But is there a strong correlation between brickwork and the features I'm talking about? My guess is that it's tied to both the decade and the social status of the original residents of the neighbourhood (it's also fascinating to look at how the social classes and economic strata have moved around the different parts of the city over time).
Still, you've given me another thing to look for as I drive around Baltimore (and I'll have to remember to pay attention to the brickwork the next time I visit Boston, too), and it's cool to find out both the names of the bonds and that "bond" is the word to search on. Thanks.
>>> "But is there a strong correlation between brickwork and the features I'm talking about?"
That's a good question. I'm guessing the answer is "sort of". If you had more money to throw into construction, you'll go for both fancier brickwork AND more frills. If the answer is "no", well I DID say it was a simplified version of the problem.
It was quite common to use a more expensive bond on more visible areas of a house. A few examples you'll be familiar with:
Savage Mill is a riotous mixture of bonds, but mostly variants of American Common.
Marietta House mixes bonds depending on which way the wall faces: more visible --> more expensive.
UMCP uses Flemish Bond for EVERYTHING, including the SECU ATM structure.
Note that brick-size has been standardized for at least a couple centuries. This should be useful for any automated analysis you do, since once you find the brick-texture ina an image, you'll know that each course of bricks will be 2.5" tall.
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Still, you've given me another thing to look for as I drive around Baltimore (and I'll have to remember to pay attention to the brickwork the next time I visit Boston, too), and it's cool to find out both the names of the bonds and that "bond" is the word to search on. Thanks.
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That's a good question. I'm guessing the answer is "sort of". If you had more money to throw into construction, you'll go for both fancier brickwork AND more frills.
If the answer is "no", well I DID say it was a simplified version of the problem.
It was quite common to use a more expensive bond on more visible areas of a house.
A few examples you'll be familiar with:
Savage Mill is a riotous mixture of bonds, but mostly variants of American Common.
Marietta House mixes bonds depending on which way the wall faces: more visible --> more expensive.
UMCP uses Flemish Bond for EVERYTHING, including the SECU ATM structure.
Note that brick-size has been standardized for at least a couple centuries. This should be useful for any automated analysis you do, since once you find the brick-texture ina an image, you'll know that each course of bricks will be 2.5" tall.