junctionist
Senior Member
A cheaper alternative to granite is concrete unit pavers. They're not granite but they look a lot better than poured concrete slabs. They're more expensive than poured concrete but well worth it imo.
Were Toronto's streets ever paved in cobblestone? Toronto should be uncovering the brick paving on its older streets. Often they're on side streets where you don't need a smooth driving surface.
Concrete unit pavers are a good option as well to compliment areas with granite sidewalks. I hope BIAs around the city considering using them. I think streets in the St. Lawrence Market area would really be enhanced with some granite sidewalks and cobblestones because concrete and asphalt doesn't compliment the rich 19th century history and landmarks of the area. King Street was the first street in Toronto to be paved with stone, if I recall correctly from Toronto: No Mean City. Also, remember that the TTC used to use cobblestones around streetcar tracks, so there was cobblestone on Toronto streets far into the streetcar suburbs.
Uncovering brick paving is also a good idea. From what I've seen, the city has done that so far only on some obscure residential streets in affluent areas.
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