Another of the newly painted junction boxes in the Anderston area of Glasgow. This one is right beside Anderston Primary School.
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Cast iron calling cards. These old access covers from the streets of Glasgow all feature the name of the plumbing company which installed them. While no longer common, you can find similar ones advertising different plumbing and building companies throughout the city. Most of the businesses no longer exist, but the one in the bottom left, John Richmond and Co Ltd, is still trading today, some 135 years after it was established in 1885.
This Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department Lucy box on Dykebar Avenue in Knightswood is the only one I've come across with a street lamp base fitted to its top. The weird thing is that the lamp would most likely have been operated by the Corporation's Lighting Department, which usually had their own similarly branded Lucy boxes.
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Love them? Hate them? Want to see more of them? The pilot is still rolling out, so whether the Pizza Box Bin becomes a citywide fixture depends on public response & data collection.
Next time you grab a slice, keep an eye out for these bins—NYC is getting creative about waste! 
Would you use a dedicated Pizza Box Bin? #UrbanDesign #StreetFurniture #WasteManagement
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Typology City · Pizza Box Bin - Typology CityPizza Box Bin is a specialized waste receptacle designed to collect and recycle oversized pizza boxes, which often don’t fit in standard litter baskets.
26 Creative Benches That Make Me Want to Travel!
Public art can transform even the simplest urban furniture into fascinating pieces. Today, I’m showing you some incredibly creative benches from around the globe, including artworks in London, Barcelona, Pécs, and more inspiring cities. More: 30 Sculptures You (probably) Didn’t Know Existed 1. "Chronicles of Narnia" Book Bench in London, UK This bench shaped like an open book features a painted lion face on one side and a snowy winter scene inspired by the "Chronicles of Narnia" […]STREET ART UTOPIA · 26 Creative Benches That Make Me Want to Travel! - STREET ART UTOPIA
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This set of modern replacements for old street name tiles on Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans doesn't seem to have lasted intact for long.
Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, 21 February 2025.
Ever noticed the tulip-shaped trash bins in Bryant Park? 
Designed by Ignacio Ciocchini, these aluminum & stainless-steel receptacles are both functional and sculptural. A rare case where litter bins are part of the park’s aesthetic.
Meet the Bryant Park Litter Receptacle (tulipa carrum):
https://typology.city/type/deposit/bryant-park-litter-receptacle/
An Electro-matic traffic signal control box on Shakespeare Street in the Maryhill area of Glasgow. Introduced in the 1930s, this system used pressure pads set into the road to detect approaching traffic and automatically change the lights accordingly. It was produced by the Automatic Telephone and Electric (ATE) Company of Liverpool, which disappeared when it merged with Plessey in 1961.
Prismatic coal hole cover on Hope Street in Glasgow. Coal holes in the street allowed deliveries to coal cellars without having to carry the coal through a building. Prismatic coal hole covers were commonly used allow natural light into the otherwise pitch black cellars. Only a few of the original prisms remain in this particular example.
Ornamental lamps on Partick Bridge in the West End of Glasgow. Built in the 1870s using a mix of cast iron and stone, it's one of a number of iron bridges across the city designed by the engineers Bell and Miller.
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The same four elements also appear on Glasgow's coat of arms, and they are known locally as the tree that never grew, the bird that never flew, the bell that never rang and the fish that never swam.
One of the lamp posts outside Glasgow Cathedral. These feature four symbols, a bird, a bell, a tree and a fish with a ring in its mouth, linked to miracles attributed to Saint Mungo, the cathedral's founder and the city's Patron Saint. These are set within hook which seems to be modelled on a Bishop's Crozier, presumably a reference to Saint Mungo being the first Bishop of Glasgow.
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