Our readers should think broadly about this edition’s Mystery Photo. That’s all we’ll say. Just tell us where it is and what the photo is about. Send entries to ebrack2@gmail.com, including your hometown.
Of the last mystery, Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, wrote: “This was a good one! It could have been so many things – Spiderman movie, rappelling enthusiast, lunatic, etc.I had to do some digging around but – final answer – this is a person rappelling down the side of the 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. This took place April 20 and was the fourth Over the Edge fundraiser to raise money for Duke Children’s Hospital. Rappellers were either people who raised at least $1,000 for the hospital, people who did pediatric research, business people who had sponsored the event or educators. Turns out, this rappelling off buildings is a very popular fundraising method.”
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. took a different approach: “This building was once the historic Hill Building of the Durham Bank andTrust Company. It stands in what local folks call the old CCB or Sun Trust Building. The 18-story hotel was designed by the same architects who designed the Empire State Building. On the left side of your photo you can see the iconic Fuchsia Penguins of 21c Museum Hotel. In early 2023 one of the penguins was stolen, but was later recovered.” The photo came from Molly Minnear of Atlanta.
Others pinpointing the location included Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. and Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C.
- 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: ebrack2@gmail.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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