September 21, 2007 10:08 pm
A Simple Truth
Posted by Will under los angeles
Sorry for the upside downishness of the image, I snapped this on the fly after catching it out of the corner of my eye (click to triplify):
It’s a manhole cover I passed on Jefferson just north of Rodeo Road near the designated community of Cameo Plaza, and it reads:
City of L.A.
Made In Mexico
I find that true in both an historical and social and economic sense.
September 21st, 2007 at 11:32 pm
There’s also a manhole cover in Venice that’s “Made in India.” Perhaps the City gets its various sister cities to build parts of our infrastructure…
September 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Militant Padawan is completely right. Well done my young padawan. Great book to check out is “Manhole Covers” by Mimi and Robert Melnick. Out of print but should be available on amazon.