When I lived in NYC, I thought of starting a manhole cover collection. There were a couple of problems, not the least of which was how to obtain a manhole without breaking the law and, where to keep this collection. I opted for making a collection of manhole cover photographs.
Here is my first manhole cover I collected in Los Angeles:
Welcome to LA. Hope you get use to the fires in fall. The floods in winter. And, the earthquakes in the spring and summer.
Thanks, JT.