Hello Brickophiles. Today, Brickwatch celebrates its centennial, or…well, whatever a centennial would be for days instead of years. ("Centadial"?) We’re sure that brickheads everywhere are celebrating this momentous occasion, but we here at BW are still at it.
We’ve heard a few cries of foul about some cracked, out-of-place, or otherwise bedraggled bricks on the completed sections of the Mall. Indeed, we have seen some not-so-attractive bricks ourselves. (Enjoy that; it will be the last time you ever hear us call a brick "unattractive.") So we went straight to Barton Malow Project Manager Chris Weatherford for some answers.
"Yep, there are a few cracked bricks around," said Weatherford. "That’s going to be one of those last, punchless things we do. We’ll go through in one sweep and replace all of [the broken bricks]."
While on the Mall, we also noticed that the giant trench left over from the excavation of the "mystery manhole" at Third Street East is being filled.
"Filling in that hole and getting the slab poured is the biggest thing that’s happening this week," said Weatherford. He added that the work should be done in a few days.
Have a great centadial.