# Google Street View - what is the significance of what we are looking at?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534 "2018-04-16T19:46:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/1 "2018-04-16T19:46:27Z")
Let’s have some tough ones that might require hints.
First: [An apartment building in Toronto](https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7086993,-79.3952859,3a,25y,29.88h,118.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sH5Nwd4-8YVl1FJYKmPj5Aw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
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### Author:  [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/2 "2018-04-16T22:19:55Z")
Is it the birthplace of William Shatner?
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/3 "2018-04-16T22:27:01Z")
Not sure what is goin on at 100. But [101 has bedbugs](http://bedbugregistry.com/location/ON/M4P/Toronto/101%20Roehampton%20Ave)
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/4 "2018-04-16T23:17:07Z")
Obviously a tough one. Open hints:
Television show and televisions.
You have to be of a certain age to have seen this, but there is still a big cult following.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/5 "2018-04-16T23:17:52Z")
Looks like there’s a LARP event or science-fiction convention going on nearby.
re: 101: That would explain all the mattresses dumped in the alley.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/6 "2018-04-17T00:59:06Z")
Is it related to SCTV?
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/7 "2018-04-17T01:05:54Z")
> [@K364](#):
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> Obviously a tough one. Open hints:
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> Television show and televisions.
> You have to be of a certain age to have seen this, but there is still a big cult following.
One of the[openings to SCTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrs5ycQNf4). (There was also an older apartment in one version.)
Okay, here’s mine.[A movie theater in Chicago.](https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9262933,-87.6499128,3a,75y,56.74h,102.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKLBQ1oFUbloFtFzTipPN5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/8 "2018-04-17T01:55:42Z")
John Dillinger’s being shot down?
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/9 "2018-04-17T02:29:30Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> Is it related to SCTV?
> [@kunilou](#):
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> One of the[openings to SCTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGrs5ycQNf4). (There was also an older apartment in one version.)
Yes! [http://i.imgur.com/4Rj4h.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/4Rj4h.jpg)
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/10 "2018-04-17T05:41:30Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> Not sure what is goin on at 100. But [101 has bedbugs](http://bedbugregistry.com/location/ON/M4P/Toronto/101%20Roehampton%20Ave)
If you zoom out a bit, and look to the right of the building, you’ll see one on the sidewalk!
An old boarding house in Washington, DC
[https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8967728,-77.0259944,3a,75y,254.72h,106.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sV9ErqJKqtujLF5sefuavKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8967728,-77.0259944,3a,75y,254.72h,106.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sV9ErqJKqtujLF5sefuavKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/11 "2018-04-17T18:24:23Z")
TruCelt - where Abraham Lincoln died.
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/12 "2018-04-17T18:25:57Z")
A tough one. You have to be a real fan -
[https://binged.it/2HFjJR2](https://binged.it/2HFjJR2)
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/13 "2018-04-17T21:39:13Z")
> [@K364](#):
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> A tough one. You have to be a real fan -
>
> [https://binged.it/2HFjJR2](https://binged.it/2HFjJR2)
Is that John Cleese’s house in _A Fish Called Wanda_?
Edit: no, I think that had a bigger driveway. I need to go watch that again. It has been too long.
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/14 "2018-04-17T22:04:43Z")
snfaulkner you are very close!
In the scene (television) there was a tree where the light pole is (not important). And the bollards were not there (important).
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### Author:  [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/15 "2018-04-17T22:11:22Z")
The first thing that came into my mind was the location of the creation of the “World’s Funniest Joke” in the Monty Python sketch. Like **snfaulkner** , I wasn’t far off. (I cheated and googled the answer).
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/16 "2018-04-18T19:38:05Z")
One last clue:
A tall man.
A medium branch.
A small car.
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### Author:  [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/17 "2018-04-29T17:14:59Z")
Maybe **Argent Towers** will happen by to throw us a clue…
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/18 "2018-04-29T18:08:06Z")
> [@K364](#):
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> One last clue:
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> A tall man.
> A medium branch.
> A small car.
Where Basil Fawlty beat his car for not starting.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/19 "2018-04-29T18:13:38Z")
> [@K364](#):
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> A tough one. You have to be a real fan -
>
> [https://binged.it/2HFjJR2](https://binged.it/2HFjJR2)
It looks like the area where an episode of Doctor Who was filmed, _The Stolen Earth_.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-street-view-what-is-the-significance-of-what-we-are-looking-at/812534/20 "2018-04-29T19:16:39Z")
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin house?
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