Gothamist: Manhole + Advertising = Brilliant?

Kaffee

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:55:37 -0500

The picture is good :-) Greetings Kaffee

etown

Tue, 02 May 2006 12:18:27 -0500

It's real. Not photoshopped. It's a concept by Saatchi & Saatchi.

edEx

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:29:19 -0500

I found this one this past winter in Columbus Circle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/edstern/75754547

Dabitch

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:58:11 -0500

...and is it real or just a photoshop job? Who knows? Who cares? Actually I do - so like tien mao, I too wonder if anyone has actually seen this for real yet. Perhaps you could ask whomever gave you the shot?

morris

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:09:00 -0500

Ads everywhere sucks but what also sucks is seeing people just posting images they don't have the rights to...this particular image as made the rounds at nearly every ad blog out there.

SATAN

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:56:50 -0500

Reminds me of the streaming hole at the Virgin Store next to Union Square. Never understood that one. Maybe instead of photoshopping in coffee, they should put a big steaming anus there with some hemorrhoidal cream.

cc

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:21:54 -0500

i was gonna say...how exactly did they rig that ad? it's photoshop. and just the kinda thing in your portfolio that would get you the job. a classic case of advertisers jerking off. i should know. i'm one.

nick

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:20:38 -0500

mmmm the smell of coffee and sewage. sign me up.

Adam

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:47:07 -0500

Maybe they could add some coffee grounds in a heavy-duty filter to the underside of the manhole. The steam would have to rise through the coffee to exit the exhaust holes thereby improving the smell of the steam while creating a new category of marketing: Odortising.

nick

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:54:54 -0500

FUN GUERILLA MASHUP! ermmm obviously photoshopped. come on man.

SATAN

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:52:44 -0500

blech is right. This is so photoshopped; what little faith I've ever had in Gothamist's "reporting" continue to leak away.

Mr. Brightside

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:32:35 -0500

The ad in front of Caliente Cab should say "Never eat at Caliente Cab"

blech

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:16:48 -0500

7th & Bleecker my arse. It's definitely located squarely at c:\mydocuments\manhole.jpg. That's photoshop if I've ever seen it.

Jen

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:09:48 -0500

I like those holes for the steam to come out of, but until they can add a better smell, this is a not so good idea. But it was probably great as a concept.

Toby

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:38:40 -0500

If they didn't get authorization from the city, fine them back into the stone age! I am tired of ads everywhere. It will eventually lead to a backlash and bite these damn ad agencies in their proverbial arses.