This should be a simple question...
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| P/C by Dan Russell |
... but it turns out that identifying this building is either really simple... or really hard... it all depends on which tools you use!
This leads to our SRS Challenge today:
1. What is the name of this building and where is it? What style is it? (For extra credit--why was it made in this rather elaborate style?
It shouldn't take you long to find the CORRECT answer, but many of the tools out there in use today are giving really terrible responses. Can you filter out the wheat from the chaff?
Let us know what you find, and how you know that it's the right answer!
Keep searching!
It really is interesting how badly the various tools disagree!
ReplyDeleteI started by doing a "Look Up" on the Mac. There was one result: the Wikidata page for the Museum of Regional History in Texarkana (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28837738), which had an image of that building which was obviously NOT the building you posted.
Onward to Bing search - again, only one hit, this time a photo on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/4931183781) captioned "Islam in Downtown Denver". The photo didn't have any GPS data, so I searched for "Islam in Downtown Denver" and got pointed to the Downtown Denver Islamic Center (https://www.theddic.org). There were no photos of the building on their website, but it was easy enough to find a photo given their street address...and it wasn't correct.
Plan C: Google image search, which pointed me to the home page of the Denver Immersive Invitational (https://immersivedenver.com/denver-immersive-invitational/) which showed their venue - the building in your photo. The webpage said that the building was the "historic El Jebel".
My next stop was Visit Denver's page on the El Jebel (https://www.denver.org/listing/el-jebel/37902/); photo 7 on that page shows the building's exterior very clearly, and the page explains the style: "El Jebel was originally built in 1907 as a meeting hall for the local chapter of the Shriners."
A little more searching took me to a really interesting article in *Westworld* (https://www.westword.com/news/inside-el-jebel-building-classic-denver-architecture-20604277) about the revival of the building, with lots of photos of the interior (and one of the exterior...yup, same building!).
That was a fun detour...thanks!
https://wholegrainscouncil.org/blog/2014/09/separating-wheat-chaff
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_3:12
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separate%20the%20wheat%20from%20the%20chaff
courtesy of bing - vehicles look like they have mag chloride -
and the air seemed thinner…
Denver? Were you staying at the Warwick?
close to Wells Fargo Center parking
1770 Sherman St. - El Jebel
"The first floor showcases a Turkish Style Reading Room, Flemish style billiard room, and a gothic style grill room. Each room presents a different epoch in architectural design. A Japanese Style Ladies Dressing Room and Alhambra Style Ball and Banquet Room can be found on the second floor and third floors, with exceptional design details."
not so elaborate from the rear…
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hB27PpeqsK1snmxa9
https://www.nakeddenver.com/post/stepping-back-in-time-uncovering-the-rich-history-of-1770-sherman-street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Street_Event_Center
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/97001235_text
architects: Viggo Baerresen; Harold Baerressen
https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sherman_Street_Event_Center¶ms=39_44_41_N_104_59_2_W_type:landmark_region:US-CO
Hi Dr Russell and everyone
ReplyDeleteI tried searching by image on my phone on Google Chrome. Once again received zero results and went fishing
Then tried again opening the full size image. Searched by image and zero results. I don't know why my phone does that.
Third time. I downloaded the image. Went to Google Photos and tied Lens.
It gave me some results.
Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Street_Event_Center
Also noticed another photo in which the sign of the parking lot confirmed it is the correct building