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minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 年前Those are the cleanest, newest stoops I have ever seen. When new stoops are built, they already look more worn out than this.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 年前Apparently they’re marble!
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 年前Like… solid slabs?? Worth more than the whole house.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 年前No, blocks right 4ft long 10 wide and 6 or 8" tall. Under the steps given the age might be a cold room like my house and many like it from the same time period.
minus-squareBbrbu22@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Found an article about them from a few years ago. https://www.wypr.org/2021-12-06/a-stone-cold-mystery
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 年前Probably because they’re not built from marble blocks. Was marble not a premium construction material back then?
Those are the cleanest, newest stoops I have ever seen.
When new stoops are built, they already look more worn out than this.
Apparently they’re marble!
Like… solid slabs??
Worth more than the whole house.
No, blocks right 4ft long 10 wide and 6 or 8" tall.
Under the steps given the age might be a cold room like my house and many like it from the same time period.
Found an article about them from a few years ago. https://www.wypr.org/2021-12-06/a-stone-cold-mystery
Probably because they’re not built from marble blocks. Was marble not a premium construction material back then?