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Maze of the Week #85 is a sign maze of the Chicago Theatre. Built in 1921, this famous theatre continues to operate and hosts all types of performing arts performances. It is located in the Loop area of Chicago and is a part of the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. And of course it has a famous, great looking sign which interested me.

If you plan on visiting here is their website !

YouTube: You just need 40 seconds to watch this one!

Photo: flickr, jphilipg

The Maze: I went with a full color sign while adding the details of surrounding buildings in black and white. I put the maze in the gold colored border around the sign with the Start and Goal at the bottom. I really like the structure and hope you do too ! And I left out the corporate branding on top.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze be made and solved !!!

Coming next week:

A totem maze.

Maze of the Week #78 is our third straight sign maze from the state of Illinois, this one of the Elgin Car Wash in Elgin, Illinois. While this was made based off of a real sign it could really be one of many car wash signs around the country. This particular one is located at 313 Dundee Ave and appears to have changed colors recently ! It appears to now be the X-Treme Auto Spa if you are in town and have a dirty call.

Google Maps view: It looks like the sign is now blue !

Photo: Check out this one on flickr.

The Maze: Sometimes the simple things make really good mazes. Nothing fancy here. I would like a better sign statement. Here are a few I played with that did not make the cut:

WE MAZE CARS CLEAN

MAZE YOUR CAR SPARKLE

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO MAZELINESS

KEEP CALM AND MAZE YOUR CAR