Vegas Eye: Is this art or something a little more plebian?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
This is another one of those visual puzzles that will either be recognized immediately or require some serious searching…. There are two visual hints in this composition….
There are some clues at the top and on on the side of this photo
Photo by Mark Sedenquist
1- Where is this?
2- What art installation is directly behind the photographer?
3- When was it built and why?
Before I jump in here and provide the “missing” answers on the still-active puzzles, I thought I’d give you one more more reminder about the open geo-quizzes…
January, 2010 (#26).
1. When was the Duck Creek Retention Basin built?
2. From what property are the door pulls found?
Ground Control Tower Puzzle
3. Names of the peaks – not a valid question – VE doesn’t really know either!
The first of the multi-carpet and door pull matchups….
4. Q, C and S remain unmatched up
The Neon signs….
5. Bonus Neon #4 is still MIA
Thanks to Brian H. for solving Question #1
Photo by Mark Sedenquist
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These are the stairs inside “Crytals”, the shopping esplanade inside Aria Hotel.
Yeah, I got nothin’.
Joyful tidings indeed… I haven’t been able to stump you completely before! We’ll see what Patti and the others can come up with and then I’ll add some clues….
Heh, heh!
VE
Whoa! Brian H. smoked Troy and Patti! (Patti is already objecting since she’s still at work and hasn’t even seen this puzzle yet…)
Yes! You are mostly correct. Crystals is not a part of the Aria Hotel — it’s the shopping mall to the North of the hotel. And I’m going to post another shot of the staircase that gives a bit more visual references…. So you can move forward with the rest of the puzzle. I’ve added another shot of the staircase, so you can see how it “works” above!
Do you know the answers to questions #2 and #3?
VE
good afternoon – great job Brian! And I love the pics inside the new City Center buildings!
I am looking forward to working on the unanswered questions to these puzzles this evening!
1. The Grand Staircase at Crystals
2. Halo water tornadoes, a picture is here in the Las Vegas Sun.
3. reason? They were challenged to create five remarkable and visually groundbreaking features, like nothing we or anyone else has ever created before,” says WET CEO, Mark Fuller. These swirls of color serve as a main focal point of the atrium. In between stops at Louis Vuitton and Gucci, guests and visitors are free to walk through and touch or embrace this maze of spinning water while staying completely dry. WET’s elemental features at CityCenter set the spirit for the sophisticated experience that visitors to this unprecedented destination will enjoy. Built in 2009, and opened in December.
This is quoted from this article
January 2010 #26
The Lower Duck Creek construction was completed in 1999. Lower Duck Creek is of earthen construction. The core is upstream facing, concrete.
“…The core is upstream facing, concrete….
What you’re speaking like an engineer now?
There’s a HUGE clue in Megan’s article about her impressions of CityCenter to question #2 of this puzzle, if anyone’s interested….
VE
For some odd reason — Patti’s comment didn’t post in order, so I didn’t realize it was there…
Thanks for the links and the information! The question was really a trick question and referred to the staircase rather than the art installation…
“The answer” to get up and down — Yes, I know. dumb…dumb…dumb…dumb…
“…The core is upstream facing, concrete…
What? Why do you keep repeating that phrase about concrete?
VE
“…The core is upstream facing, concrete…
yes, engineer Patti says that the reason is that the water flows from the west to the east draining eventually into Lake Mead. I found this info as I was searching for the name of the drain, which I was sure was at the corner of Bermuda and Cascade Mist Avenue. I just couldn’t figure out the name – so thanks for supplying that!
sorry – a flick of the wrist and it was etched in ….. ha ha
Yes it is weird that the time stamps show Brian to have solved the puzzle three hours before my post yet I never saw his post.
Anyway, maybe I should go to City Center on my days off. I only went once to see Viva Elvis and did not see much of the joint. I hear it is pretty nice.
Actually, that would be my fault — All new comments are verified and then approved and I was working on other projects and didn’t check the site until after you had posted.
Mark
Oh! That makes sence then. As long as things are not ‘broken’.
Thanks for your energy Mark.