On the City Pattern Project: Special Berlin Manhole Cover Edition
22May08
In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with manhole covers.
Here’s something you won’t typically read about in guidebooks to Berlin: the capital of Germany has some freakin’ kickass manhole covers!
This is pretty much our favorite manhole cover these days. At 4′ by 4′, it’s not small, either.
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