In a message dated 98-06-01 07:31:38 EDT, you write:
<< OK, for the complete novice, what is "wythe"? I always thought it was just
a street (blvd, ave?) named after some New Yorker of the past. >>
Reference to a brick wall, measuring horizontal through the wall, a single
wythe is one brick in depth. A twelve inch thick wall is usually triple
(three) wythe.
Does anyone know where the word comes from?
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