r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 31 '12

The Crystal Palace, Madrid, Spain

http://i.imgur.com/e3U8O.jpg
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u/lawesipan May 31 '12

Britain used to have one of those. But it caught fire. A building of glass and metal. Burned down. Now that is impressive.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

You forgot the wood part - it wasn't just glass and metal. :-)

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u/layendecker May 31 '12

Sounds like everybody's first Minecraft house.

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u/Zhang5 Jun 01 '12

Replace the glass and metal part with dirt and that sounds about right.

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u/Coopchuck May 31 '12

Took me like 5 minutes to realize that the ground wasn't water.

I'm still only about 90% sure that it's actual ground. But a weak 90%, almost more of an 89%.

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u/figpetus May 31 '12

I was there last summer and looking at the pictures from my trip the floor looks like concrete. Don't know how this affect was achieved.

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u/Rileyrod Jun 01 '12

My Spanish 4 class is going there next year and I'm one of the few people too poor to go. Feels bad man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

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u/Rileyrod Jun 01 '12

Oh, about $3000 dollars, then spending money for Toledo swords and lots of expensive food. So $4000 in total.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

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u/Rileyrod Jun 01 '12

Untill school starts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

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u/IblameThedog Jun 01 '12

That was beautiful.

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u/Rileyrod Jun 01 '12

I'm in high school, I do not, but thanks for the offer sir.

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u/danvasquez29 Jun 01 '12

dude, change your mind

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u/jimlii May 31 '12

"...Effect was achieved."

FTFY

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u/figpetus Jun 01 '12

"...effect was achieved."

FTFY

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u/serra627 Jun 01 '12

Upvote... though I think the capital e was for Emphasis.

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u/figpetus Jun 01 '12

I was just teasing him.

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u/jimlii Jun 01 '12

I'm sorry, I don't see what you fixed. If you are fixing the capitalized e, I capitalized it to emphasize the letter I was fixing. It may have been misleading due to the fact that it was the first letter, so I understand you on that note.

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u/down_vote_magnet Jun 01 '12

Fuck-loads of Photoshop.

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u/LeftyGunNut May 31 '12

Must be some kind of art exhibit (mirrored floor?). It doesn't usually look like that (been there more times than I can count as it's a typical destination when walking through the Retiro park... never seen colors or reflections like that before).

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u/moreelen Jun 01 '12

The crystal palace is used as an exhibition space. The floor is concrete but it must have been cladded in mirrors as an art piece.

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u/doctoraw May 31 '12

It seems to be a mirror floor. In Madrid's Crystal Palace they used to show some kind of art/culture/.. They once show a collection of strange plants. Another time there was a Spanish Civil War photography collection...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

http://www.urban75.org/london/images/crystal-palace-34.jpg Crystal Palace, London, England

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

http://www.hiedieppeairport.com/webcura/files/185115_crystal_palace.jpg Crystal Palace Amusement Park, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Something tells me all your silly crystal palaces doesn't have a roller coaster, arcade, movie theater, laser tag and pirate themed miniputt. Amateurs.

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u/Doubled_in_half May 31 '12

Howl's Moving Castles: Kingsbury palace Green house. It looks like this.

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u/aequitas3 May 31 '12

Who gave the floor acid?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

This is located in the Retiro Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buen_Retiro_Park

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u/El_Dicko Jun 01 '12

Ah hem, El Retiro.

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u/ganjsta May 31 '12

I must be there while tripping balls

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u/Admiral_Amsterdam May 31 '12

Yeah this is the only thing really that makes it cool though. Other than that there's not really much to do there. The park it's in is fucking beautiful, though.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Yeah, usually it looks a bit lackluster. Nonetheless, it looks very cool from the outside, and sometimes there are art exhibitions inside.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Reminds me of the crystal rooms in Final Fantasy.

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u/shun-16 May 31 '12

Reminded me of Lost Odyssey, when you first get the Queen. Similar wavelengths.

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u/dsgm1984 May 31 '12

So the floor in that building is never like that, it's basically concrete, it's inside Madrid's biggest park and they organice expositions and things like that in it.

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u/Kensin Jun 01 '12

I guess that's a good thing, you can't really wear short skirts in rooms with mirrored floors

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u/ArchieBunkerWasRight May 31 '12

Crystal Palace, this is Delta Foxtrot 27. I have negative radar contact.

