Maze of the Week #12 - Waterbury Clock Tower Maze

March 21, 2022

Maze #12 of the year features the Waterbury Clock Tower at Waterbury Union Station in Waterbury, Connecticut. It is a building maze, and is the first maze that does not use perspective, and instead uses a flat, geometric drawing of the tower. The maze is a simple standard construction. I did 2 versions. the original in black and white, and a colorized version. For the colorized version I used the drone footage below (Thank you Manxcat73) ! Without that footage, the pictures I found do not show the colors clearly.

Some information about Waterbury Union Station

The station was built in 1909 and it features a 240 foot tower, the subject of my maze. The station is the last stop for its branch of the Metro North railroad. It is a long 2 hours and 45 minutes to Grand Central Station. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1978.

Here is some wonderful drone footage of the tower where you can see it’s features and the surrounding town up close !

The maze:

A simple black and white maze. I should mention this is not REALLY a maze of the clock tower, but the top portion of it, I I made the full tower to scale it would be much longer !!

Waterbury Union Station Clock Tower Maze in black and white — Waterbury Clock Tower Maze

And here is the colorized version of the maze. Which version do you prefer ?

Waterbury Union Station Clock Tower Maze in color — Waterbury Clock Tower Maze in Color

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A great maze of a movie theater that I think you are going to like !

Maze of the Week #11 - Agora Sign Maze, Cleveland, Ohio

March 14, 2022

We return to the city of Cleveland with this week’s maze of the Agora Theater Sign in Cleveland, Ohio. What I love about this sign is the great pops of color that protrude from the front of the sign. If you are a fan of Bruce Springsteen and the E street band, in 2014 they released a live album from their 1978 concert there.

Some information about The Agora Theater

It has moved around many times, and switched names, but it has been a part of Cleveland since 1913. The building currently known as the Agora first opened on March 31, 1913 (thus the feature this week). I included a short video so you can check out the inside of the space. If you are fans of rock from the 1970’s there are some classic videos on YouTube from the venue you might like,

The maze:

I made this maze based off of a picture I took (below).

The Agora Theatre Sign Maze — Agora Sign Maze, Cleveland, Ohio

The picture. Notice that the colors in the sign have faded over time (although the lighting in the photo does not help this).

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A building maze from the Northeast, specifically from a train station !

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A sign maze with a 1950’s feel.

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Maze of the Week #10 - The Alamo Mission Maze

March 7, 2022

Our second building maze of the year takes us to San Antonio and the famous Alamo Mission. I had made a maze of the Alamo before and decided I wanted to upgrade and see if I could improve on the previous version, I think I did. Why am I fetauring this maze, this week ? Well, The Battle fo the Alamo was fought between February 23 – March 6, 1836.

Some information about The Alamo Mission

Famous for the 13 day siege that was part of the Texas Revolution. Despite losing the battle, Texas defeated the Mexican army a little of a month later to form the Republic of Texas. A nice place to plan a visit if you are in the area. Take a tour and learn more in the video below.

Before we get to the mazes let’s take a look at a photo of The Alamo Mission from JOSE GIL from Pexels

The original maze:

I did a simple outline of the building, colored it and included a standard maze. You’ll notice the building is symmetrical with perfectly straight lines and it uses only two colors.

And here is a photo from David R Tribble that I used to make my more detailed Alamo Mission Maze.

The new maze versions:

And here WAS the updated Alamo Mission Maze that I was going to feature this week: It is a large size maze 22x34 inches in full size and is in black and white. The maze construction is draw and cut, and because of the scale it does not look like a maze at first glance (IMO). I used the stones that make up the building as the walls of the maze. Now about the WAS. I like this maze a lot but I decided to take the time colorize it a bit to see if it would improve the maze…

And here is that colorized version. I think it came out well. Which do you prefer ?

The Alamo Mission Maze in color — The Alamo Mission Maze

Enjoy the mazes ! You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

Another sign maze from a theater.

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Maze of the Week #9 - Piet Mondrian tribute maze

February 28, 2022

Our 9th maze of the week is a little bit different than normal. It is not anything special in terms of maze construction but it is a tribute to the Dutch Painter Piet Mondrian. Even if you do not know the name, you know his work, If you have been to a significant art museum you have almost certainly seen his work on display. He is featured this week to celebrate his birthday on March 7, 1872. I also added an Arrow Maze tribute because the construction lends itself to it so well.

Some information about Piet Mondrian

I do not think I can do justice to such a famous artist, his ongoing influence and his life. Luckily there is a website that features all of the information you could want. It includes a complete visual listing of all 120 of his works of art.

Here is a quick 3 minute video speaking about Piet and his style:

The mazes:

This is a simple square filled with simple squares and rectangles colored as Piet Mondrian may have done it. The maze construction is standard and nothing special beyond the fun coloration.