Norm Di Pasquale paused by my repainting of the Heart Labyrinth in front of Courage My Love on Kensington Avenue in Kensington Market to say Hi and catch up on things.
Things like, “Ontario Place For All!“, …Austria Place for Some.
That’s me in the background sporting my Red Octagon Labyrinth TEE refreshing the right side of the Heart Labyrinth.
❤️ Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market! #topoli pic.twitter.com/YvV3gj4x86
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) July 30, 2023
We need to know the mayor candidates position on ending the cities ridiculous removal of labyrinths!!
— George Bell (@georgebell) May 6, 2023
We need to know the mayor candidates position on ending the cities ridiculous removal of labyrinths!!
— George Bell (@georgebell) May 6, 2023
Grateful to Olivia Chow,
Who joined 34 fellow Jane’s Walkers on my
“The 11 Books of Jane Jacobs All in One Jane’s Walk”
Almost everyone ( 30! ), including Olivia, stayed til the final walk stop opposite Ontario Place.
“HiMY SYeD leading a Toronto Jane’s Walk celebrating Jane Jacobs’ urbanism and philosophy through her books.
“We are imagining the Spadina Expressway nightmare and are grateful of Jacobs’ role in stopping it.
Grateful to #OliviaChow,
Who joined 34 fellow Jane's Walkers on my
"The 11 Books of Jane Jacobs All in One Jane's Walk"https://t.co/qo0ZUp5PdI
Almost everyone ( 30! ), including Olivia, stayed til the final walk stop opposite Ontario Place.
| #JanesWalkTO #JanesWalk #TOpoli https://t.co/IJO5nvzTbs
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) May 6, 2023
“Nice to see Olivia Chow on a Toronto Jane’s Walk led by HiMY SYeD on the topic of Jane Jacobs’ books on cities.”
Nice to see @oliviachow on a @JanesWalkTO led by Himy Syed on the topic of #JaneJacob books on cities pic.twitter.com/PfDognqnkS
— Ushnish Sengupta (@ultush) May 5, 2023
While I’ve been blogging 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan 2023,
It’s been 30 Days of Biking for Bicycle Mayors around the World.
Toronto’s Bicycle Mayor is Lanrick Jr Bennet.
On this Day 9 of 30 Days of Biking around Toronto,
Lanrick took some time to enjoy Springtime by the Grange Park Labyrinth.
Heading to @thebikebrigade but taking some time enjoy the 8 degrees of Springtime#GoByBikeToronto
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Snapshot of Grange Park outside of @OCAD
Multiple groups of people enjoy their public spaces. pic.twitter.com/fnfhetOpQO— Bicycle Mayor of Toronto (@BicycleMayorTO) April 9, 2023
You are most welcome Norm,
Happy Labyrinth Walking!
Thank you @LabyrinthsDOTca! We love your work. ❤️ #topoli pic.twitter.com/3u134tz9J6
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) March 30, 2023
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.
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
It seemed dumb and arbitrary, but probably technically correct. At least it gave the three guys something to do. They mostly stand around in the middle of an empty field in a huddle.
— Marni Soupcoff (@soupcoff) April 15, 2020
Here are Toronto bylaw officers at Christie Pits having trouble maintaining social distance while ticketing persons using a park bench, which was not cordoned off, in an open park, while public health officials tell us of the importance of exercise and fresh air #COVID19 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/NZWsIpioxi
— Ryan O'Connor (@rpoconnor) April 18, 2020
CBC Metro Morning
Friday September 25, 2015
Toronto’s Future“Yesterday’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus focused on issues that Canadian mayors would like to see addressed in the upcoming federal election. This morning Matt Galloway spoke with Toronto’s mayor, John Tory.”
Tory says part of problem w/ TCHC safety is that way some of buildings/areas are built, there are "dark labryinths" in which ppl feel unsafe
— Ann Hui (@annhui) September 25, 2015
“Toronto councillors should approve new island park hedge maze”
Thursday June 20 2013
“There’s no reason for city councillors to hedge their bets in considering a new shrubbery maze proposed for Toronto Island Park.
It won’t cost the city anything to build thanks to the intervention of William Meany,
An entrepreneur offering to cover the $200,000 cost in exchange for naming rights.
And money to maintain it is already in the 2013 budget.
The new cedar hedge Labyrinth would replace an old one that had baffled kids and adults on Centre Island for almost 50 years before being uprooted in 2012.
That earlier maze of eastern cedars fell victim to lack of sunlight after being literally overshadowed by surrounding trees.
It was deemed not worth maintaining.
In light of Meany’s amazing generosity,
The city’s parks committee on Monday should not hesitate to support a new Labyrinth.
It would be puzzling,
Indeed,
If councillors failed to find their way to that obvious solution.”
TO's labyrinth master @HiMYSYeD speaks to Parks & Environment cmt today. I see kids walking his labyrinths at Christie Pits daily.
— Mike Layton (@m_layton) January 16, 2014