It doesn't take long for the visitor to St. Louis to see that the city is built of brick. The variation is in the ornamentation, and bricklayers were inventive in their craft.
This site will give you an idea of how creative those bricklayers were in the use of brick patterns and incorporation of tiles and other ornamentation.
As I learn to look at the details, more and more of the art and craft of the bricklayer is revealed, and here I offer you some of the visual rewards I have enjoyed.
The last two are on private homes in The Hill neighborhood.
O i do like those coloured tiles
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