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for .ag.kultur.dortmund .dortmund .shop link in bio DORTMUND IS THE EIGHTH LARGEST CITY IN GERMANY, BUT IN THE EYES OF FUSSBALL/SOCCER FANS IT IS NUMBER ONE. BALLSPIELVEREIN BORUSSIA 09 E. V. DORTMUND BOASTS NUMEROUS LEAGUE TITLES AND HAS THE LARGEST STADIUM IN THE COUNTRY. THAT STADIUM SITS ABOUT A TWO MILES AWAY FROM THIS COVER WHICH IS FOUND IN BRASS FORM ON KAMPSTRASSE. THE CITY’S COAT OF ARMS FILLS THE CENTER SURROUNDED BY THE LOCATION AND FUNCTION CUT IN HOEFLER TEXT. THE COVER IS MADE BY A. DANNHÄUSER FOR PASSAVANT WHOSE BLOCKLETTER TYPEFACES SIT IN THE EAST AND WEST REGIONS OF THE HIGHLY ARTICULATED VENTED FRAME. AN ADDED DAB BOTTLE CAP FROM THE LOCAL BREWERY DUE NORTH OF THE STADIUM FILLS A PICKPOINT.

for Sometimes you have to take manhole cover design into your own hands. THE HEART OF THE INDUSTRIAL CORE OF THE RUHR, ESSEN PROVIDED THE COAL-BASED ENERGY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF GERMANY’S ECONOMIC AND WAR-TIME PRODUCTION. WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE ADJACENT KRUPPS FACTORY THE CITY’S POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY IN THE WAR YEARS TO PEAKING IN 1970 AT OVER 700,000 CITIZENS. TODAY JUST UNDER 600,000 CALL THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY OF NORTH-RHINE-WESTPHALIA HOME. ESSEN BOASTS ONE OF THE FINAL WORKS OF THE FINNISH ARCHITECT ALVAR AALTO, AN OPERA HOUSE. ESSEN IS ALSO HOME TO THE UNESCO HERITAGE SITE NO. 975-THE ZOLLVEREIN COAL MINE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WITH ITS ICONIC WINDING TOWER OVER SHAFT XII. THE COMPLEX ALSO HOUSES THE FANTASTIC RED DOT DESIGN MUSEUM WHICH IS HOUSED IN THE BOILER ROOM BELOW THE TOWER. DESPITE THIS AMAZING INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE WHAT ESSEN IS LACKING ARE UNIQUE MANHOLE COVERS. SADLY THE INFILL OF THE STANDARD PASSAVANT VENTED FRAMES JUST HAVE A CONCRETE INFILL. YET HERE A HAND-DRAWN ELEVATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED TOWER AND BOILER HOUSE, REPLETE WITH THE UNIQUE ZOLLVERIEN TYPEFACE COMPLETES THE COVER. HOPEFULLY, ESSEN WILL TAKE THE HINT AND ADOPT THIS DESIGN.