MELNICK, ROBERT AND MIMI. Manhole Covers. 252 pp., with brief illustrated text, followed by approximately 200 b&w photographs.Square 4to, cloth. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1994.
A fascinating study of this urban industrial art form in an extended narrative documenting the history, use, manufacture and function of these commonplace objects. Urban archeologist Mimi Melnick and her late husband, photographer Robert Melnick have provided a unique look at the astonishing diversity of designs and forms. Announced for November.