City of Labyrinths
Toronto & Vancouver City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian & Vancouverite.
Labyrinths are placed in parks, public spaces, during neighbourhood street parties or major urban festivals like Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market in Toronto or Car Free YVR in Vancouver.
HiMY SYeD – Labyrinth Maker & Project Co-ordinator
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- “You won’t ever hear them complaining about this weather ☀️” – Dish With One Spoon / Man In The Maze / Medicine Wheel Labyrinth – Wells Hill Park – Toronto / Tkaronto
- “How many of Canadian kids knew the meanings of four colours wheel?” – Medicine Wheel Labyrinth – Wells Hill Park – Toronto / Tkaronto
- “Lost in Kensington Market ✨” – Heart Labyrinths – Augusta Avenue – Toronto
- “Pedestrian Sundaze 🌞” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Toronto
- Flatland BMX – Masking Tape Ghost Labyrinth – Hinge Park False Creek Seawall – Vancouver
- “Pedestrian Sundays Kensington Market have become epic with the new maze on Augusta Ave” – Toronto
- “チャリ乗ってる人のタイミングばっちりありがとう” – Heart Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “映え？映え？” – Painted Labyrinth – 189 Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “Falls Creek stroll 🚶🏾♂️” – Labyrinth Pier – False Creek South – Vancouver
- “Type-A’s Meet The Labyrinth . . .”
- “Finally enjoying the splash pad and not terrified of it! In all fairness, the water is really cold 💦” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Christie Pits Park – Toronto
- “Saw three new Labyrinths in Kensington Market today and I knew instantly that HiMY SYeD had been in town! 💛🌀” – Augusta Avenue – Toronto
- “When an Artist paints Mindfulness, The World Stops and Waits ❤️” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Pedestrian Sunday – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “Your Heart knows things your Mind can’t explain” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Pedestrian Sunday – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “They may be dorks but they’re MY dorks 😝” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Christie Pits Park – Toronto
- “Street Art 🖍” – Labyrinths – Augusta Avenue – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “In Kensington Market this past weekend and came across these Labyrinths made by HiMY SYeD….” – Augusta Avenue – Pedestrian Sunday – Toronto
- “Painting Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays❤️” – Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Toronto
- “Painting the Town”– Labyrinth – Augusta Avenue – Pedestrian Sunday – Kensington Market – Toronto
- “The Infamous Pac-Man Level 256 Glitch…”
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Waiting for Summer… – Wading Pool – Earlscourt Park Labyrinth – Toronto
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“Impromptu maze” – Aron Bjornson – Green Masking Tape Labyrinth – Hinge Park – Olympic Village – Vancouver
Labyrinth I created in Vancouver’s Hinge Park upon the currently vacant public art cement podium using green masking tape finds this young one in the centre…
Cool!
Posted in City of Labyrinths, Giant Outstallation Art, Serendipity Tagged Giant Outstallation Art, Green, Green masking Tape, Hinge Park, Masking Tape, Olympic Village, Park, Placemaking, Public Art, Vancouver Comments closed
“All love.” – Julie Ratcliff – Chalk Labyrinth – Creekside Park – Vancouver
Mazes may have Minotaurs.
Labyrinths have Love.
I almost always place a Heart in or near the Centre of any Labyrinth I chalk or paint or make.
Including this one I chalked in-between Science World and Creekside Park along the False Creek Seawall in Vancouver…
Posted in Labyrinth Walks Tagged Black and White, Chalk Labyrinth, Creekside Park, False Creek Seawall, Feet, Heart, shoes, Sidewalk, Vancouver Comments closed
“Someone been drawing Labyrinths in chalk the last few weeks. It’s nice to end my walks by walking a Labyrinth. Thanks 👍🏾” – Auntie Esi – Chalk Labyrinth – Science World – Vancouver
You’re Very Welcome Auntie Esi!
Happy to hear that!
Posted in Labyrinth Walks Tagged Auntie Esi, Chalk Labyrinth, Science World, Vancouver, walking Comments closed
“Lovely commute today!” – Cathleen Gingrich – Heart Chalk Labyrinth – Science World – Vancouver
I have been by this pocket square along the seawall south from Science World many times.
This location is almost impossible to not pass by and look at the view.
Perhaps two weeks ago, someone had outlined a giant heart using roses and stems. It was wonderful and instantly became a must-photograph destination spot.
The flowers wilted away, yet the stems remained in place. People still came, stood in the middle, and snapped a photo or few.
Walking by again a few days ago, I noticed the stems were bunched into a pile and the Heart outline was lost.
Rather than lose that heart outline forever, I pulled out some of the chalk I still had with me, and quickly chalked this Labyrinth.
