that would be legendary sleuthing chief.Challenge accepted!
please, dont make me find a way to make crow tasty.
Where was this Mopar Brochure/Ad Photo shot?
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Here is one from a 73 Chevrolet brochure.
This one might be a challenge as there is no Street View to confirm it (from this spot), you can go into town and find structures on the other side of the bay.
Don't recall how difficult it was for me to locate.
North East USA
Alan
This one might be a challenge as there is no Street View to confirm it (from this spot), you can go into town and find structures on the other side of the bay.
Don't recall how difficult it was for me to locate.
North East USA
Alan
I have an idea, using the thematic elements of the ad, basic familiarity (I went to school in the NE) with coastal regions and the building styles, and even the maker and their "footprint" in the region in the 1970's.
I went to a specfic style of city, but found more than ONE candidate location. Was not yet able to narrow the choices with a definitive ID. Could be way wrong as well.
Then again, did it a work at lunch. i'll try a bit more at home and shoot you a guess by PM a little later. Even then, not sure I can get it unless one/more structures start to standout for me.
Challenging but not insoluable.
I went to a specfic style of city, but found more than ONE candidate location. Was not yet able to narrow the choices with a definitive ID. Could be way wrong as well.
Then again, did it a work at lunch. i'll try a bit more at home and shoot you a guess by PM a little later. Even then, not sure I can get it unless one/more structures start to standout for me.
Challenging but not insoluable.
Apparently that is a very popular look for small bay towns in the northeast. I can almost make out the name of a company on that tank near the boat just above the family. I am still searching.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
We had one find it.
Gloucester, MA
A difficult one to verify as there is no Street View near the spot. In town you can see the stairs and some of the buildings that are still there.
Alan
Gloucester, MA
A difficult one to verify as there is no Street View near the spot. In town you can see the stairs and some of the buildings that are still there.
Alan
I lucked up on it. I have been there because I went to grad school near there. Notwithstanding, the ad screams "New England fishing" with the architecture/models clothing/ style of boats, etc.
As OP said, you can't get "Peg Man" down to the edge of State Pier, but you can get a distant look at the north side of the north channel. But not a good look. My pic above was from approximately the "red circle" below.
Its magnified, and overall topography looks about right, but it distorts the buildings across the water. That blurriness was tripping me up.
Below: Why else "glaa·str' (what a crazy way to pronounce "Gloucester") to start looking?
There is (should be) always something players can use to try to I/D a place they may have NEVER been. In this case, its hard to read, even after blowing it up, but the structure has a name.
That particular oil company was all along the NE coast, but with a guess, it gave a place to start looking for structures that looked like they might have been in the ad back in 1973.
As OP said, you can't get "Peg Man" down to the edge of State Pier, but you can get a distant look at the north side of the north channel. But not a good look. My pic above was from approximately the "red circle" below.
Its magnified, and overall topography looks about right, but it distorts the buildings across the water. That blurriness was tripping me up.
Below: Why else "glaa·str' (what a crazy way to pronounce "Gloucester") to start looking?
There is (should be) always something players can use to try to I/D a place they may have NEVER been. In this case, its hard to read, even after blowing it up, but the structure has a name.
That particular oil company was all along the NE coast, but with a guess, it gave a place to start looking for structures that looked like they might have been in the ad back in 1973.
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I am like Tom Brady and Al Pacino .. just can't retire.
A couple (actually 3) have come up from other threads. I just happen to know the place on sight via in person visits over the years..
Be advised these next three are medium-to-difficult to solve, but as always enough there to solve them (pic and/or hints).
Where is this 1961 Buick? (this pic came from another thread recently)
1. Midwestern US city, somewhat "synonymous" with this brand in a way. City and State?
2. Is exact location of the car still there?
3. If 2. is true, recent picture of location? If 2. is not true, what's there now?
If you decide to play, answer will be posted on Thursday AM EDT. This one, I think, is lower on the difficulty scale, so shouldn't take long to decide if ya got it or not.
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Interesting yet confusing. There is no parking a car there now.View attachment 688161
I am like Tom Brady and Al Pacino .. just can't retire.
A couple (actually 3) have come up from other threads. I just happen to know the place on sight via in person visits over the years..
Be advised these next three are medium-to-difficult to solve, but as always enough there to solve them (pic and/or hints).
Where is this 1961 Buick? (this pic came from another thread recently)
1. Midwestern US city, somewhat "synonymous" with this brand in a way. City and State?
2. Is exact location of the car still there?
3. If 2. is true, recent picture of location? If 2. is not true, what's there now?
If you decide to play, answer will be posted on Thursday AM EDT. This one, I think, is lower on the difficulty scale, so shouldn't take long to decide if ya got it or not.
View attachment 688154
Alan
#687. One reported solver.
This is Longway Planetarium, in Flint Michigan. Been there when kids were young, circa 1992 when I worked in Flint.
Yes, its still there, built/opened in 1958. Been renovate/remodeled in the 65 years, so that 1961 pic cannot be duplicated.
Less than 10 years after it opened they replaced the roof with the teal one (original roof leaked almost from the start) and took that fancy geometric lattice work down.
