over deerfoot, and west of barlow...21 st Ne and 25 ave NE

You Need A Thneed
05-21-2009, 10:29 PM
not sure exactly what the area is called....it's east of the ped bridge over deerfoot, and west of barlow...21 st Ne and 25 ave NE

Yup, that's what I was going to say.

Full Mountain
05-21-2009, 10:33 PM
Here the next one then

http://nelsonhein.ca/images/Construction/screenshot3.jpg

You Need A Thneed
05-21-2009, 11:30 PM
I had a pretty good guess on that one, and if I had thought about it more, I'm sure Iwould have gotten it without looking. But I looked, so I'll let other people guess at it.

ST1
05-21-2009, 11:37 PM
Is that along 52nd ave SE and about 114th st?

Calgarian
05-21-2009, 11:40 PM
Is that along 52nd ave SE and about 114th st?

That would be my guess too.

ST1
05-21-2009, 11:42 PM
^I checked Google, and that is for sure the place. I used to work at the white building in the center of the picture.

Here's one that shouldn't be too tough.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3154/calgary4.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=calgary4.jpg)

shreddog
05-22-2009, 12:32 AM
^^ The apartments on Rideau just west of Mission road as it makes it way up the hill towards Macleod ...

... on to page 2.

shreddog
05-22-2009, 12:43 AM
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/shreddog/where.jpg

Wooster
05-22-2009, 01:40 AM
^^^Rideau - Also known as Jimby's apartment.

^That's Altadore Park just across from Calgary Golf and Country Club (which you can see in the corner).

Jimby
05-22-2009, 01:48 AM
That's right! :D

The last pic, is it beside Sandy Beach on the west side of the Elbow river?

Wooster
05-22-2009, 01:58 AM
Here's another:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/cgyguess.jpg

ST1
05-22-2009, 03:08 AM
^Arbor Lake?

Tarsus
05-22-2009, 03:24 AM
I'd recognize that spot anywhere. I lounged around that area many a times lol!

Good old MRC .. er should I say MRU.

Tarsus
05-22-2009, 03:27 AM
Since I guessed right, |I'm gonna put one out there.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4445/image1x.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image1x.jpg)

Wooster
05-22-2009, 03:39 AM
Mckenzie Lake

shreddog
05-22-2009, 03:42 AM
^^ The island enclave in Lake Mackenzie

Wooster
05-22-2009, 03:52 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/cgyguess2.jpg

Surrealplaces
05-22-2009, 04:03 AM
:previous: Looks alot like Bowness high School. The angled streets give it away.

Wooster
05-22-2009, 04:04 AM
Well done. That was my high school. Can't believe I graduated 10 years ago. Fuck.

Surrealplaces
05-22-2009, 04:10 AM
Well done. That was my high school. Can't believe I graduated 10 years ago. Fuck.

I have a friend who lives a block away from there.

Surrealplaces
05-22-2009, 04:13 AM
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5250/ttt.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ttt.jpg)

Wooster
05-22-2009, 04:19 AM
Forest Lawn? Including High School?

Vascilli
05-22-2009, 04:42 AM
Well done. That was my high school. Can't believe I graduated 10 years ago. Fuck.

Man you're old. :haha:

mersar
05-22-2009, 05:14 AM
Yep, looks like Forest Lawn to me...

How about here:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5184/calgarywhereimage2.jpg

Distill3d
05-22-2009, 05:19 AM
^Watergrove Mobile Home Park in Arbour Lake

mersar
05-22-2009, 05:33 AM
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9903/calgarywhereimage.jpg

defaultuser
05-22-2009, 05:43 AM
Bowness Park

defaultuser
05-22-2009, 05:45 AM
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9190/whereq.jpg

freeweed
05-22-2009, 01:39 PM
Man you're old. :haha:

If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure I graduated high school just before you were born. :haha:

Jimby
05-22-2009, 05:39 PM
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9190/whereq.jpg

The Ranche restaurant in Fish Creek Park?

Stephen Ave
05-22-2009, 05:45 PM
Dang Jimby, you beat me too it!

You Need A Thneed
05-22-2009, 06:55 PM
Is there an easy way to post a google map as an image in a post? Or do I have to save it to photobucket first?

Stephen Ave
05-22-2009, 07:12 PM
^ easiest way is to do a print screen and edit the file, upload it to imageshack or photobucket


Where's this?

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9724/zzzb.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zzzb.jpg)

Jimby
05-22-2009, 07:18 PM
4 street and 26 Ave SW and the Elbow river. I think I see my car in the Safeway parking lot!

Stephen Ave
05-22-2009, 07:31 PM
It was kind of an easy one. your go Jimby!

