Where Is This? - Page 43

glatt · 12-06-2011, 08:56 AM

I was thinking it might be the home where the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is under house arrest. That was just in the news because Hillary visited her. So I looked that up on Google Earth, and it's not it. But when I looked it up, Burma looks really nice! You get the impression that it's a really backwards place from the news, but I guess that's just the government. It's no North Korea.

And the US is building an embassy just down the road from the opposition leader, only half a kilometer away from her house. I read that she lived on a remote island on a lake, but she's actually on a lake shore drive of mansions. Sweet neighborhood. (University Avenue, on the shore of lake Inya in Yangon)

infinite monkey · 12-06-2011, 09:04 AM

I thought of Burma Shave and wondered if the name were related to Burma. Well, I'll be, it is.

Quote:

Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company, owned by Clinton Odell. The company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as coming "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma."[1] Demand was sparse, and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product with wider appeal.

The result was the Burma-Shave advertising sign program, and sales took off. At its peak, Burma-Shave was the second-highest selling brushless shaving cream in the United States. Sales declined in the 1950s, and in 1963 the company was sold to Philip Morris. The signs were removed at that time. The brand decreased in visibility and eventually became the property of the American Safety Razor Company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave

Spexxvet · 12-06-2011, 09:18 AM

I give.

Spexxvet · 12-06-2011, 09:25 AM

Where's this?

Quarantine · 12-06-2011, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Did we get an answer for this?

Some additional clues:
The site is now derelict, originally built over 70 years ago

A close-up of part of the site.
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That should help identify what the site is and should narrow down where.

glatt · 12-06-2011, 09:31 AM

Spex: Potemkinstairs in Ukraine

Pico and ME · 12-06-2011, 09:31 AM

Odessa Steps

Pico and ME · 12-06-2011, 09:32 AM

dang

Spexxvet · 12-06-2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Spex: Potemkinstairs in Ukraine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Odessa Steps

Yes. Wow! I didn't think that would be so easy.

Pico and ME · 12-06-2011, 09:46 AM

I googled famous movie stairs scenes.

Spexxvet · 12-06-2011, 09:49 AM

Seems like it's an abandoned ww2 artillery emplacement, googling images for that doesn't show anything similar.

infinite monkey · 12-06-2011, 10:18 AM

It's like a ghetto stonehenge.

Is it ovens for burning folks?

Lamplighter · 12-06-2011, 10:19 AM

@Quarantine's ruins

The graffiti looked a bit asian, and Google Images turned up this
ancient fort (model) with similar shape, but it's from the Ming Dynasty.

Dagu Paotai or Fort Dagu ?
.

Quarantine · 12-06-2011, 10:54 AM

Spexxvett: Very close, it is a type of gun emplacement that has a very specific purpose

Lamplighter: Some more graffiti for you from the site

glatt · 12-06-2011, 11:05 AM

The bunkers arranged in circles look like the place where they store the ammo. There are two spots at the corners of the site where the guns probably sat. The shadows have the sun coming from the right. I'm going to assume the image is in its proper orientation and right is East. That's where the guns would be pointing. Who would point their guns to the East? France would. But I've been doing all sorts of image searched of the Maginot Line, and those fortifications look completely different from these.

I keep hitting dead ends.

12-06-2011, 09:18 AM	#633
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I give. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-06-2011, 09:25 AM	#634
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Where's this? Attached Images __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-06-2011, 09:31 AM	#637
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Odessa Steps __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12-06-2011, 09:32 AM	#638
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	dang __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12-06-2011, 09:46 AM	#640
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I googled famous movie stairs scenes. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12-06-2011, 08:56 AM	#631
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I was thinking it might be the home where the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is under house arrest. That was just in the news because Hillary visited her. So I looked that up on Google Earth, and it's not it. But when I looked it up, Burma looks really nice! You get the impression that it's a really backwards place from the news, but I guess that's just the government. It's no North Korea. And the US is building an embassy just down the road from the opposition leader, only half a kilometer away from her house. I read that she lived on a remote island on a lake, but she's actually on a lake shore drive of mansions. Sweet neighborhood. (University Avenue, on the shore of lake Inya in Yangon)

12-06-2011, 09:31 AM	#636
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Spex: Potemkinstairs in Ukraine

12-06-2011, 09:49 AM	#641
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Seems like it's an abandoned ww2 artillery emplacement, googling images for that doesn't show anything similar. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-06-2011, 10:18 AM	#642
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It's like a ghetto stonehenge. Is it ovens for burning folks?

12-06-2011, 10:19 AM	#643
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	@Quarantine's ruins The graffiti looked a bit asian, and Google Images turned up this ancient fort (model) with similar shape, but it's from the Ming Dynasty. Dagu Paotai or Fort Dagu ? . Attached Images

12-06-2011, 10:54 AM	#644
Quarantine Lead Subordinate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 15	Spexxvett: Very close, it is a type of gun emplacement that has a very specific purpose Lamplighter: Some more graffiti for you from the site

12-06-2011, 11:05 AM	#645
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The bunkers arranged in circles look like the place where they store the ammo. There are two spots at the corners of the site where the guns probably sat. The shadows have the sun coming from the right. I'm going to assume the image is in its proper orientation and right is East. That's where the guns would be pointing. Who would point their guns to the East? France would. But I've been doing all sorts of image searched of the Maginot Line, and those fortifications look completely different from these. I keep hitting dead ends.

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