Personhole Covers
Last summer, before we moved from Grand Rapids, I noticed that there were a lot of different types of manhole covers around town. Just before we moved I got out there and finally got some shots.
With the move, and the deaths in the family, I haven't gotten my act together until now to post them.
This is the one that got me started. I love the pattern. I also like the partially uncovered cobblestone around it.
I liked the rust and the cobblestone on this one.
I agree with my sister that Ameritech is kinda artsy.
This one has a picture of the Calder and I thought it was kinda cool, so I included it.
This one's kinda cool, too.
And here's the guy who encouraged me to take these pictures. It's in this set because the bottom step is metal.
If you want to see more of these, you can go to Flickr and check out the set.
With the move, and the deaths in the family, I haven't gotten my act together until now to post them.
This is the one that got me started. I love the pattern. I also like the partially uncovered cobblestone around it.
I liked the rust and the cobblestone on this one.
I agree with my sister that Ameritech is kinda artsy.
This one has a picture of the Calder and I thought it was kinda cool, so I included it.
This one's kinda cool, too.
And here's the guy who encouraged me to take these pictures. It's in this set because the bottom step is metal.
If you want to see more of these, you can go to Flickr and check out the set.
Squirl chattered at 6:59 PM
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Plus, Ichabod's wearing his antique metal-grate codpiece here.
I love this set of pics. I wouldn't want to live in GR, but there's a lot to photograph there.
I didn't think it showed...
Yes, many neat pictures, but not my favorite place to live.
So, like, you have to THROUGH that one to get to the City of Grand Rapids? And why are we calling the Bod of Ich a personhole? And when are you going back to do some rubbings of these so's you can decorate an entire wall?
Mr B, it's kind of like "follow the yellow brick road", or, um, something.
The Bod of Ich is a person. And we're all in trouble if we don't have a hole, right?
I hadn't thought about doing rubbings. Since the move, I have been slowly sorting through things. I found the "rubbings" I did in Boston. The really old tombstones were being destroyed by people doing rubbings so a local museum had replcas of the old stones that you could rub.
"tombstones were being destroyed by people doing rubbings"? What they hell were they rubbing them with? Yeah, never mind, I don't wanna know.
Yeah, well, maybe neither of us really wants to know...
The Ameritech cover reminds me of tire tread. Very interesting pics and I'm glad you included the metal step. It definitely fits in. What a cool topic to photograph. I'll bet I'm not the only person who somehow misses the interesting details while walking down the street. -- Or, I don't know, maybe I am. ???
I love the title. Hee.
Cool photos. I'll have to check out the rest when I have a bit more time.
Lynn, I've learned to "see" better since I got the camera. All of these things were there before, but now I see them all as pictures. It helps.
Kittn, that was the same day. I just wanted to make this an all metal set/post. It was a really fun walk that day. You should do the metal plates. That would be cool.
Ladybug, thanks! Please check them out. I know you have so much free time. ;)
Squirl, that's a great set of pictures - who knew manhole covers could be so cool?! Keep 'em coming!
That was really unique!
I'll have to start looking ALL around me too. In our hurry, we tend to get tunnel-vision. Thanks for the wakeup call. ;)
Wow! What a collection of manhole covers! I just hope so collector doesn’t decide to begin removing them and making a collection (as one of my almost delinquent sons did of street signs).
I like the set. It makes you realize the diversity.
Interesting how very few are labeled with what is beneath them (street lighting vs steam, for example), because once I saw the labels, I thought how helpful that would be to the workers who have to do repairs. But I guess they must find them okay without the labels.
It also reminds me of my favorite plate set into the sidewalk next to a drain in Boston that had a picture of a fish and the words "Don't dump. Drains to Boston Harbor." I always liked seeing that. I guess it makes my ecological side happy. :-)
OK, I KNOW I left a comment on this post yesterday. I asked why people paint brick, and then said I like the pic of Ich by the brick, or something like that. And it's not here now. Blogger makes me growl. But Squirl photos make me smile to make up for it. These are very cool. I swear you need to submit some of your photos as a pictoral tour of the town and countryside. Some chamber of commerce brochure would pay you.
Those are so cool. I love it when there is beauty in everyday things.
Platypus, thanks! I don't know how I'll follow up that set, especially since we'ved moved. I'm sure we'll be back occasionally. The drive over there isn't that far.
tshsmom,you are so welcome, and thank you. I swear that I do see the world in a different way since I got my digital camera. Before that, I just took pictures when we went on vacation. And I can't say that those were original or creative. Having the blog has helped, too. I just love to hear what you folks think, too. Sometimes I'll think a picture is really cool and unique, and it hardly gets a comment. Then I'll post one for the heck of it and you guys just love it. It's all so much fun.
SS Nick, a buddy of mine, when we were teenagers, had street signs up in his room. He hurt himself one time using a hacksaw to get one of those blinking lights off of a sawhorse. Not too bright, tee hee.
Danielle, thanks! We have some sprayed signs by drains that have a picture of a fish, reminding people not to dump. I like that, too.
Eclectic, I'll have to send that part to him. He'll get a kick out of it!
I know Blogger must've eaten your comment because it didn't show up in my e-mail either. And people loved to paint on brick. There were painted ads on the side of our apartment building that we could see after they tore down the parking ramp.
Thanks,Kranki! I agree. There's so much around us that isn't as ordinary as it first appears.
Wow, just goes to show you can find art anywhere.
We just have plain ole man/person hole covers here.
I had to refresh your page to see that you posted a new post. Sure glad I did. There were two that weren't showing.
COOL, now we're art critics! ;)
Nina, I have that problem with having to refresh blogs sometimes. I'm glad you liked the pictures. Are you sure that all of yours are plain? Check it, maybe there are some different ones. :)
tshsmom, you sure are and I love it!
Bone, thanks!! I appreciate that. I'm really clumsy so I tend to check where I'm putting my feet. So I guess it's not a surprise that I noticed manhole covers.
Thought I'd come by to wish you a happy Sunday since there's no church this morning. ;) Hope you're having a great day!
Oh those are cool!!!!
Hey, you look just like this drunk girl I saw last night! ;)
Eclecti, thank you. Sunday was extra nice because I got to see my baby sister. I will answer your lovely e-mail soon.
Jon, thanks!
Bone, same here. I have a picture in my next set that I took for you to illustrate just this.
Bucky, you look like a drunk girl I saw recently, too. Hmmm....
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