Jimby
05-22-2009, 07:49 PM
I don't know how to do the google earth screen shot thing so here is one I posted in the Where in Calgary pool on Flickr that no one has been able to guess the location of:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3461201096_2225bb2978_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/groups/whereincalgary/discuss/72157617105305372/#comment72157617106514670

evolv
05-22-2009, 08:11 PM
fish creek park near evergreen

Wooster
05-22-2009, 08:22 PM
I don't know how to do the google earth screen shot thing so here is one I posted in the Where in Calgary pool on Flickr that no one has been able to guess the location of:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3461201096_2225bb2978_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/groups/whereincalgary/discuss/72157617105305372/#comment72157617106514670

I know those stairs - it's the set going up the embankment up toward the Rideau Apartments. I remember looking at a place to buy there a few years ago and climbed those stairs. You can't fool me! :cool:

Here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/calguessrideau.jpg

Wooster
05-22-2009, 08:35 PM
How about this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/calguess2.jpg

Distill3d
05-22-2009, 08:48 PM
my guess is somewhere in Palliser

Jimby
05-22-2009, 08:51 PM
No you're wrong about the steps! They aren't anywhere around where I live.
Guess again!

Here are the short-cut stairs to Rideau Ridge:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2883629776_4152ab67a2_b.jpg

So you can see they aren't the same steps.

Bigtime
05-22-2009, 09:06 PM
How about this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/calguess2.jpg

That's an easy one, it is 'Anywhere, Suburbia'. I'll take potent potables for $400 Alex.

Wooster
05-22-2009, 09:41 PM
No you're wrong about the steps! They aren't anywhere around where I live.
Guess again!

Here are the short-cut stairs to Rideau Ridge:

So you can see they aren't the same steps.

Damn, and here I was thinking I was sooooo smart. They look like very similar stairs!

Wooster
05-22-2009, 09:42 PM
That's an easy one, it is 'Anywhere, Suburbia'. I'll take potent potables for $400 Alex.

my guess is somewhere in Palliser

Nope - It's actually very inner city.

Distill3d
05-22-2009, 10:09 PM
the park is along Sunderland Avenue, Shelbourne Street, and Seniac Street SW.

Distill3d
05-22-2009, 10:15 PM
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/starfcuk/where.jpg

where's this?

Wooster
05-22-2009, 10:20 PM
the park is along Sunderland Avenue, Shelbourne Street, and Seniac Street SW.

Yep - Scarboro

Wooster
05-22-2009, 10:21 PM
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/starfcuk/where.jpg

where's this?

Buttfuck nowhere?

niwell
05-22-2009, 11:18 PM
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/starfcuk/where.jpg

where's this?

Just south of COP at 85th st I think?

Bigtime
05-22-2009, 11:19 PM
Just south of COP at 85th st I think?

I think that may be one of the ski jumps at the top of the picture, I think one of the smaller training ones they use.

niwell
05-22-2009, 11:42 PM
Well, I checked on google maps and it definitely is one of the jumps at COP.

I worked in this area one summer. Not recommended:

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww118/niwell/where.jpg

Distill3d
05-23-2009, 03:49 AM
Well, I checked on google maps and it definitely is one of the jumps at COP.


yeah, that is the south end of COP. I had to cut out the large Ski Jump cause I figured it'd be a dead give away.

Surrealplaces
05-23-2009, 04:57 AM
Well, I checked on google maps and it definitely is one of the jumps at COP.

I worked in this area one summer. Not recommended:

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww118/niwell/where.jpg

Easy money! That's up in the Northeast. The big building on the right is the old Sears warehouse. I used to work for IBM in the first big building from the right. Agreed, it's a crappy place to work

....although the Roti House and Babylon foods are right around the corner.

mersar
05-23-2009, 05:06 AM
This should be easy:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/419/calgarywhereimage3.jpg

Surrealplaces
05-23-2009, 05:09 AM
Here's a bit of a different spin on the game. How about; Where in North America?

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6421/guessc.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=guessc.jpg)

Surrealplaces
05-23-2009, 05:10 AM
This should be easy:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/419/calgarywhereimage3.jpg

Hmmm... Kincora perhaps lol!

niwell
05-23-2009, 05:12 AM
Easy money! That's up in the Northeast. The big building on the right is the old Sears warehouse. I used to work for IBM in the first big building from the right. Agreed, it's a crappy place to work

....although the Roti House and Babylon foods are right around the corner.

ding ding ding! I worked for a company called Prestique kitchens, affiliated with Canac. About a 15 minute walk from the LRT. Shitty commute from the NW, but yeah, there were some good places to eat. Also relatively close to T&T, which I took full advantage of when I had access to a car for the day.



Also, is your pic San Diego??

stamps
05-23-2009, 05:30 AM
I don't know how to do the google earth screen shot thing so here is one I posted in the Where in Calgary pool on Flickr that no one has been able to guess the location of:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3461201096_2225bb2978_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/groups/whereincalgary/discuss/72157617105305372/#comment72157617106514670
Just lurking...... but it looks like south glenmore park, it looks like the steps from jack rabbit trail up to the bike path....

