Japanese Manholes

June 18, 2003 9:07 AM

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 (3 comments total)

Still more at Ruavista's links page.
Manholes inspired by this thread. Ruavista found indirectly via
wood s lot.
posted by plep at 9:08 AM on June 18, 2003

That's some great stuff. Thanks for the links.
posted by ghastlyfop at 12:04 PM on June 18, 2003

I especially love the Fifties Buenos Aires link; it makes me nostalgic for the city I lived in, a decade later but not much changed. Thanks for another great post.
posted by languagehat at 8:28 AM on June 19, 2003