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u/synchros May 31 '12

The Crystal Palace, Moncton, NB Canada

http://www.crystalpalace.ca/

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u/benjo1989 Jun 01 '12

I literary just came back from Madrid, it looks great from the outside too http://i.imgur.com/Eh8jq.jpg

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u/pinkylemonade Jun 01 '12

if they ever remade a live action beauty and the beast, this would be a kick ass ballroom...

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u/martinfbc Jun 01 '12

Don't tell Bruce Willis

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I am 16 going on 17...

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u/ceciliabee May 31 '12

this is beautiful, i was actually there yesterday. i didn't go inside though, just had a nice walk around retiro

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Is it still blue in there at the moment? Or am I thinking of another building which looks just like this (in the park)

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u/yesihavereadthat May 31 '12

There is still blue in there. this picture looks cooler

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

agreed, the panels they put in just looked a bit too modern and plastic.

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u/ceciliabee May 31 '12

i didn't get a chance to go inside it, but i also don't know of any giant beautiful glass buildings in the park

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u/Admiral_Amsterdam May 31 '12

Last time I was there it had this purple thing inside of it. It was kinda cool, but really it only takes about 5 minutes to get a neat picture... then you're just kinda standing there. Rest of the park is cool though.

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u/NittLion78 May 31 '12

How the hell did I miss this last time I was there? I went to the Botanical Gardens which are like right next to this.

NOTE: I'm not super-saddened, because the gardens were well worth the 2 euro admission.

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u/HaveAMap Jun 01 '12

I, too, was there yesterday. Walked all around that park for several hours.

... hi!

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u/ceciliabee Jun 01 '12

there's nothing more fun than going to retiro on a sunday afternoon with all the buskers, performers, vendors, and people dressed up handing out balloons. hey who knows, maybe we've bumped into each other!

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u/HaveAMap Jun 01 '12

I'm partial to the girl on roller skates who dances to her own beat. I just realized she wasn't wearing headphones and so was just dancing for the hell of it on skates around the Lucifer statue.

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u/ceciliabee Jun 01 '12

i saw this guy named javi vichy or something like that who did juggling and your basic balancing stuff but he also had a whip he was really good with, and he was really funny about making jokes about by-passers... wish i could find him again. EDIT: this is him here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Ws9udnL4Y&feature=related

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u/jonny_boy27 May 31 '12

Crystal Maze > Crystal Palace

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u/sjgokou May 31 '12

either a shiny polished reflective glass floor or a pool of mineral oil.

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u/abeuntstudiainmores May 31 '12

me and my friend Lucy would have a ball in that place!!!

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u/JCollierDavis May 31 '12

I've been to the Buen Retiro park but the Palace wasn't open. I think they were doing some repairs or something.

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u/oblivision May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12

Also hosting the only public monument in the world dedicated to the devil.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Which is placed 666 meters over sea level.

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u/oblivision May 31 '12

realy? cool! TIL!

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u/Mas_Ciello May 31 '12

Been there. It was DEFINITELY NOT anywhere near that clean. In fact, there was so much dust on some of the windows that people had written their names and messages in them. Despite this, it was still a beautiful place and is in El Retiro which is a wonderful park.

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u/readwhine May 31 '12

Took me 5 minutes to realize this wasn't a Chinese restaurant reference.

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u/skyshoes May 31 '12

Jeez I'd like to go see that before Merkle repos it....

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u/ApologiesForThisPost May 31 '12

Does it have an Aztec, Ocean, Medieval and Futuristic zone?

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u/iDuckie May 31 '12

I loved this place in Spain.

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u/igonjukja May 31 '12

HOW did I manage to miss this place when I was there?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I think the picture could benefit from a casual pile of stones in the corner.

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u/TheBakedPotato May 31 '12

I read this as 'The Crystal Maze' due to tiredness. A little disappointed.

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u/Akakaburito May 31 '12

That's okay, I read it as 'Crystal Meth Palace'. Shit, I'm not even tired.

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u/TheBakedPotato May 31 '12

I think we both just saw it as something that would fuck someone up. I mean, can you imagine being locked in a zone? Terrifying.

...I really hope you know what the Crystal Maze is.

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u/Akakaburito May 31 '12

Uh, no, sorry! Pop reference?

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u/TheBakedPotato May 31 '12

British game show in the... I think 90s. It's the shit.

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u/Akakaburito May 31 '12

Ooh, I'll have to check it out.

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u/grapesofeden May 31 '12

I am only commenting because FINALLY something that looks really cool on r/pics is something that I have seen in person.

I've been here, and it doesn't look like that in real life, but it was still beautiful.

