Pedestrian Sundays – Blackout Anniversary Car-Free edition. August 16, 2009, 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Streets Are For People present Pedestrian Sundays marking the 6th Anniversary of the Blackout. For the sixth anniversary of the memorable day when we all realized that we consume too much, we will celebrate by turning the lights out! All […]
By Thom Hamilton, Last 100 Days Photo Project August 14th 2003 45 million people on the eastern seaboard of North America had their lives go dark. Everyone has a slightly different way to remember that day, I tend to have very fond memories. Never in my life have I seen community come together like it […]
As part of the ongoing Toronto City of Labyrinths Project, you are invited to walk a Giant Candlelight Luminaria Labyrinth slightly hidden somewhere along Ossington Avenue. If you discover the secret location early enough, you can help light up the many many many many candles. Blackout Party – Friday August 14, 2009 28 venues from […]
Today was our first real summer day, heat and humidity wise, yet I hadn’t created any labyrinths on the beach this season. At Woodbine Beach, using a fallen branch as my brush of choice, I drew a three lane, four circuit classic labyrinth.
The Grange Park Labyrinth, Looking south towards John Street, Downtown Toronto.
Growing up in Toronto, one invariably will travel the subway system. For years, just east of the Victoria Park station, I would spot this wading pool in the park officially known as Prairie Drive Park but most people think of it as the south end of Warden Woods. I always thought of the many thousands […]
Following creating the labyrinth in the wading pool in Christie Pits Park over the weekend, I found myself thinking about creating a more permanent labyrinth in the Kensington Market neighbourhood. I have been painting labyrinths for most of the Pedestrian Sundays for the past 6 years, but they are on the streets. With wear and […]
The Christie Pits Park Wading Pool Splash Pad Labyrinth is now done. The circuits are painted in azure blue and royal purple with 10 undefined rectangular spots for future artwork, designs, secret messages or whatever. I doubt I will do anything more with this one, so hopefully someone will fill in the empty spots with […]
This is the first labyrinth I had painted since before the TOStrike began near the end of June. The Christie Pits Park wading pool was renovated just in time to coincide with the beginning of the TOStrike. A new splash pad feature has been installed by the private park contractor. It’s a red button thing […]
