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A kick to get the conversation started...hope you can join in! CTyankee Nov 2012 #1
1b is Monticello n/t Suich Nov 2012 #2
Excellent! And its predecessor (1a)? CTyankee Nov 2012 #3
No idea! Suich Nov 2012 #11
Well, this one is pretty hard...I didn't go easy on you guys...sorry, my bad... CTyankee Nov 2012 #14
that's what I thought hfojvt Nov 2012 #4
No, but you are in the right country... CTyankee Nov 2012 #5
please see my MAJOR CORRECTION on 2b. I apologize to you and everyone else who CTyankee Nov 2012 #34
4b was reminding me of the Capitol in Topeka hfojvt Nov 2012 #6
not the capitol in Topeka... CTyankee Nov 2012 #7
HINT: Reinventions in this thread are in 3 countries outside of Italy... CTyankee Nov 2012 #8
4b: Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #9
No on both...sorry...it looks like 4a set a template for lotsa places... CTyankee Nov 2012 #13
then 5b is the Vendome Column in the Place Vendome Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #15
Well, then, of course! And, its predecessor? and where is the tricolor flag? Or did you just know it CTyankee Nov 2012 #16
4b, I have no idea Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #20
So what is the "template" for this design? (hint, hint) CTyankee Nov 2012 #28
3b - JackRiddler Nov 2012 #10
Not Grand Central Station...but... CTyankee Nov 2012 #12
Is it Union Station in Chicago? surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #17
I think lots of them in that era did look that way but this one is very special for a reason... CTyankee Nov 2012 #22
Union Station, Los Angeles? Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #19
No, sorry... CTyankee Nov 2012 #25
Of course, it's Penn Station JackRiddler Nov 2012 #29
An amazing building, yes. CTyankee Nov 2012 #32
4b, I think, is St. Pauls Cathedral, London Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #18
You are right! CTyankee Nov 2012 #23
I'll take a stab at some. wickerwoman Nov 2012 #21
you are right with 1b., 5a, and 5b... CTyankee Nov 2012 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee Nov 2012 #26
HINT: the Romans really liked to hang out in this kind of place in 3a.... CTyankee Nov 2012 #27
That would mean a forum or a bath JackRiddler Nov 2012 #30
No, it is a bath. CTyankee Nov 2012 #31
So it's the Grand Central Bath House in Rome! JackRiddler Nov 2012 #35
Altho I learned the answer thru the Prof.'s lecture, I also googled it and it popped right up. CTyankee Nov 2012 #36
How true. I was lazy and went for the one-liner... JackRiddler Nov 2012 #37
Wow, you did your homework+++! CTyankee Nov 2012 #38
AACK! MAJOR CORRECTION ON THE FRIDAY CHALLENGE! CTyankee Nov 2012 #33
5a is Trajan's Collumn. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #39
Yep. Have you identified any others? CTyankee Nov 2012 #40
I recognized Montecello, but not the rest. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #41
Beautiful. The American Founders intentionally mimicked the Roman Republic Bucky Nov 2012 #42
I had a terrific course in grad school called "Virtue, Self Interest and the Origins of the American CTyankee Nov 2012 #43
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