J. Adam Huggins

Toronto, ON, Canada

NYC Manhole Cover

I think that a manhole cover would be a great entry, as it tells the history of how important subways have been to the development of NYC, how manhole covers connect above ground with underground, the productivity of above with the infrastructure below. Also, how NYC has been made by immigrants who built the subways, as well as people outside NYC; the story of the production of the covers in India is a great example of how goods that were once produced in the US have been outsourced as has much labor in the city: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20071126_MANHOLES_FEATURE/index.html