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Spacing Satellite: getting a complex

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Some institutions are so big that they abandon the city’s street grid altogether, and build their own roadways. Their twisting and turnings can be confusing enough at ground level, so this week, let’s see if a bird’s eye view can help to orient us any better.

UPDATE:

The results are in – and 45% of the responses were right — it is indeed the Royal Ottawa Hospital. Also correct was a write-in for the “Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre”, its newer name. However you term it, it seems this week’s poll was a little bit too easy; the closest competitor was ‘RCMP Headquarters’, at 13%.

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  1. I love multiple choice! Didn’t have a clue, then I saw the name on the list and took a new look. This is how I passed Biology!