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david718
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Re: The Captian

@ Cat..that works for me...To me the majority of the clues make the most sense in Flushing/Forest hills...

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:53 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Re: The Captian

CatsMeow wrote:

david718 wrote:

I thought the captian was on the 7 line because he said that Lady luck (lucky 7) reached the end of the line (Flushing Queens) The Captain's Poker hand was flushing, plus he said he hated queens...

Hear me out -

columbus circle A

To E at Penn

To 7 @ Roosevelt

7 to flushing

go back the other way?

That's EPISODE 5.

Can you prove where they say switch? What's the hard line?

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:55 pm

Cap'n Slim
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In THAT case....

42nd Street/Times Square???

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:56 pm

Cap'n Slim
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David and Cat.....

You aren't down with DeKalb?

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:58 pm

david718
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Dekalb..

I like Dekalb as a possibility too specifically Fort Greene park and the prison ship martyr's monument as the crow's nest..it's been on my short list as well....The Revolutionary war history there is significant as well...

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:02 pm

CatsMeow
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Re: David and Cat.....

Cap'n Slim wrote:

You aren't down with DeKalb?

No i'm totally down with dekalb - very clever find - i think they split so this could be it.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:05 pm

FK
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Re: Port of Courtland

david718 wrote:

I don't know if it's a confirmation, but it has always been high on my list...I have also mentioned before that the tallest of the three observatories in Flushing Meadow Park is 250 feet.

Height of tower No. 3 above ground 226'
Height of tower No. 2 above ground 181'
Height of tower No. 1 above ground 85'

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:06 pm

CatsMeow
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Re: I THINK IT'S DEKALB!!!

SoloJoe wrote:

I REALLY REALLY DO!

This is where they split!

Now we just have to figure out where they are going!

Say they split here - Judging by all the Queens - we theoretically could take the Q to Queens, Queensboro Plaza/Queens Plaza area and possibly change to the 7 train

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:14 pm

david718
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Re: Port of Courtland

FK wrote:

david718 wrote:

I don't know if it's a confirmation, but it has always been high on my list...I have also mentioned before that the tallest of the three observatories in Flushing Meadow Park is 250 feet.

Height of tower No. 3 above ground 226'
Height of tower No. 2 above ground 181'
Height of tower No. 1 above ground 85'

This is what I read...

An oversized map of the state of New York, which is made up of 567 mosaic terrazzo panels weighing about 400 lbs. each, largely covers its floor. The map is said to have cost one million dollars at the time, and displays the locations of all Texaco gas stations in the state of New York. Perhaps the most impressive structures in the Pavilion (and the most recognizable) are the three observation towers measuring 90, 185 and 250 feet tall. These observation towers were reached by capsule-shaped elevators (which can still be seen on the sides of the towers), and were the tallest structures at the Fair. Lastly, a circular theater, 100-foot diameter, known as the Circarama sits along the towers. The theater was used to show a 360-degree film about the state of New York during the fair.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:16 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Hold off on the 250 feet.

We will come to that. I promise you.

So. Does ANYONE have anything we should talk about in Episode 3?

Anything we missed?

(aside from Black Toms clue?)

Anybody? Chime in now.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:24 pm

DPNJ12
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Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 38

Let me catch up real quick

Geez...i step away for 30 mins and I miss all the fun.

So We are saying all the colors and maps and such are just to get us to think of being on the subway.
Then we are using the Port of cortland clue to say that everyone goes to deKalb ave.
Did we reconcile Tom's throwing star? Or are we going to store that away for a later episode when it becomes necessary?

I am good to move on, this fits together cleanly enough that I am buying into it

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:25 pm

Giant
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Joined: 03 Aug 2010
Posts: 56

On the subject of props

Projectyl wrote:

I thiiink (with a bit of a stretch) I can see how to view the subway in such a way as to make the four/five docks thing true and reveal the identity of the Port of Cortland.

I'm a non-local, but from what I can tell from Wikipedia's lists, with very specific definitions what Mulligan says is eerily true. Define "port" as "station on a line" and "dock" as "numbered or lettered service" - so for example, Columbus Circle has two "ports", the IND one with the A, B, C, and D "docks" and the IRT one with the 1 and 2 "docks".

Now if you check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations, and click through to the four individual borough lists, there's many docks with four ports, but only two with more. One is Manhattan's West Fourth Street � Washington Square, with seven ports on multiple levels, and the other is Brooklyn's DeKalb Avenue, which has five ports, but as one only runs during the day two others only run at night, you can't see all five at the same time.

The splitting of stations into multiple "docks" is weird, and I don't know if physical reality reflects that split, but it seemed like a good enough fit to share. Why they'd call DeKalb "the port of Cortland" is another question I haven't resolved.

So if there's four in the crew, and one of the Columbus Circle "ports" has four "docks"... that suggests a natural way to split them, albeit a way that disregards the colors used. (But maybe that's intended? That there pitcher of Crothers's fine blue hat did be in black 'n white, after all...)

Seeing as props are being handed out, excellent analysis!

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:25 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Posts: 325

DeKalb it is.

Anyone OPPOSED???

Otherwise, we move on to Episode 5 at 10:30pm.

I gotta take a crap.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:30 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Re: On the subject of props

Giant wrote:

Projectyl wrote:

Seeing as props are being handed out, excellent analysis!

Yes. TOTALLY. EnglishChris and Projectyl nailed it.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:31 pm

Cap'n Slim
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Okay. It's 10:30.

Is everyone in agreement that Episode 4 comes after Episode 6?

The WHOLE thing? Black Tom's part as well?

If so, we are going to start with The WPPPT.

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:40 pm

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