Comments on: São Paolo sewer openings

São Paolo sewer openings

mediareport — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:38:26 -0800

Sewer openings turned into street art by São Paolo duo 6emeia. [via FunForever]

By: philomathoholic

philomathoholic — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:48:21 -0800

That's pretty dang cool.

By: Poolio

Poolio — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:59:11 -0800

Those sewers look more inviting than my apartment.

By: Tube

Tube — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:59:59 -0800

The triumph of whimsy! Very nice. For a moment there, I thought this post would be about manhole covers, which would bring up the inevitable discussion of why manhole covers are round. Some clever person would answer that they are round because that shape won't fall into the manhole. But then some other clever person would point out that there are other curves of constant width that would fulfill the same criterion, most notably Reuleaux polygons, such as the eleven sided Canadian dollar or "Loonie". An allusion to Martin Gardner would occur. But then someone would post a link to a website that trumps them all, a real world study that shows that many service entrance covers are not round at all, and come in a variety of prosaic rectangles, triangles, and ovals...

By: Poolio

Poolio — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:01:32 -0800

For a moment there, I thought this post would be about manhole covers... I'm glad that didn't happen. ;)

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:07:15 -0800

My community recently sponsored a program where the kids painted graphics on the sewer drains to discourage littering and chemical-pollution. While their efforts were very creative, I wish they'd had these pictures as inspiration.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:11:34 -0800

Love, love, love street art. Thanks for pointing this out.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:25:44 -0800

The cigarette one is especially clever. Very cool.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:49 -0800

6emeia is cre8ive. Thanks, mediareport.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:45:12 -0800

Best Flickr set as MeFi post I've seen yet. Thanks.

By: Harald74

Harald74 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:49:31 -0800

Unfortunately Flickr is blocked at work, but I appriciate Tube's succint summary of the whole manhole cover discussion. Bookmarked for future reference! :)

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:44:57 -0800

Much better than the goatse I was a-fearin'.

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:34:34 -0800

Although, I should point out that in Tokyo the manhole covers are decorative. They feature bias relief imagery of various stuff, mostly plants and birds. Though I think the images here are cooler.

By: wsg

wsg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:16:17 -0800

You would get arrested for doing that in the US. What a shame.

By: rottytooth

rottytooth — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:56:17 -0800

very cool

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:03:57 -0800

Those are cool, creative, and fun. Though to be pedantic, I believe those are storm drains. Of course, having never been to Brazil, perhaps that's how they do sewers.

By: msali

msali — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:16:44 -0800

Just to further Eekacat's pedantic antics, it's not Sao Paolo, it's São Paulo.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:43:14 -0800

Oops. But they're still pretty cool pieces of street art.