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> "Although there is some delicate terra-cotta inset decoration, the
> bulk of the loft building is in simple red Philadelphia brick,
> skillfully manipulated in quoining, corbelling and even raised letters
> ''Joseph Loth & Co.'' and ''Silk Ribbons'' on large panels at roof level."
>
> When I wrote that passage over a decade ago - about an 1880s loft
> building in upper Manhattan - I took Philadelphia brick to mean the a
> fiery red brick with smooth (water-struck?) sides, probably so named
> for the formation from which it came.
>
> Is that correct? Or is there a specific manufacturing processe
> which identifies this material?
>
> Christopher
c,
Do you mean steam pressed brick that was made in metal forms?
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