Contest #55
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How to Play
To participate, just make your guess in the comments section for each photo. Guesses will be held until the end of the contest, when they will all be made public. Anything and everything is fair game for getting a correct answer. Each contest will last one week, starting on Friday, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
It is Savannah.
I think I was just lucky to bump into it as for me there were no clues in this pic other than it had to be some city with a straight road pattern in the Northern hemisphere.
It was the color that guided me here.
Again I missed the fun part, as I have no idea why you chose this (even now, when I know where it is)
It took me about 50 mins. to find. (See how lucky I was!)
Comment by Karel | September 2, 2008
Savannah, Georgia, USA (Savannah Historic District)
Comment by Milosh, Serbia | September 2, 2008
Savannah Georgia USA
Comment by Ewen | September 2, 2008
This is Historic Savannah, Georgia. I think this one was challenging, but there are some clues in there. Took me roughly 30 minutes.
Cheers
-Skip
Comment by Skip (Austin, TX) | September 2, 2008
Savannah, Georgia. I recognized it immediately. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the US.
Comment by Pan | September 2, 2008
That looks like Savannah, GA.
Comment by Wendy N | September 2, 2008
Savannah, Georgia
I figured North American by the look of the blocks and started hitting river cities. Took an hour or so.
Comment by Aaron Predeek | September 2, 2008
Savannah, Georgia. The white building to the left is the Savannah Civic Center.
My first guesses were New Orleans because of the barges. I knew it was a US city because of the regularity of the streets, and the presence of the interstate on-ramp in the middle of town. After ruling out New Orleans, my first guess (!) was Savannah.
-andy
Comment by Andy McConnell | September 3, 2008
Gary - you may have thought the last one was tough, but I think it was easy compared to this one! I’ve spent an hour looking, and have nothing. Appears to be a industrialized city, temperate climate, interesting urban planning with the park areas, but no distinguishing characteristics to my eye. I can’t identify the water(?) to the north, or pick up on any buildings that give it away… Oh well, there’s always contest #56!
Comment by RDaneel | September 4, 2008
Savannah, Georgia, USA.
Was hard. Took me a few days of thinking and checking individual cities. I figured the grid pattern was an old world city that had been trashed in the 20th century or a new world city. After looking at all the old world cities I could think of I tried N. America again and started with Florida working my way up the eastern coast of the US. The park pattern was distinctive but that really didn’t help to narrow it down for me. Part luck, part determination.
Comment by Keith M | September 5, 2008
I had no chance - just too random and generic, no useful clues that I can see.
Comment by brian t | September 5, 2008