On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:05:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

The last time I worked with block, "decorative block" at that, was about
10 years ago, on the 12' x 20' building out on the Shenandoah. It was a
backbreaker.

"Split face"?
Looks a little like stone when laid.


Yeah...gives a decent finished surface on the exterior...more attractive
than standard CMU’s.

Pretty popular for office buildings and store fronts. Target uses red
dyed ones here.
When I was building the surround for the spa I thought about them for
about 30 seconds and decided to go with natural stone. Now we have
natural stone everywhere.