#Brick first arrived in #Boston and other settlements along the East Coast in the 1700s as ballast in ships from England at a time when there was little else but wood to build with. Today’s Boston still is “a Red City.” #redcity #brickcity #bricklayersunion #brickconstruction #bricklayer #bricklaying #brickbuilding #union #1u #construction #skilledtrades bit.ly/3Mh3gV5