Bricks, Bricks, Bricks

That big yellow excavator disappeared from the site on Thursday morning, leaving a smaller Bobcat and mostly piles of red bricks behind. The weather continues to be very cold, but without snow. Seeing the buildings adjacent to the future Apple store, the piles of bricks from the demolished building, and knowing that many of Back Bay's older buildings are made of brick, it makes you wonder why Apple's architects couldn't squeeze out a concession from Steve to use a little bit of brick on the façade. Of course, back in the old days the brick was the actual exterior wall of the building. These days those old bricks are popular as an architectural feature for all sorts of projects. There are lots of brokers for red bricks and other vintage building materials. Well, we lost an opportunity on this store, but we always have Glasgow to look forward to for some "wow" architecture. [Thursday's time-lapse]