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Repeat_Bloomer
Peekskill, NY
(Zone 6b)

June 08, 2007
11:27 PM

Post #3593422

I've always wanted a brick path meandering through the back garden. But I didn’t want it to look "new;” I wanted it to look old and weather-worn.

As luck would have it, earlier this spring I was down at a lumber yard on the banks of the Hudson River that has been in continuous operation for more than 150 years. Across the road is an old, crumbling remnant of a brick factory built back in the mid-1800s, typical of those that lined the old waterfront during the industrial revolution. Most evidence of the factory is long-gone, but a few walls are still standing high on a steep hill, beneath an overpass of scenic Route 9, shown here…

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