Canadian Urbanism Uncovered
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I know the holiday season is still a little ways off, but it’s never too early to start thinking about gifts for your most urban-obsessed friends. This manhole cover bathmat is a product of SuckUK, a rather cool online store operating out of London, England.
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The products I like are the stainless steel pocket maps of both the London Tube and the NYC Subway. Credit card sized to fit right into your wallet.
http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=6#
I’m sure the marketing people at the TTC are right on it
For the manhole-cover nerds among us, the City of Toronto just announced a contest to design utility hole covers in Regent Park:
http://www.toronto.ca/culture/groundsforart/index.htm
nifty!! 😀
Those stainless steel maps are incredibly stylish and handy. I’m tempted to get one even if they are of absolutely no use to me.
The stainless steel maps are incredible stylish, but not so handy. I own one. Because they’re not colour coded, the New York one is really hard to read because of all the criss-crossing lines in lower manhattan.