Happy the Cockapoo being Happy inside North-West lanes of the Grange Park Labyrinth…
Little one having a Mindful Moment in the centre of the Baltic Wheel Labyrinth I painted on Augusta Avenue on Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market…
“The maze is a favourite spot during our annual visits to Centreville Amusement Park on Centre Island in the City of Toronto.
The children enjoy hours of playing hide-and-seek in the Labyrinth adventure of trying to find their way out of the black cedar William Meany Maze.
If you want to get lost for a while and then wander, looking for the way out, dizzying yourself with joy which reignites something warm and fuzzy, then you might enjoy a walk through the William Meany Maze on Centre Island.
A storybook icon come to life, this maze was originally a gift to the city from its Dutch-Canadian community, and was created by Peter Vanderwerf, a landscape designer, in 1967.
At some point, the maze fell into disrepair and was dismantled.
It wasn’t until the 2010s that it was brought back to life courtesy of the wealthy businessman, William Meany, originally from the neighbouring city of Mississauga, who had a nostalgic affection for the maze that he had known and loved as a young boy, and who donated more than $200,000 towards its recreation after visiting the city in 2012.
Working with the City of Toronto, Meany donated all of the materials necessary to rebuild the maze.
The construction started in May 2014 and was completed in September.
The precious gift included more than 1,200 black cedars, forming the maze walls, planted approximately 50 meters northwest of the original labyrinth site.
There is something magical about the William Meany Maze that makes you feel like a kid again – and it is quite obvious why it meant so much to Meany.
Restored in its original splendor, you can easily spend hours of fun here, totally disoriented, caught in dead ends, going in circles, and ultimately being fooled by optical illusions where what looks like a blank wall turns out to be the right path.
This Toronto Island Park gem is open to the public all year-round, free of charge.
Make sure to discover it for yourself, and you won’t regret it!”
— Mike Gabriel, Vloggers Burgers
Lost in a MAZE toddler can't find his Brother or a Way Out of the Cedar Maze. The maze is a favorite spot during annual visits to Centreville Amusement Park on Centre Island in Toronto. The children enjoy hours in the labyrinth playing hide-and-seek.https://t.co/l4dsi7wmmW
— VloggerBurgers (@vloggerburgers) May 12, 2023
You are most welcome Norm,
Happy Labyrinth Walking!
Thank you @LabyrinthsDOTca! We love your work. ❤️ #topoli pic.twitter.com/3u134tz9J6
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) March 30, 2023
Families taking happy photos in the Grange labyrinth that the underfunded city of toronto parks dept regularly spends $ on removing. pic.twitter.com/eNGxA7AFvG
— Maltese Petard ( Official Parody) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@shawnmicallef) March 16, 2023
Walked by here today—had to adjust my path to allow a dad and his two kids to finish their enthusiastic walk of the labyrinth. The local councillor needs to intervene. https://t.co/agQvVbBEZn
— Brian B (@brianyyz) March 17, 2023
… to the building and summarily cancelled the event. (the fire pit had been used many times before; there was zero danger to the brick building). I happened to be there when the weeping kids — dozens — came tumbling out of the community building there.
Sad sad sad sad sad.
— Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 (@HenrikBechmann) March 17, 2023
@LabyrinthsDOTca is a treasure that does the most amazing urban acupuncture.
Municipal parks workers, following King John's lead, seem to have the goal of making parks as unattractive and underserviced as possible to the residents that use them. Damn the costs seemingly.
— Sean K (@seankillackey) March 17, 2023
— Jessica Dee Humphreys (@jessicadeehum) March 17, 2023
Early Morning Labyrinth Walkers at the recently repainted Grange Park Labyrinth . . .
Before it was depainted.
Capture-wise,
The canary yellow outline of the Labyrinth Design works well in contrast to the Giant Wall of Sky Blue colouring the south wall Grange Park facing side of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
From now on,
Maybe I will no longer repaint the Grange Park Labyrinth using shades and tints of Blue.
Yellow may be the way to go.
While [re]painting the Grange Park Labyrinth to remedy its absence from Grange Park over the winter,
I recognized Photojunkie Rannie Turingan as he began his & Cody’s spiralling walk towards the Heart in the Centre.
We hadn’t seen one another in person since before the Pandemic, since before I was living in Vancouver.
Rannie & Cody were officially the first Labyrinth Walkers of the renewed Grange Park Labyrinth.
I walked the Labyrinth in High Park for the first time in a long while. Felt good to let the mind relax. No one around at all. pic.twitter.com/pnRce1004j
— Sarah Doucette (@SarahEDoucette) February 11, 2023
Lanes of my David Crombie Park Labyrinth transformed into a fashion runway . . . ?
Aerial view of Grange Park Labyrinth.
The light azure blue colour of the Grange Park Labyrinth is visible enough from the Spiral Staircase of the Art Gallery of Ontario,
To be noticeable yet not quite recognizable.
And there appears to be someone walking the Labyrinth !
William : “I like it kinda harder.”
Norm : “You want it harder? The Labyrinths?”
Willam : “Yes.”
Norm : “But do you like the Labyrinth in general?”
William : “Yes.”
Norm : “Yes.”
Norm : “Are you happy that HiMY did this? Because he just did it because he’s a very kind person.”
William : “Yes, I’m happy.”
Norm : “Say, ‘Thanks, HiMY.'”
William : “Thanks, HiMY.”
You’re very welcome William!
Many thanks Norm !
Happy Labyrinth Walking !
The Labyrinth in question. pic.twitter.com/STrcUAlctj
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) August 6, 2022
