Is this to be a 20 minute lecture on why manholes are
round? I assume the revealing side of a manhole cover would be the
bottom.
- Pam
“WORLD FORUM ON MANHOLE COVERS”
AT THE INTERNATIONAL
CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR
JACOB JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK MAY 20TH 1:30 PM,
BOOTH #1433
The ‘World Forum on Manhole Covers will be held at the 2003
International
Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City on May 20th at
1:30pm, Booth
#1433. The event will bring together a panel of scholars,
artists, public
works people and preservationists in a ground-breaking
discussion of manhole
covers in New York and around the world. The event is
organized by Urban
Illuminations, and The Society for the Preservation of
New York City Manhole
Covers.
Panelists include Lisa Frigand and Len
Burshstein of Con Edison, New York
based artist Michele Brody, Artist Bobbi
Mastrangelo, Simeon Bankoff of the
Historic Districts Council, and Diana
Stuart, author and New York’s “Manhole
Cover Lady”. This panel will be
moderated by Thorin Tritter, PhD, History
Department, Princeton University.
Manhole covers are best known for their
everyday municipal work ethic. The
panel, however, will uncover the
unassuming marvel below the 200 lb.
cast-iron surface and reveal sides to
the manhole cover that the public
rarely sees; their historical, aesthetic,
functional and some would say
spiritual value.