I backed off the curb as I was getting shots of City Hall and the surrounding area, and noticed that the man hole cover had this whimsical design. The city of Seattle's electric power company is called City Light. I suppose this is a play on the old "starlight, star bright" rhyme. As it turns out, this design is by artist Nancy Blum, and is one of the most recent in a series of artist/craftsman designed manhole covers that have been commissioned throughout the city since the 1960s. It is called "Hatchover Art" and you can read about it and the other artists and their designs by clicking the link. I will be on the lookout for other examples to show you.man+hole+cover man+hole Seattle+man+hole hatchover hatchover+art Seattle
5 comments:
I never noticed these. It is a neat idea though.
Hi Kim ,
Thanks for sharing this photo .I have no idea about it , and the design is great .I like these flowers !
I have seen some of these elsewhere, but none that I recall that matches this one in whimsy!
Hey, I really like this. You have inspired me to check out our city's manhole covers. I don't ever recall any so interesting but I'll look now.
Other interesting manhole covers in Seattle include: maps, cartoon people, marine life and whales, among others.
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