The past couple of months a crew from Sprouls Construction of Lamar, Mo. has been leveling sections of the 100-plus-year-old brick paving in front of my home on Euclid Street and in the surrounding ...

When Ray Beers Jr. was a young man, he walked the railroad tracks in Topeka looking for dated railroad spikes to add to his collection. Sometime along the way, he also began picking up bricks engraved ...

As everyone knows, bricks play an important role in creating the charm and historic ambience of German Village. The immigrants who settled the Old South End were thrifty, hardworking folks who built ...

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 4, 1972: The bottom had reportedly dropped out of the used-brick market in Lawrence as several local residents had been indulging in a “brick scavenging ...

WILMINGTON -- On a tree-lined block of South Fourth Street, red and purple splotches of brick are once again seeing the light of day. As time and the elements slowly wear away asphalt, bricks ...

In some of the oldest parts of Wilmington, shaded brick streets welcome you into calm neighborhoods. The bricks harken back to much earlier days, serving as a bumpy reminder of when horses – not tires ...

While an improvement, brick paving was costly, leading to some citizen resistance and debates about necessity. By 1921, concrete replaced brick as the preferred paving material, especially for ...

The Dixie Highway was once a major north/south route bringing travelers and goods to Florida. The 5,706-mile road stretched from Sault Saint Marie, Michigan to Florida City, Florida, according to an ...