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‘Beauty that Endures – A Look at the Enduring Value and Timeless Beauty of Genuine Clay Pavers’ by the Brick Industry Association’s Leroy Danforth was featured in the February 2008 Masonry magazine.  Discover the wonderful attributes of clay pavers and learn how they play an important part of three award-winning landscapes.   A PDF of the article is available here.  Please also visit the Brick Industry Associationfor additional clay paver resources.

New for the 2008 hardscaping season, Town & Country Landscape Supply is now the master distributor for Whitacre Greer pavers in Chicagoland.  With multiple locations and an active sales staff, Town & Country is well positioned to assist with your next hardscape project.  Contact one of the following locations to purchase Whitacre Greer pavers:

Town & Country
29800 North Hwy 12
Wauconda, IL 60084
(847) 526-2300

Town & Country
1212 North Route 41
Lake Bluff, IL 60044
(847) 578-0800

Town & Country
3900 West 167th Street
Markham, IL 60426
(708) 596-7200

Town & Country
1600 East 122nd Street
Chicago, IL 60633
(773) 646-6719

Rob Rollins continues to promote Whitacre Greer pavers in Wisconsin, Illinois and northwest Indiana, and is available for project consultation.  Rob will be working closely with Town & Country to ensure a smooth transition.

Contact Rob at             (630) 514-0052

Bluestone sidewalks, granite curbs, gutter and planters and Whitacre Greer Cobbled 3 x 9 x 3 Shade 36 Boardwalk pavers were harmoniously blended by The Lakota Group in the creation of this fabulous space.  The installation was completed by LPS Pavement Company.  Photos of this fabulous project are available here.

Friday, February 29th, two projects utilizing Whitacre Greer pavers were honored with awards in Nashville, TN.  The 1st Annual Hardscape North America Project Awards were presented by Hardscape North America, The Hardscape Show for Contractors.

David Wright Landscape Architect LLC, Branchville, NJ, designed and constructed the Private Residence project that captured the prize for Residential Clay Paving 1,000-5,000 ft².  Photos of the award winning residential project are available here.

Wells Appel, Philadelphia, PA, designed the Reading Hospital and Medical Center project that was recognized for excellence in the Commerical Clay Paving 1,000-10,000 ft² category.  Photos of the award winning commerial project are available here.

The Whitacre Greer genuine clay pavers utilized in each project were supplied by Doug Rose of Church Brick South, Thorofare, NJ.

Thank you all for allowing Whitacre Greer to be part of two excellent projects

Below is an excerpt from a recent letter received from EPA:

We are pleased to acknowledge that your MFR-100 Series masonry fireplace with the Hearthcat catalyst meets the Phase 2 emission level and is now considered a “Phase 2 emission qualified model” under the EPA Wood-Burning Fireplace Program.  Thus, you may use the qualifying labels and hangtags in accordance with the Partnership Agreement Guidelines.  Information regarding this model has been posted on the EPA websitehttp://www.epa.gov/burnwise/fireplacelist.html.

This acknowledgement is based on your signing the Phase 2 Partnership Agreement; our review of the report that Omni-Test Laboratories submitted to EPA regarding the testing of this unit, dated January 2011; and the submittal of an appropriate owner’s manual.  The test report indicates that this unit has an average emissions level of 4.3 grams of fine particulates per kilogram of wood burned.  This emission level is well below the qualifying Phase 2 emission level of 5.1 g/kg.

We have provided you separately by e-mail the Phase 2 qualified hangtag for this fireplace model.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at …

Thank you for your participation in Phase 2 of EPA’s Wood-Burning Fireplace Program and you interest in improving air quality.

The Whitacre Greer plant as it looked in 1905. Organized in 1902, it set on top of a big basin which at one time connected to the Sandy-Beaver Canal. The Canal ran thru Malvern soon after 1834, and can clearly be seen on Route 183 to Waynesburg.

Just above the old R.T. Hawke farm it emptied into Big Sandy where there was a dam. There was evidence of it some 70 years ago. It proceeded west from the plant near the bridge and thru flat at John Brown Mill, and crossed near the bridge. The old football field was another basin, and the next was just above the dam.

Rocks from up at the old stone quarry which is visible for miles around atop of Whitacre hill were used for the solid foundation to the machine shop. Many area residents used this basin to ice skate on and good fishing for bass, when use was discontinued of the canal after railroads came in 1853. Thanks to F.C. Orland for story and pictures. (Local Waynesburg newspaper, 1972.)

The photo below was taken in 1972 from the same location on the hill above the plant.

Whitacre Greer closed the Waynesburg plant in 1989. Production of dry-pressed paving brick and low-duty firebrick are now located in Alliance, OH.

New Jersey-based Ledden Palimeno Landscape & Irrigation Contractors provided these terrific photos of two of its projects. Established in 1986, Ledden Palimeno is one of the Deleware Valley’s most sought after residential design-build landscape contractors…