A Chicago puzzle

kool maudit · #1 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 12:27 PM**

Where was this photo by Vivian Maier taken?

It is interesting because of the NYC-style residential density at the foot of the tower in the foreground.

kool maudit · #2 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 12:38 PM**

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...new-light.html

The article has to be wrong... this looks like New York because it IS New York.

Centropolis · #3 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:00 PM**

kind of a weird one. the taller buildings look midwestern but the lower buildings look nyc. chicago did have some quasi-nyc tenement areas near downtown that were almost completely urban-renewed.

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com

Centropolis · #4 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:02 PM**

it has to be new york i cant make any angle on that work.

kool maudit · #5 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:02 PM**

I THINK the highrise second to left in the background is the Ritz Tower on Park Avenue, but could it be the Randolph tower? Can't find the foreground mini-scraper...

kool maudit · #6 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:03 PM**

My New York theory would mean this is the UES somewhere near Rockefeller University....

kool maudit · #7 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:07 PM**

OK, thinking the little guy is the Beekman Tower ...

https://goo.gl/maps/CDcdnNdg6ktcA1mVA

that would make this the UN area...

But I am still unsure on the dark brick building to the right.

Centropolis · #8 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 3:35 PM**

i really don't have a good high-resolution intuitive street-level feel for the shape of nyc across time like i do for the midwest or west, or at least its not very fresh. i couldn't read it. but i could still easily tell that something wasn't quite right, not sure how that passed muster.

franktko · #9 Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 5:12 PM**

Looking North-East from Beekman ?

Chicago-puzzle by Frank TKO, on Flickr

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7493.../data=!3m1!1e3

kool maudit · #10 Posted **Mar 6, 2020, 1:57 PM**

That's it.