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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

photo # 1


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Danny
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:22 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the D.I.A.
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:28 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yep, that was too easy huh?

Photo # 1 is outside the DIA.


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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

photo # 2



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Lilpup
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:40 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

um, that one's too easy, too.
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 1:02 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I underestimated our posters and I'm running out of photography trivia.

Just for grins, please go ahead and guess photograph # 2 so that I can reveal the full photograph.
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Queensfinest
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 1:27 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The inside of the DIA? Rivera Mural?
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Lilpup
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 1:30 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's a detail of the north wall of Detroit Industry

(Yes, the Rivera mural)

(Message edited by lilpup on May 30, 2007)
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 2:02 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Correct, photo # 2 is The Rivera Mural.

photo # 2





Here are 2 more full DIA photos.









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Here are photo # 3 and # 4, a little tougher. Any guesses?

photo # 3





photo # 4


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Iddude313
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 5:32 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

# 3 :

lights at Hart Plaza or the African American Museum.

# 4:

?
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 5:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

4 grandstands at Wayne State?
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Erikd
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

#3 Riverwalk light.

#4 Opera House Garage
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 10:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Photo # 3 is indeed the lights at Hart Plaza, circa 1989.





Keep trying on Photo # 4.
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 4:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is Photo # 4 enlarged as a hint. Please keep trying.



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Rocket_city
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 8:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The top of Ren Cen?

j/k: Is it the mail carrier/floating zip code, J.W. Westcott?
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 9:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No, Photo # 4 is not the mail carrier/floating zip code, J.W. Westcott.

Here are Photo # 5 and Photo # 6 - any guesses?

Photo # 5




Photo # 6


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Gsgeorge
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 9:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

what!? #5 could be anything, anywhere, on any exterior of any building in any city or suburb in the entire state.
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Scs100
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 9:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Question about #4. I think I remember seeing this on top of a building. Is that right? Or does that give too much away?
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 10:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gsgeorge:
Point taken regarding Photo # 5, however, there is something seen in this picture that is very distinct. And remember, these are Detroit pictures. I'll give others a chance before giving a clue.

Scs100:
Great question regarding Photo # 4. To answer your question would indeed give too much away.

(Message edited by vetalalumni on May 31, 2007)
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Dkdowty
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 10:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is Photo #5 the side of Cadillac Tower?
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 10:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dkdowty:
Yes, Photo # 5 is the side of Cadillac Tower. To completely solve this one, what or who was on the side during the late 1990's?
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Dkdowty
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 11:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well, there was Barry Sanders and a car commercial...was Stevie Y also up there?
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 11:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dkdowty:
Regarding Photo # 5, Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions was on the side of Cadillac Tower from 1995 to either 2000 or 2002. Afterward may have been Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings.



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Sticks
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 12:04 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

#4 almost looks like it could belong to a rail switching outpost somewhere.
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 1:13 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sticks:
That is an incorrect guess. Photo # 4 is not a rail switching outpost.

(Message edited by vetalalumni on June 01, 2007)
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Milwaukee
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 1:20 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Photo 6 a column in the lobby of the whitney building?
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 9:12 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Could these pictures be any smaller? Here, guess where this is from.



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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 11:24 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is Photo # 4 enlarged again as a hint. Please keep trying.




Photo # 6 is not a column in the lobby of the Whitney Building. Here is Photo # 6 enlarged as a hint. Please keep trying.


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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 11:54 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

6: SOldiers & Sailors monument
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Detroitnerd
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Is No. 6 Macomb? Kosciuszco?
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Winstin_o_boogie_iii
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 12:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

#5-Dossin Great Lakes Museum facade?
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Charlottepaul
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Is number 4 like a prison guard tower?
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Detroitnerd
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Charlotte,

That would explain the captain's walk!
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Charlottepaul
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Well, a prison is what I thought of in the beginning, but I don't recognize that stack in the background of the largest photo.
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Scs100
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I have almost no idea on #4 now. Is that a smokestack in the background?
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#4 looks like a freighter
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Vetalalumni
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Detroitnerd:
Correct, Photo # 6 is the Soldiers & Sailors monument. Apologies for earlier stating that it was not. The photograph was taken in 1994, before the S&S monument was relocated to Campus Martius. Here is the larger photograph including skyscrapers in the background.




Photo # 4 is not a prison guard tower. Here is Photo # 4 enlarged yet again as a clue. Please keep trying.


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Johnlodge
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Was Susanarosa already correct in saying this is a freighter?
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Scs100
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Is photo 4 the Detroit Princess?
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The_rock
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#4 is an old car ferry. Last hint.
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Scs100
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I take back the last one

Photo 4- Bob-Lo Boat (old one)
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The_rock
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 4:44 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

no-no-no-think rr. last hint.
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Vetalalumni
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Here is a very big hint for Photo # 4 - notice there is the top of a bridge in the background to the left. Also, remember, the photographs were all taken within the city limits of Detroit years ago. No, it is not the Bob-Lo Boat or the Detroit Princess.

(Message edited by vetalalumni on June 01, 2007)
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Detroitnerd
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Thanks for the late credit! I got one!

(Loving the chance to live up to my handle.)
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Scs100
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I saw the bridge, which is why I said the Bob-Lo Boat. I honestly have no idea right now.
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It's the Landsdowne (sp?)...
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Vetalalumni
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Posted on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 5:32 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Detroit_stylin:
Correct, Photo # 4 is the Landsdowne and here is the larger photograph.


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