there are a lot of these
and these
this seemed to be a rarer find. i actually like this one quite a bit.
if you are in chicago and come upon a spiffier manhole cover, let me know. now that the manhole on halsted is gone, finding a good one in chicago is a bit more of a challenge.
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I am an artist here in Chicago and I wondering if anyone knows how I could possibly get access to a Chicago manhole cover for a few hours to make a rubber mold of it.
Thanks.
unfortunately, i don't. although, that seems like a pretty good idea. good luck with your endeavor.
I searched manhole covers in Chicago and found your blog. I am looking for some history of manhole covers in Chicago. I have been excited about the possibility that the covers like the one you found were created during the WPA art thingy. These covers are dissappearing slowly. There are a whole bunch that have got to be from the same creative effort. FYE, I have a website with many of my artwork with the manhole covers around Chicago.
here
- Nate Maier
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