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Designer-Ad-9373 t1_iqqshxf wrote

Lemme mansplain you real quick. Metal grating over a sidewalk is not a sewer. A sewer is an underground waterway.

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bklyn1977 t1_iqr8ymf wrote

Those grates are for air.

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thefaradayjoker t1_iqro9ai wrote

Air and light

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Waveridr85 t1_iqrqgwr wrote

Actually the grates are there so people can walk there

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popper_wheelie t1_iqrrui1 wrote

Actually the grates are there so people can grate copious amounts of cheese

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malcolm816 t1_iqsv2g6 wrote

And they’re not that grate, actually.

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Horse_Dad t1_iqty29y wrote

You, sir, are an ingrate.

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Kiddjudo t1_iqtjgn8 wrote

I believe you mean GarbagePee Fragrance.

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ehsurfskate t1_iqrfyph wrote

Yup. This is a vault.

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Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iqszwa0 wrote

Actuality what the city calls a “vault” wound be covered with cement with no grate, or possibly unbreakable frosted glass tiles on the sidewalk (you don’t see those around too much these days), Maybe still around soho.

It’s possibly a duplex but more likely rented office space or a janitorial area or building management office.

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ehsurfskate t1_iqt0q42 wrote

That’s not true. These are also called vaults. They can be open like this. I am in the design industry in the city

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Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iqt1i6s wrote

The surveyor below would know best, from what I understand the city does have a special tax for “a vault” area because it is area protruding past the property line towards the street that the landlord is able to use under the street.

by definition “a vault” is an enclosed area , hence a bank vault. There is no grate for air or daylight in a vault.

Maybe I am wrong;)

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SubstantialReturn228 t1_iqs2iyf wrote

My dog likes to piss on the metal grating

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ShermanThruGA t1_iqsae1z wrote

I like to piss on the metal grating

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theranoscoin t1_iqstv58 wrote

I specifically use the metal grating to scrape-clean the bottoms of my shoes whenever I get the opportunity… which is everyday

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