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Decorative concrete comes of age: fifty years of innovative and creative people.

Most of the decorative concrete movement came about since CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION was first published, and some of it unfolded in the magazine. For instance, in 1956, the first issue shows Brad Bowman stamping concrete. Individuals and company names were seldom mentioned in those days (to focus on educational and not commercial content) so you would have to know him to identify him.

Between 1890 and 1920, many precast companies produced members for building facades, using colors and stains to make their work more interesting. Sometimes they mixed pigment in fresh concrete, and sometimes they submerged castings in solutions similar to modern-day chemical stains. They mixed ...

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