Maintenance hole cover with a city map
In the streets of Seattle, you might get lucky and come across this unique maintenance hole cover. A few of them are around, displaying a detailed map of the city. If you get close to it, you’ll see that it is an authentic replica of an accurate map. It is filled with tiny icons pointing out famous locations. You’ll never get lost!
Anne Knight designed these map maintenance holes. Her inspiration came from Seattle’s “graphically interesting street pattern.” Other cities like Chandigarh, India, and Oldenburg, Germany, have designed maintenance hole covers with maps of their respective locations. Some of these map maintenance holes have a legend, “you are here.”