Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[Jonathan Scott]

Are we talking about the "compromise of 1790" meeting at 57 Maiden Lane? If so, that was actually in Manhattan, and although Maiden Lane followed the course of an old brook (which for a while ran down it), I can't find any reference to its name.

 

[1oldman2]

Are we talking about the "compromise of 1790" meeting at 57 Maiden Lane? If so, that was actually in Manhattan, and although Maiden Lane followed the course of an old brook (which for a while ran down it), I can't find any reference to its name.

That's very good but consider another Manhattan.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I don't know of any other Manhattan which could be relevant to this. (I started by looking at avenues and other streets, and I also investigated whether Manhattan in Montana would fit the rest of the clue, but couldn't find any connection).

The meeting was supposed to result in the capital being moved from the Susquehanna river to the Potomac river, but as far as I can see neither was particularly local to the meeting locality.

 

[1oldman2]

whether Manhattan in Montana would fit the rest of the clue

sooo close... "A river from three peoples names", Jefferson's secretary of states name was...?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

sooo close... "A river from three peoples names", Jefferson's secretary of states name was...?

I was thinking of Alexander Hamilton, from 1790, but clearly you were thinking of Albert Gallatin, in which case the location is Three Forks, where the three rivers merge to form the Missouri.

 

[1oldman2]

the Missouri.

well done, I guess at this point the clues are obvious.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

well done, I guess at this point the clues are obvious.

Interestingly misleading! String quartet rehearsal this evening, so will try to think up new one tomorrow.

 

[1oldman2]

Interestingly misleading!

nearly a "catch-22" approach for a riddle, but with the search engine aspect almost a necessary evil. It does have the benefit of encouraging "out of the box" reasoning though. Hope your rehearsal goes well, there are few things in the world finer than good music done properly.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Today the weather was unexpectedly very pleasant, sunny but not too hot, so we spent most of the day at some gardens only a bit more than half an hour's drive away, looking at the amazing rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, as well as lots of other types of flowers and trees. We also paid the extra for the other family activity at the same location - what is it? It's come up before on the forums.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

P.S. Q: What has big red flowers and is extinct? A: A Dododendron.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Is this an ex-thread? Should I bury it with the dododendron?

 

[collinsmark]

Today the weather was unexpectedly very pleasant, sunny but not too hot, so we spent most of the day at some gardens only a bit more than half an hour's drive away, looking at the amazing rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, as well as lots of other types of flowers and trees. We also paid the extra for the other family activity at the same location - what is it? It's come up before on the forums.

Is bee keeping involved?

 

[1oldman2]

Is this an ex-thread? Should I bury it with the dododendron?

Sorry, AFK and MIA for a few there.

 

[OCR]

We also paid the extra for the other family activity at the same location

Zoo... ?

Or, petting zoo... ?Lol, yeah I know... wrong! ...[COLOR=#black]..[/COLOR]

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Is bee keeping involved?

Sorry, no.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Zoo... ?

Or, petting zoo... ?

Sorry, no. It shouldn't be necessary to guess, and I've already given a clue to confirm the name of the place.

 

[1oldman2]

Sorry, no. It shouldn't be necessary to guess, and I've already given a clue to confirm the name of the place.

Hmm.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Hmm.

It's not meant to be difficult; if you Google for a garden with the relevant types of flowers near where I live it's probably going to be the first hit. It's a big place.

 

[1oldman2]

This has got to be "it" http://www.exbury.co.uk/
In this case I was misleading myself by making it more difficult than need be. (Not the first time that has happened )

 

[Jonathan Scott]

This has got to be "it" http://www.exbury.co.uk/
In this case I was misleading myself by making it more difficult than need be. (Not the first time that has happened )

Yes, that's the right location, as hinted here:

Is this an ex-thread? Should I bury it with the dododendron?

So what do you think the additional family activity was?

 

[1oldman2]

So what do you think the additional family activity was?

Of course the first guess would be the train ride, however I'll begin looking for alternate answers now.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Of course the first guess would be the train ride, however I'll begin looking for alternate answers now.

Yes, it was the steam train ride. I'll never be too old for that.

Over to you again...

 

[1oldman2]

back soon

 

[1oldman2]

If all goes well, on new years day 2019, this lone "Planet" will visit a new local. name the local.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Are you stretching "All around the World" into the Kuiper Belt, then?

 

[1oldman2]

Are you stretching "All around the World" into the Kuiper Belt, then?

That would be the case.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

That would be the case.

Well, that confirms that I'm probably thinking of what you're thinking of, but for now I'll leave it for others to try, as I don't have any ideas for new ones.

 

[wolram]

Sorry i have not been around for a while, is this the planet you mean:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system

 

[1oldman2]

No not that one, Think of the root of "Planet" the answer is more accurately a "Dwarf planet", however I used the term planet to describe something other than the intended target.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The date should be the giveaway when combined with the general location (assuming my guess is right).

 

[wolram]

The only other one i can come up with is Sedna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna

 

[1oldman2]

The only other one i can come up with is Sedna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna

Sedna was new to me, I found that interesting However I believe JS is definitely on the right track, his clue should wrap this up.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I love the provisional names they call new KBOs and their moons before their official naming, especially Santa and Rudolph (now Haumea and Hiʻiaka), Easter Bunny (now Makemake), and Xena and Gabrielle (now officially Eris and Dysnomia). However it's none of those.

 

[wolram]

Gaah is this it

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emil...a-kbo.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.uk/

 

[1oldman2]

I love the provisional names they call new KBOs and their moons before their official naming, especially Santa and Rudolph (now Haumea and Hiʻiaka), Easter Bunny (now Makemake), and Xena and Gabrielle (now officially Eris and Dysnomia). However it's none of those.

I thought I new a little bit about asteroids comets and such but after this I realize there is a huge body of "objects" out there. This should keep the folks cataloguing and naming them busy for a while. I recently downloaded the Cosmographia simulation DennisN posted about, very cool and it gives a lot of perspective on just how much "stuff" is out there.