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
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Pink Mortar
Mortar is colored by adding pigment to the mix. The finer pigment particles become a part of the mortar matrix as the mortar is mixed with water. The pigments do not dye the material but disperse and surround the material in the mortar once it's mixed.
Two blue flecks.
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5/19/24
Indeed
My earliest memory is of my dad shoveling coal down the chute for the furnace. I was almost two.
Christy, he had said, Go back inside.
Christy, he had said, Go back inside.
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