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24-Oct-2026 Alastair Norcross

Spot The Mistake

Denver

Also from the ghost tour of the Brown Palace Hotel. When the grillwork panels were installed on the inside of the atrium, during construction in 1892, of the 740 panels, two were installed upside down. One, supposedly, was deliberately installed that way by the architect, as a nod to human imperfection (only god is allowed to be perfect). The other was attributed to a disgruntled worker. one of them is visible in this picture. Can you spot it?

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Canon Image Challenge27-Oct-2026 13:57
Good grief. I did not see it. Then I asked Gemini (I use Chrome as my browser). I got a very detailed answer back. I'll save the answer for another day not to spoil the fun, but it also told me what to look for :
What to Look For:
In the correct orientation, each panel has a wider, heavier arch/scroll base resting at the bottom rail and tapering upward into an upright urn/heart-like flourish near the top. In the inverted panel, that heavier tapered crown points downward, leaving the orientation visibly flipped when scanning across the row.

Jim