Cobblestones cover the ground in Paris everywhere you look- streets, sidewalks, courtyards outside residences and public buildings. It seems as though they’ve been there forever; though they are worn, they never wear out. Curving, swirling or straight as a pin, one stone after another leads the way through this beautiful city.
Think how long it took to make a street like that! Now they just slop on the asphalt and roll over it with a steamroller and they're done. And the asphalt breaks down and cracks and we get pot holes, and the cobblestones live on.
ReplyDeleteI know! That was always my argument for saving the brick streets in the Victorian part of town. I don't get why we do the asphalt thing. It is clearly less cost effective, and far less attractive.
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