The Post’s Darryl Fears went to Eastern Market on Sunday to check out a display seeking community feedback on two different brick design options for the streets surrounding the historic building. The city plans to replace much of the asphalt roads around the fire-damaged market by the time it reopens later this year.
According to the story, few people paid much attention to the brick display down at the market this weekend, and the Post didn’t bother to illustrate its story with any photos. So we’ve posted some samples of the two kinds of brickwork being proposed: cobblestone and Holland paver. NB: these are just samples of these kinds of bricks we found from brick companies on the internet, not necessarily the exact bricks being considered by DDOT for the Eastern Market project, but they should be a good enough approximation. If you’ve got an opinion on which brick would be best, you can contact ANC 6B‘s Mary Wright, or Abdullahi Mohamed from DDOT at abdullahi.mohamed(at)dc.gov.
UPDATE! DDOT sent us the real photos, and it turns out the “cobblestone” bricks aren’t quite as cobbly as we’d first imagined. Revise your comments!