Chicago has been in the architectural news quite a bit lately.
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However, the city might also be getting one other feather in its cap. Artist Matthew Haussler recently completed what might be the world’s longest hand-drawn picture maze, and its subject: Chicago’s lakefront. The 73 1/2 feet long by 3 feet tall drawing shows many of the landmarks from downtown’s east side, but with the linework forming a navigable labyrinth. There are views of Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum along with park-goers and even a marathoner, who is working his way toward the finish line in Grant Park. A real, live, solvable maze, the panorama takes on another layer of artistic meaning by depicting samaritans doing selfless acts
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Image courtesy Matthew Haussler.
The drawing will be submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records, and there is a good chance it will break the record, which is held by Pittsburgh cartoonist Joe Wos’ 4-foot-by-34-foot maze. Should he win, it will be a hard-earned victory. It took him eight months to complete the project. “I had long hair, and I looked really crazy after drawing it,” Haussler told the Chicago Tribune.
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Image courtesy Matthew Haussler.
Naturally, maze enthusiasts have already expressed interest in trying to solve it. Haussler will let them give it a go before he releases a 156-step hint list. The drawing will be available online soon.
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Image courtesy Matthew Haussler.
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Image courtesy Matthew Haussler.