Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed! Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk.
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City of Labyrinths
Toronto City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian.
Labyrinths are placed in parks, public spaces, during neighbourhood street parties or major urban festivals like Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market.
HiMY SYeD - Labyrinth Maker & Project Co-ordinator
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- CBC The Current – “Fun and games: Why we should take time to play”
- “Public Art – Colour Their World – Wading Pool Murals Aim To Inspire Wee Ones” – By Tatum Dooley – Spacing Magazine, Summer 2017, Page 17
- My Giant Canada150+ Chalk Labyrinth in shape of a Maple Leaf… – Jack Poole Plaza – Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territory
- “Rainy day brings good luck right?” — Leigh Mitchell, Christie Pits Park Labyrinth
- “We found the Labyrinth at Christie Pits Park. We’ve walked it twice now and it really is meditative.” — Kristi Fuoco
- “This is a Labyrinth… See if I can make it in the Middle” — Keith Lumapas
- “Playing on the splash pool!” — Sohail Bastani
- “Labyrinth, Spring” — Mary Bennett, Unitarian Church, Vancouver
- “Traversing the Eglinton Park Labyrinth makes me Theseus for a day, right?” — Bob Georgiou
- ‘In “The Honest Minotaur” we meet the lonely guardian of Honest Ed’s Labyrinth. Where will he go now?’ — Toronto Comics Anthology
- “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” — Dr. Seuss
- “It’s not a Labyrinth. This is the 407 highway in Toronto, supporting one of North America’s most congested highways” — Ferrovial
- “Apparently there’s a Toronto Labyrinth Society… their clubhouse is a pain in the ass to find, though, and it involves avoiding a Minotaur.” — Thomas Calnan
- “Labyrinth of Light” – Secret Lantern Society – 23rd Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival – Vancouver
- A Cartoon in The New Yorker…
- “Walking the Labyrinth in High Park” – Megan Follows
- Vancouver Public Space Network 10th Anniversary Party – Masking Tape Labyrinth
- “Nature is a Labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.” — Sir Francis Bacon
- Chalk Labyrinth – Grandview Park, East Vancouver, B.C.
- “Copyrighted Labyrinths get me down…” — Thea Verkerk
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