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Appreciation post: saw a 100 year old sidewalk in Savannah that's still perfect
I was down in Savannah, Georgia last week for a family thing and I couldn't stop looking at the sidewalks. There's this one stretch near Forsyth Park that's gotta be original, maybe from the 1920s. The joints are tight, the surface is smooth, and there's hardly a crack in it. No heaving, no spalling, nothing. It made me think about the mix they used back then and how they placed it without any of our modern tools. What's the oldest pour you've seen that's still holding up? Makes you respect the guys who did it with just trowels and a lot of skill.
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uma4096mo ago
Check out the old brick streets in Charleston. They laid those things by hand centuries ago. Modern concrete just doesn't have that same soul.
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jade5406mo ago
You said modern concrete doesn't have the same soul. I read an article once about how they mix concrete now versus old methods. The old way used local materials that gave it a unique color and texture in each town. The new stuff is all the same mix from a factory, so it loses that local character.
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the_nina6mo ago
I used to think all concrete was the same, but @jade540 really has a point about local materials. Seeing the old sidewalks in my town compared to a new parking lot shows the difference. It makes the old places feel more special, doesn't it?
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