Curb Service

I am strangely fascinated by asphalt; in parking lots, on road surfaces, on bike pathways. I like the way its appearance changes according the quality and angle of the light; sometimes a pure deep black, sometimes so reflective it looks like the surface of water. I like the elasticity of asphalt; the way it expands and contracts depending on the weather. I love the fact that asphalt looks so obviously industrial, and yet it's organic; there is something curiously appealing about the fact that natural deposits of asphalt exist in the world.

I also love the flexibility of asphalt, the ease with which a person can work it and shape it. Despite that, cold asphalt is tough. When buried underground, asphalt remains impermeable for a long, long time. Decades, centuries. Public land fills often use buried asphalt to as a containment barrier. Asphalt is so common that in any large town or city, asphalt is being laid down somewhere almost every week of the year.

If there is something you want buried, something you don't want uncovered for decades or centuries, asphalt is your friend.