Monday, April 20, 2026

Diamionds and squares

 
brick and manhole cover
Cracked but in use

This cracked manhole cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The cover features a 47 x 47 pointy diamonds pattern.  It is surrounded by a 3 x 142 squares encirclement which itself is encircled by 28 bricks.  An altogether lovely layout.
 
 

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Mirror mirror on the floor

 
dance room purple
<--  those are student names

 
The dance studio closed.  Left behind was an empty room with five mirrors on a wall.  Now four; the middle mirror has detached itself from the plum painted wall and crashed to the wooden floor, leaving a shattered view of its former self.
 

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Electric gansett

 
electric company name on manhole cover
Now called by another name

This cross hatched manhole cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The company identity oval interrupts the orderly layout of the "=", "-", and "|" elements that are used in the design of this utility cover.  
 
Originally called the United Electric Power Company, the name was changed to that seen on the manhole cover on November 30, 1927.  This cover would have been produced some time after that. 
 
 
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The comment by anon at 12:37:00 intrigued me to look up that reference.  Hi Nabor is "your Home Grown Supermarket - since 1963" in Baton Rouge.  It has three locations.  In Google Street View, each store has a white vehicle standing in front of the store on the left side:


Hi Nabor  store 1
pickup truck


Hi Nabor store 2
BRPD cruiser


Hi Nabor store 3
sedan


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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Marlbleous too

 
stairs as seen from 4th floor
Was Escher the architect?

A fifth floor view of the stairs previously seen from the second floor.  This stairy scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.