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December 6th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Necropolis Know-How
By Allie Hunwicks // No Comments
Remember driving in the car as a kid and holding your breath every time you passed a cemetery? Well, we think you can safely peruse this page without turning blue. Can you figure out which Toronto cemetery this is? Take the Satellite Challenge! We'll update you later today.
UPDATE:If you guessed Park Lawn Cemetery - as the majority of voters seemed to do - then you were correct! Park Lawn is part of a group of six ...
November 29th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Mall Madness
By Allie Hunwicks // No Comments
Holiday season is upon us. Whichever holiday you participate in, Toronto malls are going to become crazy. And, with the Occupy Toronto threat of taking over shopping malls looming over us, that craziness might just get amped up to a new level. Think you can identify which Toronto shopping mall this is? Take the Satellite Challenge! We'll update you on the answer later today.
Which Toronto Shopping Mall Is This?
November 22nd, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Battle of the Blades
By Allie Hunwicks // No Comments
Ah, the good old days of 5 a.m. hockey practice; the wind snapping in your face and parents huddled furtively around the boards. Just because those days are long gone, doesn't mean we can't lace up our skates and hit the neighbourhood rinks to enjoy all this impending winter weather. Think you know which Toronto arena this is? Take the Spacing Satellite challenge and find out! We'll update you later today.
Which Toronto Ice ...
November 15th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: The Grass is Always Greener…
By Allie Hunwicks // No Comments
What with Occupy Toronto camping out in St. James Park, we thought we'd test your knowledge of the city's other finely foliaged spots. Can you guess which Toronto park this is? Take the Satellite Challenge, and we'll update you with the answer later today!
Which Toronto Park Is This?
November 8th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Movie Magic
By Allie Hunwicks // No Comments
Forget Hollywood North! Toronto is all about excellence in the magical world of movies. Think you can figure out where this cinematic purveyor is? Take the Satellite challenge! We'll update you later today.
Which Toronto media hub is this?
UPDATE: Ready to see what film centre this turned out to be? While the race was neck and neck between the Pinewood Toronto Studios and Cinespace Film Studios, the answer was the latter. Located at 777 Kipling ...
November 2nd, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Pie In The Sky
By Allie Hunwicks // 4 Comments
This week, the Satellite challenge gets out of the kitchen to zone in on one of Toronto's large food emporiums.
This poll will close at 5 p.m., at which time we'll update you on the answer!
Which Toronto Food Mecca Is This?
April 28th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: H2 In the Know
By Eric Mutrie // 2 Comments
After the wet week that Toronto's had with all of these April Showers, today's a good time to turn our attention to our city's water infrastructure.
UPDATE:
Ready to see whether your brain power matches up to this week's rain power?
Where can this Toronto water tower be found?online survey
Sure enough, most of you had no trouble recognizing the site of this water tower as being just South of the corner of Eglinton and Warden Avenues.
Meanwhile, this ...
April 21st, 2011
Spacing Satellite: A Question on Intersections
By Eric Mutrie // 8 Comments
This week's Satellite challenge looked into the twists and turns at a Toronto intersection.
UPDATE:
Ready to see whether your driver's instinct led you to the right roads?
Which Toronto intersection is this?online surveys
Sure enough, the popular vote was correct in pegging this as the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and the Don Valley Parkway. Check after the jump to find out the answer to today's bonus riddle.
April 14th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Aerial Accomodation
By Eric Mutrie // 7 Comments
This week's Satellite challenge looks into Toronto's tourism industry from the top down.
UPDATE:
Ready to see how well you know your hotels?
Which Toronto hotel is this?customer surveys
Sure enough, the popular vote didn't have any trouble identifying this as The Fairmont Royal York, shown here facing Front Street. In the comments below, readers raised the peaked roof at the edge of the photo, the reflection of WZMH Architects' Royal Bank ...
April 7th, 2011
Spacing Satellite: Odd City Out
By Eric Mutrie // 15 Comments
This week's Satellite challenge is a classic game of "One of these things is not like the other."
As you've probably guessed, today's satellite images come from a little beyond GTA boundaries. From top to bottom, the cities shown are Milan, Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, and Chongqing. Can you tell which of these five cities doesn't belong in this group?
UPDATE:
Ready to see which of these five cities is out of place in today's group?
Which one of these cities doesn't belong?online surveys
Just over half of you picked Chicago as today's misfit, with Spacing reader Torontonian noting in the comments below that he singled the city out because it's the only one pictured with a regular grid pattern layout. That said, today's correct answer is actually Amsterdam – not because of its urban form, but because today's other four cities share a special connection to Toronto.





