The Worst Stuff I Ever Got from Downtown Deco

WOW!  Those are best looking " worst sidewalks" I've ever seen.  Nice job.  Now we need some broken & boarded up window inserts.

Deserted town? heck most of the sidewalks in 'active' cities today look like that.

We have sidewalk inspectors on Baltimore City that issue citations for each broken block to the tune of $500.00 ea.  If you don't repair them yourself with 90 days the city will do for $500.00 per block.  Once they get enough violations in a neighborhood  they hire the cheapest contractor to replace the blocks.  Most of the guys doing the actual work don't speak English and I'll just leave it there.

Wish they'd fix the sidewalks in my neck of central/Western MD.  Some of them are pushed up 12-14" above the grade by tree roots, etc.  Walking on them with kids and a stroller is an exercise in attentiveness!

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jerrman

The sidewalks look realistically bad. The curbs however seem to be in good shape.  In my experience the curbs are typicaly in worse shape than the walks. Pat B.

That's an easy fix. Just chip them. Randy has been selling bundles of old broken walls, and other parts on E-bay. I got two orders of them. I'm weathering the parts now. They look great. It's a super fun project. Don

This is one of Randy's building parts I'm weathering. Don