Guess the City

They have stores in 56 countries apparently :-/

Most of the UK ones are in out of town retail parks by the looks of it

the black sedan and the hint of radiator grille at the far right don't scream europe to me

otoh the hatchback and panel van do

- sedan: don't know, could be non-european or just something I've not seen much in Belgium
- grille could be an audi
- Renault van, Peugeot hatchback = both French (but that doesn't mean France, obv)

are we on a roof or parking garage? the first structure with the door could be airco and the bigger one maybe the top of an elevator/staircase shaft?

found this article which i'm fairly certain is the storefront: https://www.infomediaire.net/decathlon-ouvre-son-plus-grand-magasin-dafrique-a-casablanca/?fbclid=IwAR0vkbfPfywMIpPes5q81Rla0RX91VxtzEhuW4O75g0-fbQ_sop217NWxmY

gives us the strange glass structure in front

that picture looks like it yes - but is that the new store? Can't seem to find the actual picture/location (it's too new for Google maps I think?)

I think it should have the location below the DECATHLON and I don't think that says Ain Diab or Corniche or Casablanca...

maybe it's a Decathlon stock photo?

https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/decathlon-une-innovation-par-semaine-895278

but we ARE on a building with a glass round roof type thing (look in the reflection)

https://www.infomediaire.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/decathlon.jpg

... still no idea though :(

Lyon:

https://goo.gl/maps/PjkD5ws2raizKdZ57

high five!

Alright - how? It looks like that roof top isn't a parking spot anymore in the latest google aerial photo?

nice!

I just went through the list of locations on the Decathlon website. Unfortunately no photos are provided, but I tried to find ones that seemed to be inside malls, judging from the address, and then checked them out on street view. It was hard to find a street view on the roof of that mall in Lyon, but an interior pic showed the skylight from below, so I thought I was on the right track.

Fantastic!

Well, at least I learned that there's a sporting goods company called "DECATHLON" today.

Better than "DICK'S" I guess

That brown office building looks pretty decrepit in the original photo but in the Google street view it’s got a logo of a major corporation (I forget what it’s is).

Better than "DICK'S" I guess

Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Athlete%27s_Foot?wprov=sfla1

Good work on that one, wasn't sure if it would go off one pic!

where did the original pic come from, not google maps then?

Original pic was from google maps but doesn't seem to be there now, or at least I can't find it

I think you mentioned before that there was a photo that wasn't showing up on the map for you but you could still see it when it was a direct link?

https://i.ibb.co/TBfWTD9/asa.jpg

Friday

That just screams Pittsburgh to me for some reason.

Some castle type building with floodlights on the (garages? arched thing to the left) ? Quite a fancy street light, too - is it a whole Disney-inspired street/neighbourhood?

that GMC limits this to North America where gas is cheaper, I would think

... and there are a LOT more houses with turrets than you would think :(

I think the thing on the left is a viaduct.

Could be any hilly US city.

Los Angeles has plenty of GMCs/other big trucks. People have money to burn here.

i don't think those trees are southern california. west coast though?

looks like a white bus in the background

those kind of streetlamps (the ones that look like the ends of condoms) are uniquely american in my experience (as if the GMC truck wasn't enough)

oooh, the thing I thought was a floodlight for the castle is the cabin of a bus/truck/tram/... - and between the trees there's another one.

Are those overhead cables for a trolley bus or tram?

IF (big if) it's a trolleybus, there's only five systems still in operation in the USA, according to wikipedia: San Francisco, Boston (two lines: Cambridge and South Boston/Waterfront), Dayton, Philadelphia and Seattle. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_the_United_States )

if it's a tram then the list is a lot longer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#System_lists

Looks like there is writing in washed out white on the top bit of the bridge. Looks like Geo.. Gooble. Clue or useless, I don’t know.

I still say it's Pittsburgh. They have a light rail (tram) system but I can't find out the color of the rolling stock.

Isn't that just the Google watermark? xp

indeed - I'm afraid that's the google watermark

Lol, then useless.

the bus is an MCI D series (4000 or 4500, maybe others too) which is operated by pittsburgh

or at least operated in and around pittsburgh. the viaduct could be an elevated busway

guys you can keep saying pittsburgh til you're blue in the face, if you want confirmation cherry blossom will need a minimum 6 figure grid reference

Lol. And it may not even be Pittsburgh but one of the 100 or so grubby municipalities in Allegheny County. To which I would say: a borough is not a city!!!

Tell that to Titshire, the largest hamlet in Shroppingham, featured here in 2018

"Tell it to Titshire" - now there's a book/album title that should exist

https://i.ibb.co/DW8yYDR/uc.jpg

Friday, View II