It took me a while to tune my eyes in to the blue, it looked like a weird lighting effect to start with. Do they have an official paint supplier?! :lol:
Finally got it Shanazel, Its santa fe (NM) , There was a programme on tele tonight about cartoonist /artist Mr. Oliphant , And they showed that old building (No 2) in the begining of the story. So I googled and confirmed my answer.
A prize to Dev for the correct answer to the second post. Now: what is the city in the first post? Here's a hint: it is on the banks of the Mississppi River. Picture hints:
Wouldn't have had a clue without the second pics, but if it is Natchez I just found the place where the pic of the houses on the bluff was taken on Google Earth... I am such an e-nerd.
Yup, it was Moscow - the building is the Ukraina Hotel. When I went to Moscow I was totally gobsmacked at these huge tall buildings dotted about, they looked like something out of Flash Gordon.