I didn’t think too much of it.
Passing by since I chalked it, I’ve noticed children walking, rather, running this little Heart Chalk Labyrinth.
ANd now it’s on instagram too!
❤️ !
Posted in Serendipity Tagged Cathleen Gingrich, Chalk Labyrinth, False Creek Seawall, Heart, Heart Aglet, Science World, Vancouver Comments closed
“Spring in Vancouver. Ferryboats and baby geese.” – JD Kearlaw – Vancouver Public Labyrinth
Children never walk a Labyrinth, Children always run!
What’s true for Children is also true for Goslings…
Posted in Labyrinth Walks Tagged False Creek, Ferry Boat, Geese, Olympic Village, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
“An another “amazing” False Creek day.” – Craig Fulker – False Creek Seawall – Vancouver Public Labyrinth
Posted in Serendipity Tagged Craig Fulker, False Creek, False Creek Seawall, Sunrise, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
“HiMY has spent weeks working on this….” – Vancouver Public Labyrinth – Sam – The Village on False Creek
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged HiMY, Sam, The Village on False Creek, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
“Geese in the rock maze” – David Laulainen – False Creek Seawall – Vancouver Public Labyrinth
I made a quick maintenance visit to the Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Found only a few stones were out of place and easily re-positioned them back into place.
While walking it this evening, I observed a higher than usual amount of goose poop along the path.
Now I know why!
Posted in Labyrinth Walks Tagged Bird, False Creek Seawall, Geese, Olympic Village, rockmaze, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
World Labyrinth Day 2018: Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project – Jane’s Walk
World Labyrinth Day 2018 – Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project – Jane’s Walk
Start Location : Abandoned Olympic Village LRT Station Platform, North end Olympic Village Canada Line Train Station Parking Lot.
When : Saturday May 5 2018 at 4:30 p.m.
This 90 minute Jane’s Walk will celebrate ” World Labyrinth Day ” and share why and how Vancouver is becoming a “City of Labyrinths”.
Walk includes visits to:
- Spyglass Place Labyrinth
- Recently completed “Vancouver Public Labyrinth” by False Creek
- A small Labyrinth beside Olympic Village.
History, purpose, and benefits of Labyrinth Walking will be shared.
How Labyrinths can be both Fun as well as ‘Giant Outstallation Art‘.
We will explain how Labyrinths have been used in designing cities for thousands of years(!).
This walk will decode TOAD – Temporary Obsolete Abandoned Derelict – urban infrastructure and how Labyrinths are excellent examples of Urban Acupuncture, Tactical Urbanism and Placemaking.
Did you know Jane Jacobs herself was influenced by Labyrinths in her writings about cities?
Join this Jane’s Walk and you will learn how!
Time permitting: using chalk on paved open space, people will be instructed in how to make their own Labyrinths, which we will then enjoy walking into and out of.
A limited number of printed materials will be available on a first-come first-served basis as keepsakes of this Jane’s Walk.
Coinciding with Jane’s Walk weekend, The Labyrinth Society has declared the first Saturday in May, World Labyrinth Day. This Vancouver Jane’s Walk is one of a number of global events marking the day.
Posted in Events Tagged False Creek, False Creek Seawall, Hinge Park, Jane's Walk, Olympic Village, Spyglass Place Labyrinth, The Village on False Creek, Vancouver, World Labyrinth Day Comments closed
“Signs…👋⏰🌎” – Scott Elwood – Spyglass Place Labyrinth – Vancouver
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Cambie Bridge, elwoodblues42, Scott Elwood, Signs, Spyglass Place Labyrinth, Vancouver Comments closed
Vancouver Public Labyrinth – Paula Fooks – False Creek Seawall
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged False Creek Seawall, pfooks, Skyline, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
Vancouver Public Labyrinth – Mo Maani – The Village on False Creek
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged False Creek, Mo Manni, Seawall, The Village on False Creek, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
“How long did it take to build this… and how long will it last before someone destroys it?” – Kelvin Won – Vancouver Public Labyrinth
Answers…
I began building “Vancouver Public Labyrinth” on March 25 2018, one month plus a day ago.
Answer to the second and third parts of the question…
I don’t know, hopefully for a long, long, long time; and no one ever does.
?
Posted in City of Labyrinths Tagged Cambie Bridge, False Creek, False Creek Seawall, Kelvin Won, Olympic Village, question, Seawall, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed
“If you can see your path laid out before you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” – Joseph Campbell – Vancouver Public Labyrinth
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path.
Your own path you make with every step you take.
That’s why it’s your path.”― Joseph Campbell
Posted in Serendipity Tagged grey_belle, Joseph Campbell, Paths, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Labyrinth Comments closed