Where in Calgary #30

[mo_money2supe]

Originally posted by mo_money2supe
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.05967...Kg6R4vYESw!2e0

CFCN-DT Towers?? Supposedly there's two there but I only see one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ngs_in_Calgary (Look under the 'Towers' section)

Any confirmation of this answer? I'm guessing it's a no?

[darthVWader]

Pointe McKay towers?

[kenny]

There is a statue of a soldier on a horse in Central Memorial Park, and there is a "twin" at Fort Calgary. Twin is in quotes because it is two different people on the horses haha and I don't even know if they both face west. Too lazy to verify.

[speedog]

Originally posted by mo_money2supe


Any confirmation of this answer? I'm guessing it's a no?

It's a no.

[speedog]

Originally posted by darthVWader
Pointe McKay towers?

Nope, see my response to ExtraSlow.

[speedog]

Originally posted by kenny
There is a statue of a soldier on a horse in Central Memorial Park, and there is a "twin" at Fort Calgary. Twin is in quotes because it is two different people on the horses haha and I don't even know if they both face west. Too lazy to verify.

Most likely not twins then and not these anyways. Good try.

[speedog]

Originally posted by FixedGear
the problem with the riddles is that the game is no longer about how well folks know Calgary, but how well people can understand thinking that may or may not make sense

Not necessarily so, my riddles so far haven't been all that difficult and the clues that come along the way in the thread provide direction just like they are in this thread - the riddles can't be all that difficult otherwise most will shy away. This one will require your thinking cap and while some are figuring it out, some are not either even after some major hints of what it may or may not be.

[ExtraSlow]

I like the riddles, although I feel like I am less likely to win at them. That's just not how my brain works most days.

[speedog]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
I like the riddles, although I feel like I am less likely to win at them. That's just not how my brain works most days.

That's why my riddles won't be that difficult when combined with clues that will appear in the associated thread - hell, it quite taxes my brain to come up with these without giving away the answer too easily.

[mo_money2supe]

The old Centre St Bridge lion that's sitting at City Hall?

Best streetview pic I can find:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.04537...O6GYi6NS9A!2e0

[speedog]

Originally posted by mo_money2supe
The old Centre St Bridge lion that's sitting at City Hall?

Best streetview pic I can find:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.04537...O6GYi6NS9A!2e0

Now that's a great answer except there are 4 of those original lions, 3 of which are still in storage. Some of you are on the right track, by the way younger than me but older than tirebob.

[mo_money2supe]

Originally posted by speedog
...by the way younger than me but older than tirebob.

I maintain my answer...

[[GaGe]]

The bear statue at Baker Park? The park was originally the Baker Memorial Sanitorium (built in 1920), but not sure when the bears were put up.

[sheik_yerbouti]

Dinny the Dinosaur at the Zoo? His twin is California.

[01RedDX]

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[speedog]

Baker Memorial Sanitorium bears - nope, but the twin that's the focus of this thread is made of the same material. BTW, Bakers Park looks like a nice area to check out.

Dinny the Dinosaur - nope but sort of on the right track with respect that one twin may be in Calgary while the other is not.

With respect to myself and tirebob, some in here do know tirebob and at least one knows myself but my reply to ktm_525's post should get people closer to the age of the item/location being sought. If I give an actual year, then it's going to be too easy - let's just say it was before Woodstock but after the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.

Also, for my benefit and maybe others - I am now maintaining a list in the first post of the first thread in this 'Where in Calgary' series with links to all threads, this I will include in the first post of any similar new thread moving forward - list is here. I do see that the SE quadrant is heavily represented but probably in part because there is just that much more history there - will put my thinking hat on for other quadrants, NE will be the most difficult I suspect.

[sheik_yerbouti]

I was washing the dishes and it struck me, The James Wolfe Statue that used to be at the planetarium, but has been moved to a park in Mt. Royal.

[speedog]

Originally posted by sheik_yerbouti
I was washing the dishes and it struck me, The James Wolfe Statue that used to be at the planetarium, but has been moved to a park in Mt. Royal.

Not this one, does this one have a twin?

The exact twin of subject of this thread is over 6,140km away - the Calgary one is an exact copy of it's distant twin.

[YYC_A4]

The mermaid bronze at the convention centre (which is a copy of the mermaid in Copenhagen)?

[90_Shelby]

Robert the Bruce Statue

Bannockburn Heritage Center and at the Jubilee