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I NEED HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT (and WHERE) this BUILDING IS IN THE UK.

I NEED HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT (and WHERE) this BUILDING IS IN THE UK.

Old Aug 13th, 2004, 09:24 PM
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This probably isn't it, but does your dream building look like the Science World sphere in Vancouver BC (built for the Expo 86 world's fair)? Here's a pic... http://www.phototours.bc.ca/images/V...iencewld9A.jpg
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Old Aug 13th, 2004, 10:22 PM
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If it's over 7 years ago, is a perfect sphere, has an escalator and is in what Americans call an urban setting (which we'd regard as suburban, but let that pass), it's not Britain.

It sounds like the kind of nonsense the French adore. Look round the Futuroscope them park site.
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Old Aug 14th, 2004, 01:22 AM
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Micklosh is right I think. It's the Natural History Museum entrance in London. Do an image search for Natural History Museum London and you'll see the photo just as you describe it, Atlanta. It's not a building. It's inside the building. The escalator goes through a rotating globe.

Correct?

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Old Aug 14th, 2004, 02:52 AM
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what about the at-Bristol centre in Bristol (near welsh border)? Can't find a decent picture, but check out this site:

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Postcards/default.htm

it may not be old enough
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Another link with lots of details Kate.

http://www.photo-stop.com/acatalog/P...ristol_22.html

You may be on to something there!

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Old Aug 14th, 2004, 03:27 AM
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Another possibility, though again no escalator, is the Geode IMAX cinema at La Villette in Paris. www.lageode.fr
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Old Aug 14th, 2004, 04:37 AM
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Gardyloo,

YES! It looks very similar ... but that isn't it. (I was in Vancouver last year. - I forgot about that place)

No, it wasn't in a "theme park"

No, it is not the natural history museum

and flanneruk, I certainly didn't mean to offend you with my "American" termenology. Here "suburb" are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city and "urban" is a big city ... I realize definitions change from country to country - but I was in a hurry and wasn't thinking clearly enough to use universal terms ... I'm sure the next time YOU do the same thing, I will let it slide

As far as this thread...it is time to let it "rest in peace" Much to frustrating and I don't think I'll ever figure it out. It isn't the end of the world.

Thanks for trying to help.
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