Toronto+Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project

“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”

“…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. …”

“Toronto councillors should approve new island park hedge maze”

Editorial – Toronto Star

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.”