Mar 15, 2017
Preserving historic pavement
Sidewalk on Benefit Street, in Providence. (photo by Robin Williams during 2016 visit)
One of many fascinating narratives in Seven Ages of Pariswas author Alistair Horne’s frequent return to the subject of how Paris’s streets evolved from muddy lanes awash in human waste to paved streets with gutters down the middle to guide sewage toward the nearest river. Eventually, sewers were put underground…
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