Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Manhole Covers, New Zealand

Sometimes it pays to look down to find beauty. Like these New Zealand manhole covers.

Manhole Cover, Napier
a deco one from Napier

Manhole Cover, Wellington
and a more modern one (2005) from Wellington

Posted by David Thompson
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6 comments:

  1. Susan DeMarkAugust 1, 2013 at 12:26 AM

    David, you are such an astute observer of the beauty around us. Thanks for this post. I am going to look more closely at manhole covers now!

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    1. David ThompsonAugust 1, 2013 at 7:41 AM

      Thanks Susan. I'd love to take the credit but it is a friend of mine, Michael, who is always taking photos of manhole covers so I've picked up the habit, of at least looking at them, from him.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 6:50 AM

    They are great. Japan also has wonderful man hole covers. There are a couple at the end of this post. http://highriser.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/japan-day-2-2106-pt-1.html

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    1. David ThompsonAugust 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM

      Very nice Andrew. Makes me wonder why we can't have more art on such functional items.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    And as Auckland does, artist painted traffic light control boxes.

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    1. David ThompsonAugust 3, 2013 at 1:18 PM

      Nice. There a couple of electricity boxes (i think) in Port Melbourne that have been painted. One in Bridge St near corner of Lalor St and another in Liardet St near the Neighbourhood House.

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