Maze of the Week #30 - Grandview Hotel Sign Maze

Maze of the week #30 returns the the state of Idaho with another sign maze, this one of the Grandview Hotel Sign. Located in Boise, Idaho the Grandview Hotel is an independently owned hotel that as far as I can tell does not have a website. But what it does have is a nice sign.

Photos of the sign: If you would like to see a great photo of this sign I suggest roadarch. I am also a fan of this street view from Google Maps !

The maze:

Grandview Hotel Sign Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. This maze has a permanent home where you can download the maze.

Coming next week:

A Lighthouse Maze

Maze of the Week #29 - Thread City Crossing Maze

Maze #29 features the Thread City Crossing in Willimantic, Connecticut. While some bridges can be boring, and most are, but this particular bridge connecting highways 32 and 66 features 4 bronze statues of frogs sitting on spools of thread. And you are probably thinking, huh ? Why on earth is there a frog on a spool of thread? Well it has to do with The Great Bullfrog Battle and a local cotton mill. Read the story on this atlas obscura page.

And if you want to go long form just on the frog battle, this Wikipedia entry works.

Who wants to watch some drone footage of the bridge ?

Let’s start with a photo of one of the bridge statues:

By Grendelkhan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54220926

The maze:

Thread City Crossing Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. It has a permanent home where you can download the maze and solution !

Coming next week:

A Sign Maze

Maze of the Week #28 - Playhouse Square Sign Maze

A sign maze we have seen before finally gets its week as a feature. The Playhouse Square Sign is a prominent sign in the theater district of Cleveland, Ohio on Euclid Ave.

Some information about Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio

Playhouse Square is the largest performing arts center in the United States outside of New York City. The district was originally built in the 1920’s and opened in February 1921. If you ever get a chance to attend an event in one of the 8 theaters, you will find some beautiful architecture (that can be rented for photography purposes). You can learn about the history of the zone on the Playhouse Square districts website. It also features the largest outdoor chandelier in the world !

If you have an hour and want to learn about the district, here is an wonderful high quality program from WVIZ and PBS.

Or you can just watch the one minute drone footage that shows the area lit up (including the sign I mazed for this week). You also get a great view of the famous Playhouse Square chandelier. Tours of Cleveland has great information about it : “The Playhouse Square chandelier is the largest outdoor chandelier in the world. It is made up of 4,200 crystals. It took about a year to construct. It proudly hangs on Euclid Ave at E. 14th St. suspended by a 44 foot steel structure.”

A photo I took that I used to make the maze !

The maze and artwork:

I present 2 versions of Playhouse Square Sign artwork. One the full color maze, and the other version a black and white drawing without any maze.

Playhouse Square Sign Maze

And here is the original artwork before any colors or a maze were added.

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze where I keep it’s permanent home.

Coming next week:

A maze of a bridge statue with an interesting story !

Maze of the Week #27 Lincoln Memorial Maze

Maze of the week #8 was a maze of Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial for President’s Day. Today we return to the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate Independence Day (Happy Birthday to the USA !) with Maze of the Week #27. This is a large scale maze and is best printed on the largest piece of paper you can find. I used a draw and cut construction.

Some information about the Lincoln Memorial

Read the link above or you can check out this 7 minute video about the Lincoln Memorial.

A photo:

Let’s take a look at the building before looking at the maze.

Photo by Sachith Ravishka Kodikara from Pexels

The Maze:

You will need to print this maze to solve it, and preferably on large paper (tabloid or poster size). Most of the maze is solved moving between the large marble stones.

Lincoln Memorial Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available in it’s permanent home here.

Coming next week:

A sign maze.