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[farhiz]

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Looks like the Guggenheim

[pechelman]

Looks like the Guggenheim

 

Sorry, not it.

[farhiz]

Walt Disney Concert Hall?

[farhiz]

I'm assuming the "skin" is metal and not stone but that's a guess.

[pechelman]

Nope again.

 

I can give a couple of more hints:

Different continent from the Walt Disney Concert hall and this is the view from inside the museum. (and yea, this surface is stone\concrete)

 

Edit:

I'll give one more hint now; this museum is in the same city as a Leica store. 

Edited August 3, 2016 by pechelman

[pechelman]

how about a picture of the outside of the museum (not mine, but found on the web)

 

 

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[pechelman]

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maybe another hint?

 

The name of the museum is also the name of the country in which it is located, but in a different language.

It also won the most prestigious award that a museum can earn in this continent for 2016.

[war]

The interior of the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews in Warsaw.

 

This should be posted in the Architectural thread. It is is need of some really high quality images like yours

[pechelman]

The interior of the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews in Warsaw.

 

This should be posted in the Architectural thread. It is is need of some really high quality images like yours

 

Well done, War!

It is indeed the POLIN museum.

 

All yours now

 

and thank you so much for your compliment. I'll head there to do that 

Edited August 3, 2016 by pechelman

[farhiz]

Yes, a very nice image, pechelman. I'm intrigued, is it showing a part of a wall or ceiling or floor?

[pechelman]

Thanks, Farhiz, though most of the credit belongs to the architects' design.

 

The image was taken from about ~75% of the way back through that main entrance of the building. As you walk back, you also are walking up a little bit.

The interior of the building really reminded me of some slot canyons I've been and seen in the American west.* (think of kodachrome basin, bryce, or zion national parks for example)  I shot it with that in mind, looking back toward the main entrance with my camera slightly tilted up, maybe 15-25 degrees? I honestly dont remember exactly. Could have been more, probably not less.  The far wall of the building is also glass so I had some gentle diffuse backlighting from the time of day that I was there.

 

So in essence the picture is looking at both the walls and the ceiling. If you goto the museum's gallery here it should be pretty clear from one of the photos what you're looking at. Such a fantastic building and an even more incredible museum. Highly recommend!

 

* I hear that the actual symbolism is to represent a "crack in time" where things or people have gotten lost. 

 

edit: and I have a better resolution copy here if anyone would like to see it without all the horrible compression. Didnt want my flickr image to tip off the answer to quickly for the game.

Edited August 4, 2016 by pechelman

[war]

Here is one that should be solved immediately. Identify this location.

 

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[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Wally,

 

The bridge looks 1920's ish or 1930's ish. But newer.

 

There have been some reconstructions of these types of bridges on & near the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln Highway starts in Time Square, New York City. It then goes across the Country, including going thru Kearny, Nebraska*. Mostly it is called "Route 30". But it is also called some other numbers in some other parts of the Country. It ends up in Lincoln Park, San Francisco. Just past Lincoln Way. Lincoln Way is the street on the Southern side of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

 

Could we be somewhere on or near the Lincoln Highway?

Best Regards,

 

Michael

 

* Kearny Nebraska is the mid-point of the Lincoln Highway.

Edited August 4, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht

[war]

Hi Michael. No not the Lincoln Highway or near the Lincoln Highway.

[pechelman]

bahai temple in wilmette?

[mikemgb]

bahai temple in wilmette?

 

You beat me to it! I was there a couple of years ago. 

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Wally,

 

You are correct. The closest Route 30 gets to Wilmette is Aurora.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

Edited August 5, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht

[pechelman]

Would it be too presumptuous of me to post the next picture even though Wally hasnt been back to confirm?

[war]

Would it be too presumptuous of me to post the next picture even though Wally hasnt been back to confirm?

Please go for it.

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Hallo,

Look here: Interesting Leica gear

[war]

Hi Michael. No not the Lincoln Highway or near the Lincoln Highway.

More interesting is that the bridge is actually a dam at the end of the North Shore Canal. The canal is an extension of the Chicago River and the intent of the dam is to keep water from flowing into Lake Michigan. There is a small harbor in front of this dam (one sailboat mast visible on the left) that unfortunately has to be opened occasionally to allow large accumulations of water after heavy rainfalls to empty into Lake Michigan.