"Where in North America is this?" Section VII

[Mark Sedenquist]

Which city is this and where is that person standing?

Let's see that could be any one of 10,000+ cites (but at least we know it's not in QC). It's got a river and grain silos and the city looks to be at least 45,000 based on the scale of the downtown.... OK, still thinking... thanks for the clue, (i think).

[Foy]

........perhaps you could reveal the soil color and texture for me?

Foy

{Mark: Har dee har, har, har}

[jayree]

Is it Omaha, Nebraska?
Jayree

[Quebec Gen]

Sorry, I thought someone might recognize the skyline :P, and the grain elevators is a hint (a famous grain milling city). Okay, so that city is located on a major lake, it's an important railroad hub. It is the second most populous in the State and it is located in the North East.

[AZBuck]

The skyline clearly identifies this as Chicago, but Los Angeles overtook Chicago as the second most populous city in the U.S. some years ago. Despite that fact Chicago, like Toronto, clings to its title as the 'Second City', and Chicago would refer to itself as Midwestern rather than Northeastern.

AZBuck

[Quebec Gen]

The skyline clearly identifies this as Chicago, but Los Angeles overtook Chicago as the second most populous city in the U.S. some years ago. Despite that fact Chicago, like Toronto, clings to its title as the 'Second City', and Chicago would refer to itself as Midwestern rather than Northeastern.

AZBuck

Buck,
It is the second most populous city in the State, not to be confused with the States. ;-) That might help you a bit. That particular city is located in the western part of the State it's located in.

[AZBuck]

That would make it Buffalo, NY. And when I checked back to where I found the image of the 'Chicago' skyline, it was not labeled as such!

My bad.

AZBuck

[Foy]

........perhaps you could reveal the soil color and texture for me?

Foy

{Mark: Har dee har, har, har}

..............I'm just looking for clues I can relate to, Mark. As previously noted, I'm not much of an architecture guy, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Something told me you'd enjoy that request for a clue.

Foy

[Quebec Gen]

That would make it Buffalo, NY. And when I checked back to where I found the image of the 'Chicago' skyline, it was not labeled as such!

My bad.

AZBuck

You got it!:) I took that picture on the rooftop of the old Buffalo Malting Corp. grain elevator (circa 1925).

[Quebec Gen]

****If you're just joining us today, this part of the puzzle has been solved, but you're welcome to follow along and see where this part of the puzzle went...

For all the architecture buffs out there:



Can you name that X building?