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, even in faded format.
Painted on Pedestrian Sunday just passed…
My Heart Labyrinth on August Avenue.
Fire Spinning atop the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Christie Pits Park, Downtown Toronto . . .
These are the four arcs which comprise a Circle of Concrete Benches located inside David Crombie Park in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood of Old Town Toronto.
I previously painted the four arcs in the four colours of the Medicine Wheel, White, Black, Red, and Yellow.
The colours though looking less sharp than when I first painted them, are holding up.
The colours of my Labyrinth inside Randy Padmore Park in Downtown Toronto have held up well over the winter.
I may not repaint it all this spring nor summer, it’s still looking good and very walkable.
The lack of circle aglets at the ends of the turn-arounds in this 15 Lane Labyrinth Design are missing.
It still feels okay when you walk the path without aglets,
Yet it would feel so much funner if I do get around to adding them in.
So maybe not repainting the Labyrinth itself, but adding in the Aglets is something more for me to do to complete this Labyrinth Design.
Giving myself more work…
…Something like an Own Goal.
Note to self: Haha HiMY! Now you’re even more behind in Toronto Labyrinth Maintenance.
“I had the pleasure of joining a Jane’s Walk led by HiMY SYeD today.
“He wore a Labyrinth pattern shirt and had a Labyrinth pattern jacket as well.”
I had the pleasure of joining a Jane’s Walk led by @LabyrinthsDOTca today. He wore a labyrinth pattern shirt and had a labyrinth pattern jacket as well. #JanesWalkTO pic.twitter.com/Xk9LFRfT5Z
— Richard Eriksson (@sillygwailo) 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
We need to know the mayor candidates position on ending the cities ridiculous removal of labyrinths!!
— George Bell (@georgebell) May 6, 2023
Many thanks to Sarah Jensen (@the.heartofbarrie)
For joining my Toronto Jane’s Walk
And for sharing images
ReGrammed from her two posts :
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr4gdO_M3dR/
&
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr4lpNbsKZV/
“I’m in Toronto for the weekend for Jane’s Walk Toronto.
A Jane’s Walk is a walking conversations inspired by writer and urbanist Jane Jacobs.
They’re held in hundreds of cities across the world.
(Including 5 of them in Barrie throughout May)
Tonight’s walk through Parkdale Village and Exhibition Place shared ideas from her 11 books.
And it was led by HiMY, the guy who (somewhat illegally) paints Labyrinths all over Toronto! @LabyrinthsDOTca 👏
This first half of the walk featured community gardens, one of the ping pong tables I’ve been eyeing up for Barrie and Trenton Terrace, home to the most adorable workers cottages (that were once affordable).”
— Sarah Jensen, The Heart of Barrie
Grateful you found attending this evening’s Jane’s Walk worthwhile.
I did not make the connection between you and Barrie.
I know you have car-free days through the summer, I intend to pop up there in Barrie during one or more of them to chalk Labyrinths in the open car free public spaces.
I trust people will enjoy exploring & walking them.
Thank you for joining my Jane’s Walk!
“Such a great walk to start the weekend, thank you!
I’m based in Barrie, but in Toronto fairly often, especially the Parkdale area.
It’s one of my adopted neighbourhoods.
I enjoyed learning more about it and Jane.
We’d love to have you come to Barrie and create Labyrinths!
We’re running our car free Open Air Dunlops twice a month, starting June 10th.
Let me know if you’re coming up.”
— Sarah Jensen, The Heart of Barrie
Our Jane’s Walk began in front of the Parkdale Labyrinth
Inside Masaryk Park in Parkdale, Toronto.
I shared that since Childhood, Jane Jacobs was fascinated with Mazes and Labyrinths.
Cities as Labyrinths, without dead ends, rather than Cities as Mazes with many dead ends, is something that informed Jane Jacobs on her understanding of The City and its Streets, which comes through and can be found in her writings.
Jane Jacobs had at least one book about Mazes and Labyrinths on the shelf in her personal library at home, at the time of her passing in 2006.
Labyrinths and “Mazing” of streets by using one-way streets and forced turns for vehicles to improve quality of life inside residential neighbourhoods was something I did my best to express at the start of my Jane’s Walk.
Our Jane’s Walk made it as far as Fort Rouille located inside,
Or rather located as an interrupted concrete outline on the ground,
Within present day Exhibition Place.
Our final stop was opposite Ontario Place.
Here I suggested that “Ontario Place For All”,
The group aiming to save Ontario Place,
Should rename themselves as:
“Ontario Place for All, Austria Place for Some”
Because during the Spadina Expressway era,
Whenever the group was mentioned in print or on TV,
It included their SOS mandate:
“Stop Spadina Save Our City” [ Co-ordinating Committee ] .
Likewise “…Austria Place For Some”
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
Grateful for your acknowledgement Monica,
Of my “East Toronto Labyrinth” in Ed McCleverty Equal Access Playground.
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
Perspective.
What Grown-Ups sometimes, oftentimes, miss seeing…
A Child’s Height View from the Heart in the Centre of The Grange Park Labyrinth . . .