The reflecting fountains/pool, due to age/detrioration of the concrete, was removed about 20 years ago. They also needed the land they say for new, adjacent construction.
Below, looking northerly. Building on the left was built this century and the Buick would have been about where the lime green facade is on the left.
Below, 1967 compared to today.
That reflecting pond was a large feature back in the day, actually quite striking people say (colored lights, water jets, etc). 50 years of Michigan winters was too much for it.
This is Longway Planetarium, in Flint Michigan. Been there when kids were young, circa 1992 when I worked in Flint.
Yes, its still there, built/opened in 1958. Been renovate/remodeled in the 65 years, so that 1961 pic cannot be duplicated.
Less than 10 years after it opened they replaced the roof with the teal one (original roof leaked almost from the start) and took that fancy geometric lattice work down.
The reflecting fountains/pool, due to age/detrioration of the concrete, was removed about 20 years ago. They also needed the land they say for new, adjacent construction.
Below, looking northerly. Building on the left was built this century and the Buick would have been about where the lime green facade is on the left.
Below, 1967 compared to today.
That reflecting pond was a large feature back in the day, actually quite striking people say (colored lights, water jets, etc). 50 years of Michigan winters was too much for it.
New game.
Where is this 1968 Torino fastback?
1. Western US City and State?
2. Exactly where in this city?
3. Public property, where this kind of photo not allowed now ("Peg Man" can't get down there). Pedestrians appear to still have access, but not with their cars/trucks on unofficial/non-permitted business.
Rather challenging if you don't recognize it on sight. Digital search skills would come in handy, otherwise, to find it.
Answer next Monday AM EDT.
Where is this 1968 Torino fastback?
1. Western US City and State?
2. Exactly where in this city?
3. Public property, where this kind of photo not allowed now ("Peg Man" can't get down there). Pedestrians appear to still have access, but not with their cars/trucks on unofficial/non-permitted business.
Rather challenging if you don't recognize it on sight. Digital search skills would come in handy, otherwise, to find it.
Answer next Monday AM EDT.
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somebody got it already.
turns out it is more "famous" than I thought as a commercial product/entertainment production location. meaning you may have seen this place in a movie or on TV before -- like i did -- just didnt know what it was.
apparently, there's a regular Mopar show nearby too. small world.
turns out it is more "famous" than I thought as a commercial product/entertainment production location. meaning you may have seen this place in a movie or on TV before -- like i did -- just didnt know what it was.
apparently, there's a regular Mopar show nearby too. small world.
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Done, 2 seconds
Alan
Alan
Gattaca
Escape from New York (this place is not in NY)
24 (tv series)
Escape from New York (this place is not in NY)
24 (tv series)
i'll be damned.
never saw 24, but the other two many times snd recall these scenes.
gattaca would suggest "indoors" (like studio sound stage) with their use of lighting/props. wonder how the did that, exactly, since in real life this is a wide open outdoor place??
Glad that @amazinblue82 is not giving up!
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#690. Sepulveda Dam, Los Angeles CA
This one was hard for me NOT to go full nerd on. I will include a link to the Army Corps of Engineers Project Report.
Nearly 350 pages of text, maps, etc. from nearly 100 years of plannng for anybody who wants TMI like I tend to
Its the kinda stuff we (ordinary citizens) take for granted, but when you understand what somebody sat down and figured out, THEN built .... well you'd be damn glad somebody did it.
Sometimes, its after a natural disaster has killled a bunch of people. Such was the case with the Sepulveda Dam after deadly LA floods in 1938 (and in 1914 before that).
Still, as part of water management in a densely populated, burgeoning fast growing LA, it has worked so far.
Army Corps of Engineers
The dam is lower right (southeast corner of the Sepulveda basin - in color).
Sepulveda Dam was completed in 1941 to control floods (actual and potential) of the Los Angeles River system (the river and tributaries like Encino and Haskell Creeks) from north to south.
The dam is "dry", in the sense that it does NOT make hydro electric power, or create a reservoir, etc.
It exists to direct/manage actual and potential flood waters to the natural drainage of the LA River to the south and therefore NOT into neighborhoods (e.g. Burbank, Tarzana, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, Encino, etc.,) where hundreds of thousands of people live/work and multi-billions of dollars have been spent.
Think New Orleans after Katrina .. but worse given the comparative population density of LA.
This dam is shown from the "spillway" section of the dam, on the southeastern end (so, looking northerly, toward the upstream flows of the LA River system) of the Sepulveda basin.
"The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold e flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.
Sepulveda Dam, along with Hansen Dam located in the north San Fernando Valley, was constructed in response to the historic 1938 floods which killed 144 people . The flood control basin is a large and undeveloped area in the center of the Valley, used mostly for wildlife refuge and recreation. "
The spillway adjacent to the dam, concrete-lined and expansive, and a "futuristic" construction, makes it a very photogenic location for movies, TV shows, commercials, etc.
The north side of the dam is a recreation area, including Woodley Park, the site of this Mopar car show. Thanks to @SPF Required and @MrMoparCHP for pointing all this out.
