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Changing Skyline: Philadelphia's only surviving wooden street embalmed in asphalt

Philadelphia is a city where the streets are paved in gold, as well as occasionally in hues of blue, red, and orange. We are talking bricks, and there is probably no place in America that can boast such a rainbow of paving colors, materials, and textures. You can find dozens of streets surfaced in Belgian block, cobblestone, riverstone, and bluestone.

Wooden pavers on Camac Street have been encased in asphalt - after a major reconstruction in 2012 caused the blocks to rot, dissolve, and pop out. The Franklin Inn Club is on the right.
Wooden pavers on Camac Street have been encased in asphalt - after a major reconstruction in 2012 caused the blocks to rot, dissolve, and pop out. The Franklin Inn Club is on the right.Read moreINGA SAFFRON / Staff
    by Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic
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    Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic