Presenting a collection of St. Louis bricks, sidewalk markers, and the Fleur-de-lis as architectural detail on and in city buildings, brick collecting, urban exploration, and my life by Christian Herman. Reporting from Tower Grove South in St. Louis, MO
7/12/06
BARK BRICK
It has a rough texture that resembles the bark of a tree. It looks as if the terra cotta was applied with a large knife, similar to stucco but never smoothed out.
I wondered how these bricks left the mold unbroken so I asked my 82 year old neighbor, Clarence, told me that during the firing, the brick would shrink and fall out of the mold when turned over.
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