Aerial image plus short drone video of my recently repainted David Crombie Park Labyrinth . . .
Lanes of my David Crombie Park Labyrinth transformed into a fashion runway . . . ?
It’s Municipal Election Day in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario.
While I’m NOT on the Ballot today,
When I was on the Ballot running for or to lead Toronto City Council in elections past,
A vote for me then was a vote for Public Spaces,
As urbanist author John Lorinc is providing you that same reason to vote for today…
#topoli Vote for public spaces. pic.twitter.com/YNdjoiu8iK
— John Lorinc (@lorinc@mastodon.sdf.org) (@JohnLorinc) October 24, 2022
The Photograph John Lorinc included in his get-out-the-vote tweet includes the Man in The Maze Labyrinth I painted on the surface of the wading pool in Marian Engel Park.
Rather than voting for Public Spaces and hoping for the best,
Nowadays I placemake Labyrinths as my contribution to Toronto’s Public Spaces.
Labyrinth Making is easier than winning elections.
And with the ongoing destruction of municipal democracy by Queen’s Park of late,
Maybe it’s more effective than voting…?
I expect a low, very low, voter turn out today.
Grange Park labyrinth removed again. Seems the fun police budget never runs out of money in #JohnTorysToronto. pic.twitter.com/zAx2k3x2tp
— Ramsey 🌐🔰 (@Ramsey_Kilani) October 12, 2022
Didn't take long for them to hit Grange again. Fastest thing the city responds to are unauthorized improvements.https://t.co/oc7hyc62xR
— Ramsey 🌐🔰 (@Ramsey_Kilani) October 12, 2022
Local users constantly repaint a meditation labyrinth on the footpath at Grange Park and the city remove it.
The city doesn’t fix the broken fountain though.— Heather Jordan – Standing with 🇺🇦 (@HipBoom) October 16, 2022
The city also loves to use harsh chemicals to spray away the the maze that keeps getting painted on the walkway at Grange park. Every two weeks. Meanwhile there’s “no budget” for wood chips in the dog park so the pups play in dirt
— Bretton MacLean (@Bretton) October 14, 2022
“The city also loves to use harsh chemicals to spray away the the maze that keeps getting painted on the walkway at Grange park.
Every two weeks.
Meanwhile there’s “no budget” for wood chips in the dog park so the pups play in dirt”
Ya they never seem to run out of money for that. Those guys are there all the time.
— Ramsey 🌐🔰 (@Ramsey_Kilani) October 14, 2022
“…It’s time for people to start forming organizations to protect cyclists, transit riders, pedestrians, and yes — drivers — from car-centrism.
I’m not going to spend years writing to city council that I need a crosswalk where I live — I’m just going to paint it now.
I’m not going to wait years on hundreds of thousands of dollars for impact studies blocking traffic out of neighbourhood streets.
We need to just erect the barriers and bike lanes ourselves.
Erect the bus benches ourselves.
Shrink the streets ourselves.
There’s a long history of neighbours taking matters into their own hands.
We need to bring Tactical Urbanism back. …”
TTC Riders + Tactical Urbanism = Dufferin Bus Lane
We need to bring Tactical Urbanism back.
And @TTCriders have done so.
| #TOpoli #TacticalUrbanism #TTC https://t.co/yseDieTdG6 pic.twitter.com/7lvd03OVDf
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) October 14, 2022
That’s me.
I was painting in the orange colour Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada logo and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation logo inside an open canvas space within the East/Yellow Quadrant of The Medicine Walk Labyrinth in Hillcrest Park, Toronto.
