The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoScrubbing down the neighborhood (Baltimore, 1950s)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down12
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minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoApparently they’re marble!
minus-squareBbrbu22@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoFound an article about them from a few years ago. https://www.wypr.org/2021-12-06/a-stone-cold-mystery
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoLike… solid slabs?? Worth more than the whole house.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, 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-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLike only under the steps and the size of the steps, or a full room which is partly under the steps? Cool either way…
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDepends but in my area it’s the width and depth of the stoop. With the cracks and gaps between blocks acting as your vent.
Apparently they’re marble!
Found an article about them from a few years ago. https://www.wypr.org/2021-12-06/a-stone-cold-mystery
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.
Like only under the steps and the size of the steps, or a full room which is partly under the steps?
Cool either way…
Depends but in my area it’s the width and depth of the stoop. With the cracks and gaps between blocks acting as your vent.