Showing posts with label Pavers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pavers. Show all posts
2/18/21
Brick Road in East St Louis
A wide, smooth as glass, brick boulvard in East STL. Guess why it's never been paved?
10/28/15
Limestone Pavers - Going, going, gone
This is how the roads in TG Park looked before asphalt. They were made of limestone pavers.
I like to imagine how horse hooves sounded clopping over the stone.
Some gutters remain but most of them were covered.
I like to imagine how horse hooves sounded clopping over the stone.
Some gutters remain but most of them were covered.
7/6/10
Pop Quiz
Occasionally I come upon a brick street that hasn't been covered with asphalt. It's a wonderful experience and I like to imagine how horse hooves sounded traveling over the bricks.
These streets also remind me of the movie King of the Hill which was filmed in St. Louis when I lived in the CWE. If you haven't seen the movie rent it ASAP. Part of it was filmed in the old apartment building on the NW corner of McPherson and Taylor (it went condo shortly after and the building was severely altered).
OK, so watch the film then take a stab at the neighborhood where the brick streets were located.
This one is located at Tennessee and Winnebago
Detail of the street, perfectly placed Hydraulic pavers.
Dreamy stuff.
Around the corner on Chippewa I encountered this overgrown lot:
Is this sign ever going to be removed?
These streets also remind me of the movie King of the Hill which was filmed in St. Louis when I lived in the CWE. If you haven't seen the movie rent it ASAP. Part of it was filmed in the old apartment building on the NW corner of McPherson and Taylor (it went condo shortly after and the building was severely altered).
OK, so watch the film then take a stab at the neighborhood where the brick streets were located.
This one is located at Tennessee and Winnebago
Detail of the street, perfectly placed Hydraulic pavers.
Dreamy stuff.
Around the corner on Chippewa I encountered this overgrown lot:
Is this sign ever going to be removed?
1/13/10
9/15/09
Original traffic calming: Pavers
Hidden beneath the miles of asphalt streets in St. Louis are historic Hydraulic Press pavers. Some streets have never been paved and in TGS there's still a brick street in front of Fanning School and a photo of the street is on this blog.
A few days ago Bad Tim and I grumbled over the grinding on Fairview. Grinding removes asphalt so the street can be freshly asphalted. Never mind the impact to the environment with asphalt* there's a one block Green Alley in the neighborhood (http://www.towergroveheights.com/Meeting%20minutes/Mar%2009.htm) so how about some Green streets?
Don't even get me started over the Grand Streetscape.
Fairview near S Grand:
*Yes, I'm aware that when laterals/sewers collapse it causes problems with brick streets.
A few days ago Bad Tim and I grumbled over the grinding on Fairview. Grinding removes asphalt so the street can be freshly asphalted. Never mind the impact to the environment with asphalt* there's a one block Green Alley in the neighborhood (http://www.towergroveheights.com/Meeting%20minutes/Mar%2009.htm) so how about some Green streets?
Don't even get me started over the Grand Streetscape.
Fairview near S Grand:
*Yes, I'm aware that when laterals/sewers collapse it causes problems with brick streets.
9/4/07
PAVER BRICKS - HANNIBAL & HERMAN, MO
In my email box today:
Hello! Went camping this weekend and found you some brick to drool over.
The first two are from Hannibal, MO at some memorial for Mark Twain and a bridge.
The next two are from Herman,MO on the sidewalks.
Enjoy, Bruk.
Could anyone ask for a better friend?
Sidewalk pavers, Hermann, MO.
Hello! Went camping this weekend and found you some brick to drool over.
The first two are from Hannibal, MO at some memorial for Mark Twain and a bridge.
The next two are from Herman,MO on the sidewalks.
Enjoy, Bruk.
Could anyone ask for a better friend?
Sidewalk pavers, Hermann, MO.
11/3/06
8/25/06
BRICK PAVERS - Gravois Park
Buried beneath the asphalt on St. Louis streets and alleys are brick pavers that were manufactured by the Hydraulic Brick company owned and operated by T. S. Eliot's dad.
HYDRAULIC
HYDRAULIC
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