Brick Shortage Changing Chicago Architecture

The famous 'Chicago Pinks', the highly coveted brick used in the majority of the city's turn of the century buildings, are rapidly depleting due to a rapid rise of 'Chicawovilles' throughout China. Desperate bricklayers here in Chicago have been forced to construct walls as sparsely as possible. Meanwhile, the burgeoning middle class in China is enjoying 'Chicawo bwick' by building bathtubs and boxsprings out of our beloved fired pink clay.
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