https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/01/10/the-time-when-lo...
This seems to be a topic which animates a certain kind of urbanist nerd (of whom Ian Visits is the prince):
http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/wood/
http://www.endgrain.org.uk/history/
That last page is from some Welsh applied research project on using more endgrain wood for surfaces; there's lots more interesting material on that site.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/01/10/the-time-when-lo...
This seems to be a topic which animates a certain kind of urbanist nerd (of whom Ian Visits is the prince):
http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/wood/
http://www.endgrain.org.uk/history/
That last page is from some Welsh applied research project on using more endgrain wood for surfaces; there's lots more interesting material on that site.