The Japanese make beautiful manholes. Original idea by Mimi and Robert Melnick who started this obsession back in 1974. Also some early Sewer Designs & previous manhole thread.
posted by Lanark on Feb 4, 2006 - 18 comments

Manhole Cover Photography. Photos of manhole covers from around the world.
posted by greasy_skillet on May 14, 2005 - 23 comments

The Japanese Manhole Art Museum. More art of streets and cities at Ruavista, from Fifties Buenos Aires to Belfast to reverse painted glass signs in Paris, 1900.
More at the Typographic Signage Project; Vancouver's Neon Heritage; Early American Tavern and Inn Signs; and the Emergence of Advertising in America.
posted by plep on Jun 18, 2003 - 3 comments