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Prairie Drive Park / Warden Woods Labyrinth as glimpsed through eastbound TTC subway train window

Thursday August 6, 2009 · HiMY SYeD · 2 min read
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Growing up in Toronto, one invariably will travel the subway system. For years, just east of the Victoria Park station, I would spot this wading pool in the park officially known as Prairie Drive Park but most people think of it as the south end of Warden Woods.

I always thought of the many thousands of people who look through the window of the subway train, and see this empty circle of concrete.

In May 2007, I finally got around to painting a labyrinth there. The circuits are white and I used a thin paint brush. Those choices made it less easy to identify from the distance of a speeding train what it is than I would have liked.

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Nevertheless, now and then, when the train approaches Victoria Park Station slower than usual, one can look north out the window of the train and see a labyrinth.

Today I tried to do just that as we rocketed eastbound towards Warden Station.

I still wonder if seeing it from the train is enough of a visual curiousity, to have ever caused someone to intentionally exit the subway at Victoria Park Station to walk back to Prairie Drive Park to see the labyrinth up close?

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Often, between late afternoon and sunset, one can spot children running or biking around the lanes of this labyrinth as their parents sit on the benches and watch.

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