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One must have an appreciation for those old stone masonry buildings, kind of a lost art/trade today. I remember the concrete plank erector who was setting the precast concrete plank floors on a masonry high rise building I did in Manhattan, ( he was from your country, not sure where ) and he always mentioned in that unmistakable accent, that the masons/bricklayers were so sloppy over here, particularly on this job. Well even more so, the outfit hired for this job by the owners consultant and for me to deal with was less than desirable as far as the workmanship went, but he, Terry Wingrove, from Car-Win had mentioned that they were much more meticulous when setting the courses of brick, and that when topped off, there was no need for the washdown to the bottom as is common over here, cleaning up excess mortar and the face of brick etc. I had always wondered how masonry was done differently in your neck of the woods, having an appreciation for good and neat workmanship, sounded better than what is typical here, which can actually be very sloppy, depending on who is doing the work. That is a nice old building still in good use. My grandmothers place had an old country store and post office attached, kind of a neat old building and served a purpose, very convienent, even then, almost non-existent today though, I'd much rather support the small local places instead of the big box places
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