downtown upside down

 

This morning's rain storm led to the assignment "puddles."  Water filled the gutters and the brick streets glistened.  Lubbock began laying brick streets in 1920, beginning on Texas Avenue by the courthouse.  About 20 blocks of downtown were completed by 1931. According to the local newspaper, it took 30 men 10 hours to lay two blocks of bricks at a salary of 35 to 50 cents per hour.  Today's rain washed the bricks, preparing Broadway for the annual parade on Independence Day. 4th on Broadway  celebrates its fourteenth year  as the largest free festival in Texas, with vendors, live music and an evening fireworks display.  The brick streets of Broadway will bustle just like the heyday of downtown -- providing it doesn't rain and the curbs don't flood.

 

Broadway

Lubbock, Texas