I peeled this brick off of a building crumbling down, under reconstruction a half mile from my house. Typical of a Chicago Common Brick, it is inconsistent in color and texture—ranging from the yellow of an early summer peach to the gummy pink of a Tyconderoga eraser head. The core hole punctured through is a bit off-center, two inches by an inch and a …
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