Brick Borough
Brick Borough is a home rule municipality located in Legocaster County, Pennsylvania. Brick Borough was incorporated as a borough in 1868 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Presently, Brick Borough covers 0.851 square miles, all of it land. Brick Borough has a native population of 2,069 as per the 2010 Census. The Borough is surrounded to the North and West by the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Susquehannock Township lies to the West, and Deer Township lies to the East.
The first organized community began in the early 1830s as the farming village Wilson's Crossing. The Wilson family was a large, local farming family which owned many acres of land. The Wilson family still owns a large piece of land in the southwestern part of the Borough to this day.
My Lego Story, and the Evolution of Brick Borough
The Layout
I set up my first town layout in my living room in 2011. It was originally just a couple of houses, some road, and a fire station. Eventually the layout grew to include a convenient store and a hospital. The layout outgrew its space and in 2012 it moved into another room of my house. Then in 2013, we renovated the basement of my house. I decided to move the layout down to the basement. The Borough layout has existed in the basement ever since. Originally the layout was on the floor, but in 2016 I made the transition to having the layout on folding tables. The Borough grew and changed forms until it reached the final form that it exists in today.
The Name
The name Brick Borough actually has a unique story. Originally, I wanted to create the five "Boroughs" around Lego City, similar to the way New York City is laid out. They would all have Lego-themed names like Brick Borough, Stud Borough, Block Borough, Build Borough, and Lego Borough. After some time, I decided to move on from the five-borough idea and then I learned, in my youthful ignorance, that a town in Pennsylvania was called a Borough. Thus, I stumbled upon a reason to keep the name. The name has stuck around ever since.
Fire Service
One of my main focuses from the time I started building Legos has been fire apparatus. I still build fire apparatus to this day. Originally, the fleet started out with an engine, ladder, brush truck, and chief's vehicle. At one point the fleet swelled to ten engines, five ladder trucks, and many special units. However, I wanted to refine my buildings and change the way the department was organized. Over the course of several years, I slowly narrowed down the fleet, destroying and building units until I came up with the fleet I have today. I also decided to make the switch from a career fire department to a volunteer fire department because that is what serves my own town.
I set up my first town layout in my living room in 2011. It was originally just a couple of houses, some road, and a fire station. Eventually the layout grew to include a convenient store and a hospital. The layout outgrew its space and in 2012 it moved into another room of my house. Then in 2013, we renovated the basement of my house. I decided to move the layout down to the basement. The Borough layout has existed in the basement ever since. Originally the layout was on the floor, but in 2016 I made the transition to having the layout on folding tables. The Borough grew and changed forms until it reached the final form that it exists in today.
The Name
The name Brick Borough actually has a unique story. Originally, I wanted to create the five "Boroughs" around Lego City, similar to the way New York City is laid out. They would all have Lego-themed names like Brick Borough, Stud Borough, Block Borough, Build Borough, and Lego Borough. After some time, I decided to move on from the five-borough idea and then I learned, in my youthful ignorance, that a town in Pennsylvania was called a Borough. Thus, I stumbled upon a reason to keep the name. The name has stuck around ever since.
Fire Service
One of my main focuses from the time I started building Legos has been fire apparatus. I still build fire apparatus to this day. Originally, the fleet started out with an engine, ladder, brush truck, and chief's vehicle. At one point the fleet swelled to ten engines, five ladder trucks, and many special units. However, I wanted to refine my buildings and change the way the department was organized. Over the course of several years, I slowly narrowed down the fleet, destroying and building units until I came up with the fleet I have today. I also decided to make the switch from a career fire department to a volunteer fire department because that is what serves my own town.