[MassHistPres] Brick paving

[Lipsey, Ellen]

Boston's current practice is to lay wire cut brick on a bituminous base, with a setting bed and sanded joints.  When done properly this will meet ADA standards.

Boston is also looking at higher than ADA standards and may not recommend laying additional brick sidewalks but rather some other material for the path of travel with brick accent strips.  According to local historic district standards, existing brick sidewalks shall be retained.  On a somewhat related topic, Boston is also studying pervious sidewalk design.


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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of John Worden
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:48 PM
To: Joey Glushko; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Brick paving

Boston has miles of sidewalks with brick paving; they seem to be set in cement, and present a perfectly good surface.

The key to any brick paving, mortared or in sand, is maintenance.  If a brick breaks or disappears, replace it - it's easy and fairly quick to do - and much more easily and attractively done than fixing ugly asphalt with an off-color bulging patch, or concrete, where the whole slab needs to be replaced.

John Worden



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From: Joey Glushko<mailto:JGlushko at town.arlington.ma.us>
To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu<mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:20 AM
Subject: [MassHistPres] Brick paving

Our community is looking to improve and remediate some distressed areas which have brick paving; it is in the area of a National Register Historic District, so we would like to keep the brick, if we can, but still be able to respond to the concerns of individuals who point out the hazards offered by the uneven surfaces of old brick walkways.  Can anyone provide direction/suggestion to finding information for brick paving standards and specifications for historic areas?  Technical references would help, as well as images of where brick pavements have been successfully maintained as a good walkable surface.

Where listpeople have experienced satisfactory replacement of old brick walkways with other materials, we'd like to hear what alternatives were used;  we'd like to find an alternative which can give the "look" of brick, if we cannot find a way to to satisfactorily restore the brick surface.

Your help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Joey Glushko, Planner
Planning and Comm. Devel.
Arlington, MA  02476
Phone:  781-316-3093

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