An oddly impressive patchwork of paving and manhole covers. Redbrick paving in a horizontal pattern, with yellow brick and yellow tactile paving slabs cutting in at a 12˚ angle. Three rectangular 'block pavior' covers, filled with brown aggregate, are placed at a 27˚ angle. The central manhole cover features the letters N and E. My theory is that the word ZONE had been painted here, but the paint has worn away from the red bricks. King Street and High Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.

An oddly impressive patchwork of paving and manhole covers. Redbrick paving in a horizontal pattern, with yellow brick and yellow tactile paving slabs cutting in at a 12˚ angle. Three rectangular 'block pavior' covers, filled with brown aggregate, are placed at a 27˚ angle. The central manhole cover features the letters N and E. My theory is that the word ZONE had been painted here, but the paint has worn away from the red bricks. King Street and High Street, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Photo by Gearóid Burke.