***Where am I now?*** (game)

Ferris Wheel?

OK, what do we have?

It's in London.
It's a place which charges for admission.
Nor a prison or a museum.
Nothing to do with a war.
Not the Tower of London.
Not the Houses of Parliament.
It's not clear to me whether or not Tower Bridge (Mgdh's suggestion) has been ruled out.

I'm finding this quite awkward. It's a very tight spiral (as opposed to open helical) staircase. They're usually built where space is at a premium, but this appears to have lots of space all round it (hence the "cage" to stop people falling). The construction is not remotely ornate, so it seems to me that it originally had some sort of strictly utilitarian purpose; but it's not a prison or a military establishment.

I'm stumped!

And to add to Stewarts observations the spiral staircase and some of the other 'metalwork' looks like steel rather than iron and the white frame which at first made me think of wrought iron 'gives me' the the impression of steel covered with tumescent fire resistant paint!!!

Oh I think there is another spiral just visible lower down in the background - so it does seem to be a rather mixed level large structure with natural light coming in from somewhere! Edit: Just looked again and there are flourescent stip lights (as well?)

So perhaps it is time for a clue

I just noticed that my last post was #8,000 on WAIN. Wow.

Here's a re-post for the 50-posts-per-page people.

The other posts by Gary have had something to do with beer Maybe we should be looking at pubs !!

BT tower? its a comunication tower in totternham court road.....

http://www.londonarchi​tecture.co.uk …bury/TelecomTow​er-002.jpg

Well if that is the entrance/exit to a pub...then you blokes know how to drink....

BOUNCINGNRG wrote in post #4326584
BT tower? its a comunication tower in totternham court road.....

http://www.londonarchi​tecture.co.uk …bury/TelecomTow​er-002.jpg

I doubt its the old BT Tower, firstly because of the old style of the structure in the image and secondly public access has been lost since something like 1980ish for many reasons but one was the mid 70s IRA threat to London landmarks

cool, i'm going back to my org choice of St Pauls Catheridal Staircase...... look a bit like in the pic's ..... http://www.webcom.com/​trw/London/59473910.ht​ml

BOUNCINGNRG wrote in post #4326703
cool, i'm going back to my org choice of St Pauls Catheridal Staircase...... look a bit like in the pic's ..... http://www.webcom.com/​trw/London/59473910.ht​ml

I don't think that's it - to my mind it's similar but not identical - but then I don't have anything more constructive to suggest!

Who was first to say St Pauls??

BOUNCINGNRG got it !!

530 steps to reach the top Which the offending photo was taken about step #490
Here's the painful result of walking those steps

monty28428 wrote in post #4326505
The other posts by Gary have had something to do with beer Maybe we should be looking at pubs !!

lolol... You are so correct. My true colors lead me to pubs

what a guess..... any way here's one, this should be pretty easy for anyone who has been here....

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Never been there but sure looks like somewhere on the Oregon coast?

Can't say that it is