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About 100 cities across Kentucky are involved in the ?EUR??,,????'??Main Street?EUR??,,????'?? program, aka Renaissance on Main, to revitalize downtown business districts and to save significant buildings. The downtown retail district is the heart of the these communities and many have been neglected for decades. The Main Street program is promoted by the Governor?EUR??,,????'???s Office for Local Development (GOLD) and the Kentucky Heritage Council.
Newport, Kentucky, which has been involved with the program since the early 1990s, recently did streetscaping on Monmouth Street?EUR??,,????'??+installing brick pavers, adding light poles and improving building fa??? 1/4 ades. The new pavers alone bring a fresh, clean look to the street and invite shoppers.
In early August, the city council of Dayton, Kentucky voted 5-1 to continue its Main Street program.
Source: The Sunday Challenger, Kentucky
Bat: A piece of brick.
Batter: Recessing or sloping masonry back in successive courses. The opposite of corbel.
Clip: A portion of a brick cut to length.
Culls: Masonry units that do not meet the standards or specifications and have been rejected.
Dog?EUR??,,????'???s Tooth: Brick laid with their corners projecting from the wall face.
Flashing: 1. A thin impervious material placed in mortar joints and through air spaces in masonry to prevent water penetration and/or provide water drainage. 2. Manufacturing method to produce specific color tones.
Frog: A depression in the bed surface of a brick. Sometimes called a panel.
Furring: A method of finishing the interior face of a masonry wall to provide space for insulation prevent moisture transmittance, or to provide a level surface for finishing.
King Closer: A brick cut diagonally to have one 2 in. end and one full width end.
Norman Brick: A brick whose nominal dimensions are 4???2 2/3???12 in.
Pointing: Troweling mortar into a joint after masonry units are laid.
Quoin: A projecting right angle masonry corner.
Roman Brick: Brick whose nominal dimensions are 4???2 x 12 in.
Soap: A masonry unit of normal face dimensions, having a nominal 2 in. thickness.
Tuck Pointing: The filling in with fresh mortar of cut-out or defective mortar joints in masonry.
Source: The Brick Industry Technical Notes on Brick Construction.
San Francisco has a history of crumbling, the latest being the shores of the lagoon of the Palace of Fine Arts, a historic San Francisco Marina district landmark since 1915. Landscape architect Keith Kawamura recently described the damage to the San Francisco Chronicle. This, plus the scummy lagoon waters, chained off since 1998 for the public?EUR??,,????'???s safety, are indicative of the sad state of decline of the Palace, originally built of plaster, chicken wire and hemp as a temporary structure for the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition. It is the only building of the exposition still standing, thanks to a renovation in the 1960s.
S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom and civic leaders were on hand recently to help tear down the chain-link fence around the lagoon, a first step in restoring the lagoon, the landscaping and the Palace, a $21 million public-private venture by the city and the nonprofit Maybeck Foundation. So far the campaign has raised $12.5 million.
Dredging the lagoon is the first order. Kawamura reports the lagoon will have a retaining wall constructed of metal sheet pilings capped with stone, a pedestrian walk and irrigation system?EUR??,,????'??+all to be done in about a year for a mere $4.9 million. Strengthening the Palace and domed rotunda will eat up the other monies.
The Brick Industry Association last sponsored a national paving awards to recognize creative uses of clay pavers in 2004, with judging held on March 4 at the ASLA offices.
The next Paving Design Awards competition will be held in 2006. Entry forms will be available on www.gobrick.com early in 2006.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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