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There is still a street in Pittsburgh that is end-grain wood blocks. (In Shadyside, a short residential street.) They continue to treat it with tar. So I wonder
by Isamu 9y ago
There is still a street in Pittsburgh that is end-grain wood blocks. (In Shadyside, a short residential street.) They continue to treat it with tar. So I wonder if it was a similar idea.
- djtriptych 9y agoAny chance you can find a google street view link for this?
- kevindqc 9y agoI found this image, but it's from Philadelphia: http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20151225_Changing_Skyline__Philadelphia_s_only_surviving_wooden_street_embalmed_in_asphalt.html http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20151225_Changing_Skylin...
- Nav_Panel 9y agoThis might be what you're thinking of: http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/The-412/September-2015/The-Surprising-Story-of-Pittsburghs-Last-Wooden-Street/ http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/Th... Here's a street view link: https://goo.gl/maps/smQp7BpkgHF2 https://goo.gl/maps/smQp7BpkgHF2 It's a bit of a random little stub street, so I'd never noticed it during my 4 years of undergrad, but it's a neat lil artifact.
- twic 9y agoThere's a tiny amount left in London: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/01/10/the-time-when-londons-streets-were-paved-with-wood/ https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/01/10/the-time-when-lo... This seems to be a topic which animates a certain kind of urbanist nerd (of whom Ian Visits is the prince): http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/wood/ http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/wood/ http://www.endgrain.org.uk/history/ http://www.endgrain.org.uk/history/ That last page is from some Welsh applied research project on using more endgrain wood for surfaces; there's lots more interesting material on that site.