Bricks & Mortar
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 

      


      
At the confluence
      of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh, the site
      of former steel factories has evolved into The Point State Park.
      Most notable in the park are generous, street-like pedestrian
      walkways that are a crazy quilt of paving solutions. Newer additions
      include elaborately textured and stained concrete walkways (above),
      while older sections feature simple brick and recycled cobble
      surfaces (below).

      


      
 Cobbles are
      most frequently used around trees, where the patterns for trimming
      the brick vary as widely as the trees themselves. In the example
      below, a simple brick ring is scaled to the needs of a black
      locust.

      
 

      
In the view below,
      the full effect of the Pittsburgh paving systems can be seen,
      with  textured concrete and concrete bricks forming the
      most heavily-used surfaces, recycled cobbles and brick for border
      surfaces and a low wall of large boulders defining the walkways.

      
 
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