Local but lovely, a historic street in a Florida town is getting a new-old makeover, that will restore the oldie charm and reduce traffic risk for pedestrians.
The key to clearing both these hurdles in one leap is the recently-commenced re-bricking of 7th Avenue in Ybor City, near Tampa Bay, where contractors have sourced some 60,000 bricks made with local clay for the job.
Brick streets are common all over the world; less so in the US. But along with adding a touch of the rustic to any street scene, they act like automatic speed traps, because as anyone who’s ever driven on one knows, it sends a tremendous racket and vibration through the car…