Surrealplaces
05-23-2009, 05:59 AM
ding ding ding! I worked for a company called Prestique kitchens, affiliated with Canac. About a 15 minute walk from the LRT. Shitty commute from the NW, but yeah, there were some good places to eat. Also relatively close to T&T, which I took full advantage of when I had access to a car for the day.



Also, is your pic San Diego??

Yeah those industrial parks in the northeast are pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately I'm back working in that area again. :(

Yup, San Diego indeed!

Jimby
05-23-2009, 06:17 AM
Just lurking...... but it looks like south glenmore park, it looks like the steps from jack rabbit trail up to the bike path....

Hey you're right and props for being able to name Jack Rabbit Trail!
Does anyone know if the trail was named for Jack Rabbit Johanson?

niwell
05-23-2009, 06:25 AM
The pretty much opposite from industrial hell. The majority of time I spend in Calgary now is in this picture:

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww118/niwell/where2.jpg

srperrycgy
05-23-2009, 07:07 AM
Looks like Varsity Estates.

niwell
05-23-2009, 07:20 AM
^Correct!

Distill3d
05-23-2009, 08:22 AM
Here's a bit of a different spin on the game. How about; Where in North America?

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6421/guessc.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=guessc.jpg)

San Diego CA.

Good one though, Petco Field wasn't the first ballpark I'd thought of.

Big Sky
05-25-2009, 05:09 PM
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4255/bb22.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bb22.jpg)

Jimby
05-25-2009, 05:37 PM
Bonnybrook sewage treatment plant?

Big Sky
05-25-2009, 06:10 PM
Bonnybrook sewage treatment plant?

That's be it!

Cowtown_Tim
05-25-2009, 07:17 PM
Technically it's Jimby's turn to post since he got the last one right, but in the meantime here's one.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7688/above.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/my.php?image=above.jpg)

Jimby
05-25-2009, 09:25 PM
That's a tough one Tim! I'm stumped.

You Need A Thneed
05-25-2009, 09:32 PM
I think that's on 14th Ave north, somewhere along where they are doing the doing the widening on 16th ave. I don't know which street without looking it up.

Edit: I was right about it being close to 16th Ave, but its on 19th Ave, not 14th. 2nd street West.

I can't put up a new one from work here, as I'm using a apple keyboard on my PC computer, and I don't think I have a print screen key.

DizzyEdge
05-25-2009, 09:42 PM
dammit! I live 2 blocks away from that but didn't check the thread.

Stang
05-25-2009, 10:15 PM
Edit: I was right about it being close to 16th Ave, but its on 19th Ave, not 14th. 2nd street West.

I wonder if that green space is part of the homeowner's lot, or a city park of some sort. Interesting...

You Need A Thneed
05-25-2009, 10:55 PM
I wonder if that green space is part of the homeowner's lot, or a city park of some sort. Interesting...

I believe it is a road allowance for a traffic circle that never was installed.

DizzyEdge
05-25-2009, 11:31 PM
^^ that is what old old maps appear to indicate.

Ayreonaut
05-25-2009, 11:58 PM
a apple

*Gasp*

I'm showing this to vid. He'll (as my grandpa used to say) have your ears for bookends (seriously, wtf does that mean?).

You Need A Thneed
05-26-2009, 12:14 AM
*Gasp*

I'm showing this to vid. He'll (as my grandpa used to say) have your ears for bookends (seriously, wtf does that mean?).

Gotta hate typos that look like grammar mistakes. Such a thing can't happen in real life conversation.

Wooster
05-26-2009, 12:57 AM
Here's one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/cgyguess3.jpg

Stang
05-26-2009, 01:08 AM
Here's one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/cgyguess3.jpg


Currie Barracks parade square? Rotated.

Edit: OK - not rotated. :)

Wooster
05-26-2009, 01:16 AM
Yeah, that was a pretty easy one.

Stang
05-26-2009, 01:30 AM
Yeah, that was a pretty easy one.

Doubly so as I walk over it 3-5 times a week. :)

OK - here's one. This is getting hard to find interesting yet challenging stuff.

http://www.jcsphoto.ca/posts/ssp.jpg

mersar
05-26-2009, 01:36 AM
City yard on Bearspaw Dam road on the right if I'm correct

Stang
05-26-2009, 01:38 AM
City yard on Bearspaw Dam road on the right if I'm correct

You are indeed correct, sir.

Just Build It
05-26-2009, 05:44 PM
Good idea for a game!

Does this area look familiar to anyone?

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/523/3333v.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3333v.jpg)

SubwayRev
05-26-2009, 06:12 PM
^^^ That's in Nose Hill Park....near 14th Street.

SubwayRev
05-26-2009, 06:24 PM
Here's one:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/therevbw/where.jpg

lubicon
05-26-2009, 06:25 PM
Here's an appropriate one.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/792/noname.png (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=noname.png)

DizzyEdge
05-28-2009, 01:23 AM
Here's one:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/therevbw/where.jpg

heritage park!



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