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Roku screensaver: Mystic Boston-Edison smoke stacks ?
By schneidz on Sun, 05/24/2020 - 10:37am
I just noticed that the smoke stacks in everett is one of the landmarks that scrolls past in the screensaver:
Why would they choose this over the more well known usual suspects (Custom House, Bunker Hill/Zakim bridge, Citgo sign, ...) ?
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I think
It is actually the Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City, Queens. Three forward smokestacks in a row, one back and off to the side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenswood_Generating_Station
kinda' the opposite.
three large ones a space then a small one. but maybe becuz of the stripes at the top.
Why would anyone ever think that's supposed to be Everett?
Even saying it's the Edison building in Southie is a stretch.
If anything it looks more like the Powerhouse down'n Ballmer.
what do the edison buildings
what do the edison buildings in southie and ballmer look like (3 smalls followed by 1 large) ?
Simple
Those are not the smokestacks in Everett.
do yoo know what theyre
do yoo know what theyre supposed to resemble ?
they have a lot of famous landmarks like space needle, empire state building, eiffel tower, big ben, ... so i assumed they added a boston landmark.
are there any other smoke stacks with the same configuration; or, is it just a random picture that coincidentally happens to look similar ?
CBT
I'm more interested in that ad for CBT... Now i want the screen saver on my Roku to come on so I can see if I can get the ad.
The ad is for Great Courses Plus, a streaming service
I use the DVD version of Great Courses and it's really great. You just have to order when things are on sale; there's always something on sale.
lots of power plants around the world have 3 or 4 stacks
The Everett stacks are not striped.
This is just a industrial visual troupe.
that answers my question from
that answers my question from above:
Another Simple Answer
Roku just bought DataXu, a Boston company, and completely folded it into their operations. The smokestacks are visible from the new Boston office (as are Ravenswood's from the NYC location), and Roku has been dropping in homages as part of their practice of including various cities where they do business. I guess the Zakim is passe.
good guess, maybe their
good guess, maybe their artworks are inspired by various office locations ?
Not a guess
I know swirls offline.. she's in the know :-)
Actually Looks Nothing like Everett
As usual -- no one bothers to "look it up" before commenting
If you just Google Mystic Everett MA Generating Station or some combination of those words
you would find lots of images none of which look anything like that image shown
try:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Mystic_Station_Power...
Note one of the two newest stacks is nearly completely hidden in this view [its a clone of the other fat and relatively short stack to its immediate left]
um, the pic yoo link looks
um, the pic yoo link to looks very much like the screensaver. especially with the water in the background (foreground in the reverse image).
My problem with Roku
Why'd they have to steal a name from Avatar?
Wha?
Roku is the number six in Japanese.
heres a daytime image reverse
heres a daytime image reverse prospective from this side of the water:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu...
Why is the...
Why is the Space Needle in Seattle in this on the same side as the Custom Tower from Boston? And isn't that Ferris Wheel in London, England?
custom tower ? the one with
custom tower ? the one with the u.f.o. i thought that was big ben ?
Could be. They both have
Could be. They both have clocks.
also empire state building (n
also empire state building (n.y.c.), golden gate bridge (san francisco), hollywood sign (l.a.), eifel tower (paris), ...