Easy Street - (Solution)

I was going to call this one "Street", but the title was already taken.

Then I wanted to call it "Just as easy as you think"... but then I finally decided to choose a mix of both.


I know, this one is probably too easy, but enjoy it anyway. 

(Please do not show any car or any spoiler of any kind in your image, thank you)

Note: this street is really easy for about 90% of the world's population. I am in the remaining 10% who do not know much about it but that 10% have some other ways to find it

3D model wasn't working for me... for some reason, here is SV

May 23, 2015 11:47:54 GMT ndrqu said:

3D model wasn't working for me... for some reason, here is SV

Wrong answer, wrong place, ndrqu, sorry. Try again.

Looks exactly the same to me, going to PM you with the location...

May 23, 2015 12:09:00 GMT ndrqu said:

Looks exactly the same to me, going to PM you with the location...

They do look the same, don't they? The people who built them are real wizards.

I'm in the same 10% as hhgygy

Ok, apparently I found two identical places  but the one I found was the "real" one 

May 23, 2015 12:35:44 GMT Noisette said:

I'm in the same 10% as hhgygy

Hard to believe, Noisette.

That was so easy to recognize.

indeed, the players who don't get 3d are not at the right place...



i belong to those 10% too so i never saw that place (and won't)

May 23, 2015 14:37:19 GMT shadowdragon said:

That was so easy to recognize.

Can you read the full OP again please. 

May 23, 2015 14:43:59 GMT krenek said:

indeed, the players who don't get 3d are not at the right place...


i belong to those 10% too so i never saw that place (and won't)

And you too, can you read the full OP again, please. 

May 22, 2015 19:35:58 GMT johnluke said:

I know, this one is probably too easy, but enjoy it anyway. 

No - no, it's not TOO EASY; it's actually flipping difficult and I haven't got any idea what it's about.

So, am not enjoying it, but I have seen some beautiful 3D models of houses during my search, so maybe I enjoyed it a little bit.

So, JL, I need a clue please 

May 23, 2015 22:04:28 GMT BeadieJay said:

May 22, 2015 19:35:58 GMT johnluke said:

I know, this one is probably too easy, but enjoy it anyway. 

No - no, it's not TOO EASY; it's actually flipping difficult and I haven't got any idea what it's about.

So, am not enjoying it, but I have seen some beautiful 3D models of houses during my search, so maybe I enjoyed it a little bit.

So, JL, I need a clue please 

OK, BDJ, a clue just for you. 

Let me see...

SPOILER: Click to show

...OK. Here goes:

I specifically asked in the OP not to post "any car or spoiler" in the answers, but shadowdragon went ahead and posted a car. That car can be considered a clue, if you know that it is a very special car, that has special abilities provided you're very special, not just an ordinary person.


Does that help?

Let me add, to help you, that there is no street view at that spot. If you see SV, you know it's not the place. 

Thank you for the clue, JL, but it doesn't help - maybe it's too late for me to think clearly.

I recognise the type of car, and I sort of get the clue, I just don't know how it all goes together to find the houses.

Will wait for the solution.

May 23, 2015 22:34:44 GMT BeadieJay said:

Thank you for the clue, JL, but it doesn't help - maybe it's too late for me to think clearly.

I recognise the type of car, and I sort of get the clue, I just don't know how it all goes together to find the houses.

Will wait for the solution.

I forgot to say, BDJ, but in the image with the car, there is another clue that shows what you are really looking for...

Perhaps you could tell us with the solution how someone who didn't immediately recognise this(like me) could find it from the OP.

Well done all those who found this with or without a clue. Well done all those who looked for it and didn't find it. Maybe a magic wand was needed. 

Answer:

SPOILER: Click to show

This is the set for Harry Potter's street as seen in the HP films. Although one real street was used in the first movie, in the next ones they used a set (more convenient), and this set is still visible as part of the tour of the HP studios at the Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, England.

The 3D buildings even show the car seen in the films. That is why I asked not to show any car, and that could be a clue to those who knew something about HP.

I am not a big fan, btw, I want to make that clear. But I am interested in how moviemaking works, all that stuff. I've been known to drive a long way just to see a real world place used in a film. Fascinating how they trick you into believing two places are close by or far apart when it's in fact the opposite, and so on.


As to the question of how to find this without a clue, I have several answers: 

1) There was no way to find it. It was a puzzle that needed some knowledge in a special field, like quite a number of puzzles here, after all.

2) It was possible to find it, since some people did find it and said they had no knowledge of it. I advise asking them how they did it. 

3) There was another answer but I forgot what it was. 

After a few replies, the fact that the houses were fake and just movie set façades became visible. I hinted at that in a post.


Sorry if this was more difficult than I thought. But you must admit, I cast the net wide here. Even those who don't know HP admitted they were in "the 10%".