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Above Garrison Creek… – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

One of my older Labyrinths. In the middle of the Traffic Island immediately opposite Christie Station and Christie Pits Park. But it’s faded and in need of repainting. One quarter of it is now cement, and not concrete, which means the paint on it disappears quite rapidly, and that’s why it looks 25 percent incomplete, […]

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World Labyrinth Day ~ Jane’s Walks in Toronto ~ Saturday May 7 2022

Dark Age Ahead – The Wizard of Ossington Jane's Walkhttps://t.co/QudFTCVL3p Date : Friday May 6 2022 Time : 5:30 p.m. Start : Meet in middle of Medicine Wheel #Labyrinth atop traffic island opposite Christie Street Subway Station entrance | #JanesWalkTO #JanesWalk #Toronto pic.twitter.com/UOldpIOks0 — HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) April 6, 2022 […]

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

I had no idea my Labyrinth appeared in the Graphic Novel, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. So I went and finally watched the movie for the first time tonight. My Labyrinth wasn’t in the Movie. If I am not mistaken then, My Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth appears in the opening pages of VOLUME ONE […]

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“Pandemic Outdoor Haircut” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

View this post on Instagram #pandemic #bike #ride #outdoor #haircut #longest #line #ever #magnolia #tree #flower #fiestafarms #christiepits #christie #subway #maze A post shared by Snuggle Bunny (@feelslikekittens) on May 17, 2020 at 11:10am PDT

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“Life’s a Labyrinth. Distancing Games” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

Was waiting for temperatures to warm up before refreshing my Labyrinth opposite Christie Subway Station. Now waiting until it’s prudent to stop social isolating to head out with paint and brush. Still, happy to see someone walking the Labyrinth in midst of the pandemic . . . View this post on Instagram #Life’s a #labyrinth. […]

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“Toronto is full of Labyrinths (these ones are in the west end) 🌀🌳…” – Toronto City of Labyrinths

View this post on Instagram Toronto is full of labyrinths (these ones are in the west end) 🌀🌳and they’ve been a healing tool for me and so many others throughout the world over centuries. A labyrinth is a metaphor for spiraling into Self, it’s a ritual we use in Qoya to help us remember that […]

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“I don’t understand Toronto’s obsession with Labyrinths, but maybe I will after this Jane’s Walk…” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth

I don't understand Toronto's obsession with labrynths, but maybe I will after this Jane's Walk… pic.twitter.com/jtd5ufidxD — Jess Brodeur (@jessicaannebro) May 5, 2019 @HiMYSYeD focused on his contribution as a painter of labrynths. I'll have to dig further to find out more about the story of labrynths in Toronto! — Jess Brodeur (@jessicaannebro) May 7, […]

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“…And then we realized it was HiMY SYeD, the Labyrinth’s creator and one of the original Toronto Psychogeographers…” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth

View this post on Instagram Tonight's walk for @shawnmicallef's birthday started at Christie Station, next to the labyrinth, and as we were waiting to start, we noticed that there was someone touching up the paint — and then we realized it was Himy Syed, the labyrinth's creator and one of the original Toronto Psychogeographers, briefly […]

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“A man is painting a Labyrinth outside Christie station. Labyrinths are cool.” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

A man is painting a labyrinth outside Christie station. Labyrinths are cool. pic.twitter.com/YnkEiYEIfx — Prof. Tricia Wood (@pkbwood) April 13, 2019

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“M. Christie, vous faîtes de bons biscuits 🍪” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

Look closely upon the Traffic Island in front of Christie Subway Station, and you can make out the Green Labyrinth I painted on it Every day, thousands of people see it, hundreds and hundreds walk over it, and perhaps dozens and dozens of people walk my weirdly located Labyrinth . . . View this post […]

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“In Toronto, Ontario, Canada we have Several Beautiful Labyrinths….” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Jude Johnston

“In Toronto, Ontario, Canada we have several beautiful Labyrinths. I was in a foot cast for four months (achilles) and would sometimes go to one and sit there with my foot stretched out in the walkways or walk slowly. I then looked up Labyrinths in Toronto on google and discovered there was one near where […]

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“Urban Labyrinth.” – Christie Street Traffic Island Labyrinth – Toronto

One of my older Labyrinths, I painted this one on the Traffic Island opposite Christie Street Subway Station, north of Bloor Street West in Toronto . . . There used to be a water fountain in the middle, and thus the weird oval shape making up the enlarged centre of the Labyrinth. The intention was […]

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