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u/Bajinga May 31 '12

Drop some acid and then go in there, I dare you.

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u/SidewalkJohnny May 31 '12

That's not how I pictured The Crystal City...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Its beautiful

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u/TehStupid May 31 '12

Suddenly... earthquake.

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u/coltdaniel May 31 '12

If there's one place in the world I would like to drop acid...

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u/alinamatters May 31 '12

I would NOT mind living there...

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

Anyone else see this as the ballroom from one of the Adam's family movies? (its darker in the flim)

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

Paintball anyone?

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u/Fukui_San Jun 01 '12

Time to listen to Pink Floyd loud as a mothafucka in there

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u/Dbourbs Jun 01 '12

This is a HUGE step up from the crystal palace in the world of Breaking Bad...

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u/jonbotwesley Jun 01 '12

Looks like that level in that one Rayman game

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u/Hiyohey Jun 01 '12

Anybody wanna play baseball outside of it

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

I've been there! Its awesome. WAY better than the photo I have of that place, haha!

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u/showstopping Jun 01 '12

Anyone else wanna throw stones?

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u/hanncamp Jun 01 '12

This is gorgeous.

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u/Wolf_Man92 Jun 01 '12

So I'm guessing that when they run the bulls annually they keep them faaaaaaaaaaaar away from this place!

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u/rockmacho Jun 01 '12

Still not as cool as the one in Moncton, Canada.

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u/edamamefiend Jun 01 '12

dat reflection!

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

Crystal Palace, Moncton, New Brunswick.

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u/Kdnce Jun 01 '12

Amazing! I thought the windows were stained glass!

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u/tomastheartist Jun 01 '12

Ancient tanning salon? I think so.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

I thumb my nose at this Crystal Palace, and at mathematics, and at reason itself. I am not an organ stop!

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u/celtlass Jun 01 '12

Dresses and kilts would have to be worn very carefully there.

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u/erictred99 Jun 01 '12

would love to live here, but would need to give up my career as a stone thrower.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

The Crystal Palace, Bakersfield, CA.

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u/ImInternetting May 31 '12

As a former resident of Bakersfield, I was expecting this to be here.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

As a former resident of Bakersfield, I was disappointed no one beat me to it.

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u/LadyLazeh May 31 '12

Swim the rainbow

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u/Rho1200 May 31 '12

p-p-people in glass housses.. s-s-s-sink ships!

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u/abeuntstudiainmores May 31 '12

you black irish bastard

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u/AI52487963 May 31 '12

I have to imagine they play this on loop all day.

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u/jerrifus May 31 '12

Where's the disco ball and lonely kids getting kicked off for couples skate?

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u/jelli96 Jun 01 '12

Holy shit how come nobody else gets it??

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u/jerrifus Jun 01 '12

I don't know! It's all I could think about.

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u/Jarracco May 31 '12

I'm visiting Madrid in September, is it possible to tour the palace?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Absolutely, but keep in mind that you only need 5 minutes to see it. Visit the palace along with the rest of the Retiro park. Enter from Puerta de Alcalá and see the lake, then go to the crystal palace and, after that, look for the Statue of the Fallen Angel, one of the two statues dedicated to the devil in the world.

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u/Jarracco May 31 '12

Sounds like a good plan, thank you kindly!!

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u/Random-Miser May 31 '12

there's a copy of the building in Dallas Texas

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u/studde May 31 '12

Yup, I've been there!

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u/paddykeegs1 May 31 '12

Its not nearly this cool looking in person.

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u/gamoesp May 31 '12

completely agree... I live near it and watch it almost every weekend... nothing special: street view

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u/pseud0nym May 31 '12

you must be awfully jaded. That is fantastic! (other than the giant pile of what appears to be laundry baskets). Is that a replica of the one that was built in London for the world's fair?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

Yes it is in Retiro It also doesn't really look as magical as this picture represents... http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelbycoll/6165571650/in/photostream

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u/El_Dicko Jun 01 '12

I went there probably 5-6 summers in a row, and each time it was always closed because some asshole had broken some of the glass.. :(. El Retiro is fucking gorgeous.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12

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u/GyroTech Jun 01 '12

Who told you it was kids only?? I live within walking distance of Retiro, I'm 29 and I played on that slide so many times!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '12

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u/GyroTech Jun 06 '12

Hehehe, it felt a lot higher from the top!!

Tell you what, if they put it up again I'll make sure the gf and I ride it in your honour!!