Gabriel Richard Landmarks

Labyrinth

At Gabriel Richard Park, visitors can take a winding tour of a beautifully designed, in-laid brick labyrinth.

To mark its centennial in 2005, the Adcraft Club of Detroit commissioned world-renowned labyrinth designer Martin Kermeen of Chicago-based Labyrinths in Stone to design and build the 35-foot circular labyrinth as the organization's Legacy Project, a gift to the Detroit community. Founded in 1905, Adcraft is the nation's largest local advertising club with nearly 2,500 members representing Detroit's advertising, marketing and media community.

About Labyrinths

Labyrinths and mazes are often confused. A labyrinth is not a maze. A maze is like a puzzle to be solved, a left brain task that requires logical, sequential analytical activity. A labyrinth has only one path. It is unicursal. The way in is the way out and there are no blind alleys. A labyrinth is a right brain task involving reflection, intuition, creativity and imagery. At its most basic level, the labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey to the center of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are.