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Spacing Satellite: Questioning

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Today’s challenge finds the Satellite post’s favourite form of punctuation – the question mark – in the Toronto built form.

UPDATE:
Grade school grammar taught me that question marks get placed at the end of a question, but where does that leave question mark buildings? For the answer to that, it looks like you’ll have to turn to higher education:


Indeed, it seems there are a lot of Glendon graduates among our readership – the vast majority of you (80.15%) correctly identified this week’s building as being part of York University’s Glendon College campus, located off of Bayview Avenue.

The building is Wood Residence, which offers up 189 rooms to students living on campus. I wonder if living in a building shaped like a question mark inspires more inquisitive students?

In any case, thanks for voting, and tune in next week for another Satellite challenge!

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  1. I lived there for 2 summers when I was in university. I lived at the other residence (Hilliard) during the school year. Those were some good times in that building!!