Since we’ve had some tough Mystery Photos lately, here is what some may think is a cream puff. Obviously, it’s halftime at a football game. But there are 133 NCAA Division One schools playing football. Take a shot at 133-1 odds and pinpoint this location. Send your guess to elliott@brack.net, and tell us the city where you live.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gave us this detail of the last puzzle: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Ontario, the largest and most-visited museum of art, world culture and natural history in all of Canada. First opened in 1914, the ROM is associated with … WAIT, WHAT?? There is no way that the building in the mystery photo was built over 110 years ago!
“Well, that’s because the mystery building was built between 2002 and 2007 as a physical extension to the original ROM building that was completed in 1914. This was the third expansion project to the ROM, called the ‘Renaissance ROM Project,’ the centerpiece of which is the subject of today’s mystery photo … a crystalline-form structure called the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, more simply known as the Crystal.”
Also coming up with the right answers were Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.: “It is one the largest museums in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making it the most-visited museum in Canada.” Also Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; “Admission is $19.” The photo came from Cheryl Ritzel of the Dacula/Hoschton area.
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
Lawrenceville commissions a “welcoming” mural
The Lawrenceville Arts Commission has hired artist Leah Abucayan to create a “Welcome/Entrance Mural” along Crogan Street, on the wall of McCray’s Tavern on the Square. The mural, spanning 800 square feet, should be complete by the end of March.
It will cost $25,000 which includes maintenance for the next five years.
Leah Abucayan is a Filipino-American artist who lives in Atlanta and holds a graphic design degree. Currently a designer at the CNN Digital Art Department, her creative journey started at age 11 with a duct tape business. Her diverse portfolio spans murals, chalk art, digital design, product design, and book illustrations.
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