The historic borough of Aspinwall has what most Pittsburgh-area towns do not: original brick streets and alleys dating back to the late 1800s.
They’re just one of the many charming elements of Aspinwall, founded in 1892, but keeping brick roads originally designed for horse and buggy wagons updated to accommodate modern-day vehicle traffic is an ongoing issue for the four-man Aspinwall Public Works crew.
Aspinwall Department of Public Works foreman Gene Marsico, 61, grew up in the borough and took a TribLive reporter and photojournalist on a brick-street tour July 29 to check out the most problematic brick streets requiring repair work…