I'll need to read the rest of the article, but it is amazing how many brick homes and buildings are in St. Louis.
The brick house in St. Louis I rented previously was built in the late 1800s and has a brick walkway in the back yard that was put down at the same time, so nearly every day I was walking on bricks that had been walked on for nearly every day for more than a century.
The brick house in St. Louis my wife and I purchased a couple of years ago was likewise built in the late 1800s. If you don't know what tuckpointing[+] is, and the cost involved, you definitely will after purchasing a brick house! Thankfully, it doesn't have to be performed every decade, and you don't necessarily need to have it done to the entire exterior in one go.