Chrysler Performance West - Mopar Spring Fling & Fall Fling
This one was hard for me NOT to go full nerd on. I will include a link to the Army Corps of Engineers Project Report.
Nearly 350 pages of text, maps, etc. from nearly 100 years of plannng for anybody who wants TMI like I tend to
Its the kinda stuff we (ordinary citizens) take for granted, but when you understand what somebody sat down and figured out, THEN built .... well you'd be damn glad somebody did it.
Sometimes, its after a natural disaster has killled a bunch of people. Such was the case with the Sepulveda Dam after deadly LA floods in 1938 (and in 1914 before that).
Still, as part of water management in a densely populated, burgeoning fast growing LA, it has worked so far.
Army Corps of Engineers
The dam is lower right (southeast corner of the Sepulveda basin - in color).
Sepulveda Dam was completed in 1941 to control floods (actual and potential) of the Los Angeles River system (the river and tributaries like Encino and Haskell Creeks) from north to south.
The dam is "dry", in the sense that it does NOT make hydro electric power, or create a reservoir, etc.
It exists to direct/manage actual and potential flood waters to the natural drainage of the LA River to the south and therefore NOT into neighborhoods (e.g. Burbank, Tarzana, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, Encino, etc.,) where hundreds of thousands of people live/work and multi-billions of dollars have been spent.
Think New Orleans after Katrina .. but worse given the comparative population density of LA.
This dam is shown from the "spillway" section of the dam, on the southeastern end (so, looking northerly, toward the upstream flows of the LA River system) of the Sepulveda basin.
"The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold e flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.
Sepulveda Dam, along with Hansen Dam located in the north San Fernando Valley, was constructed in response to the historic 1938 floods which killed 144 people . The flood control basin is a large and undeveloped area in the center of the Valley, used mostly for wildlife refuge and recreation. "
The spillway adjacent to the dam, concrete-lined and expansive, and a "futuristic" construction, makes it a very photogenic location for movies, TV shows, commercials, etc.
The north side of the dam is a recreation area, including Woodley Park, the site of this Mopar car show. Thanks to @SPF Required and @MrMoparCHP for pointing all this out.
Chrysler Performance West - Mopar Spring Fling & Fall Fling
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
In 1980 there was a big storm and was the first time the dam served it purpose.
The natural crest of the spillway is 30 feet up and can be elevated another 10 feet with gates.
In the 1980 storm the water level was 37 feet at the dam.
It appears that there have been a couple more times water was held back, both time below the natural crest of the spillway by maybe 5 feet.
Alan
The natural crest of the spillway is 30 feet up and can be elevated another 10 feet with gates.
In the 1980 storm the water level was 37 feet at the dam.
It appears that there have been a couple more times water was held back, both time below the natural crest of the spillway by maybe 5 feet.
Alan
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Senior Member
Thought that was the spot but didn’t submit my guess. Been by there several times as I attended Cal State Northridge for my undergraduate and Master’s degrees….#690. Sepulveda Dam, Los Angeles CA
This one was hard for me NOT to go full nerd on. I will include a link to the Army Corps of Engineers Project Report.
Nearly 350 pages of text, maps, etc. from nearly 100 years of plannng for anybody who wants TMI like I tend to
Its the kinda stuff we (ordinary citizens) take for granted, but when you understand what somebody sat down and figured out, THEN built .... well you'd be damn glad somebody did it.
Sometimes, its after a natural disaster has killled a bunch of people. Such was the case with the Sepulveda Dam after deadly LA floods in 1938 (and in 1914 before that).
Still, as part of water management in a densely populated, burgeoning fast growing LA, it has worked so far.
Army Corps of Engineers
View attachment 689110
The dam is lower right (southeast corner of the Sepulveda basin - in color).
View attachment 689121View attachment 689120
Sepulveda Dam was completed in 1941 to control floods (actual and potential) of the Los Angeles River system (the river and tributaries like Encino and Haskell Creeks) from north to south.
The dam is "dry", in the sense that it does NOT make hydro electric power, or create a reservoir, etc.
It exists to direct/manage actual and potential flood waters to the natural drainage of the LA River to the south and therefore NOT into neighborhoods (e.g. Burbank, Tarzana, Studia City, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, Encino, etc.,) where hundreds of thousands of people live/work and multi-billions of dollars have been spent.
Think New Orleans after Katrina .. but worse given the comparative population density of LA.
This dam is shown from the "spillway" section of the dam, on the southeastern end (so, looking northerly, toward the upstream flows of the LA River system) of the Sepulveda basin.
"The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold e flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.
Sepulveda Dam, along with Hansen Dam located in the north San Fernando Valley, was constructed in response to the historic 1938 floods which killed 144 people . The flood control basin is a large and undeveloped area in the center of the Valley, used mostly for wildlife refuge and recreation. "
The spillway adjacent to the dam, concrete-lined and expansive, and a "futuristic" construction, makes it a very photogenic location for movies, TV shows, commercials, etc.
The north side of the dam is a recreation area, including Woodley Park, the site of this Mopar car show. Thanks to @SPF Required and @MrMoparCHP for pointing all this out.
Chrysler Performance West - Mopar Spring Fling & Fall Fling
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