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Re: Paved with good intintions....
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Gabriel Orgrease <[log in to unmask]>
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The Louis Sullivan Smiley-Face Listserv! <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:35:23 -0100
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> As for mortar color going all the way through, the over-pigmented 1910 
> building in Florida I've mentioned was built that way, presumably 
> because the labor to do 2 operations was more than the cost difference 
> for color. I have to wonder whether the era of portland cement mortar 
> also brought this change in colored mortar practices?
>
Interesting question. If skilled labor is cheap the work practice may 
also reflect this in how materials are allocated.

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