Given the overwhelming evidence in the image and verse that steers us to Lafayette Street, this interpretation of the street diagram is very likely to be correct.Click on the image at left to see a labeled version that might make the corresponding fingers and streets more clear.- The Piazza is a monument to honor Italian immigrants, and immigration to North America is a central theme of the book.- The monument consists largely of various pillars in Roman or Italian styles, and - The monument features a large clock face with roman numerals.- It also features a nested pair of arches similar to the arches at the top of the clock. Eurerpe Street. Maybe all will become clear when you post your solve. The St. Charles Hotel was torn down just a few years before Preiss visited, in what was seen as a major blow to historic preservation. In the meantime, here's a few more if they help:"Aw shucks, ma'am. But for me at least, I was never able to make out what if anything was written in the other sock. Three large, well-known clocks with Roman numerals have been suggested as possible matches for Image 7: All three clocks are visible from a distance and all three overlook public gathering places in the city. Seen from above, the innermost circles radiate out from the terraces that form the And, as noted above, the innermost arcs on the face of the clock also radiate out both from a shoe and from a shoe-like shape: the strangely bulging right hand of the stretched-out, arching, oddly-positioned newsboy. The figure on the clock in Image 7 isn't identical, but it could be a stylized interpretation of the monument. I know, because that’s my birth month! And if you find the casque from this post, I just ask that you give me some credit. If so, the moon likely represents the New Orleans Superdome, now renamed the The Superdome is a distinctive feature of the New Orleans skyline because it looks like the top of an enormous white sphere. The guy in the orange shirt (left of the guy in overalls) is actually sitting on it. Click on the image at left to see a labeled version that might make the corresponding fingers and streets more clear. Cleverly enough, if the newsboy is flipped downwards, the hand becomes the Calabria region, the elbow still forms the Marche region, and the arch of the whole body still forms the Italian peninsula. If we're talking about the rectangular object at far left with the gravel-y texture, I agree with GreenQueens.
@Playoffhopes Welcome to the puzzle and the wiki! And the the arcs of the circles go from the strange "hand shoe" to the shoe on the person's foot. ("Where jewels abound...") Note how the upper streets in this perspective cross the park at a diagonal, leaving the park visible between them.
I’m sorry to say no casque was found. In Lafayette Square, there's also The John McDonogh Monument in Lafayette Square includes a sculpture of a young boy in period costume with one arm hanging down and one arm lifted up. They will then assign a person to accompany you.
General notes on Image 7. His snout would be touching it.So I leave you with a pic of me and the spot where I believe the casque was buried in 1981.Although the book says you can present the location of the casque (not necessarily the key), to claim the jewel, that is not the case now that Preiss has passed. On the May painting (Emerald/Chicago) you will see Lily of the Valley, which is the flower for May. I saw the "A" and "X", but never could make out the other, it never occurred to me it could be a "J". If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.