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Moral_turpidude t1_je80skf wrote

Reply to comment by Ieatclowns in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis

I live in Boston, that looks more like bricks. The "Cobblestones" here look like a mix between busted up curbs stone or straight up rocks

https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:4q77ft56b

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_jecn9f7 wrote

Same here in Philly. Cobblestones are round stones. We have brick street pavements. Those are bricks.

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shamam t1_jecrwhg wrote

Belgian Blocks, or setts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett_(paving)

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_jecrxx0 wrote

Sett (paving)

>A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways. Formerly in widespread use, particularly on steeper streets because setts provided horses' hooves with better grip than a smooth surface, they are now encountered rather as decorative stone paving in landscape architecture. Setts are often referred to as "cobblestones", although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock. Setts are usually made of granite.

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