MUSINGS ON BRICK, 1929–1955
Colorful, textural brick façades sprouted like wildflowers in the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties. The sales pitches were certainly clever. I suspect that these examples illustrate a change from texture to tone during the years between the wars—and period examples are worth appreciation and preservation.
Around 1930, as the larger world awoke to the exigencies of
