Ecobblestone.com is a web site of London Universal, a California company incorporated in 1978, as supplier and manufacturer of granite and marble for US architectural specified projects.
London Universal was the first company to introduce European agglomerate marble tile in 1978 to US department stores for their aisle walkways, offering a unique calibrated marble tile with uniform thickness for thin setting.
Macy’s flagship store in Union Square, San Francisco was the first client installation, followed by ten new Macy's department stores throughout California. Other department store installations include Filene's of Boston (8 stores), Dillard’s Department stores (60 stores), Neiman Marcus, Calvin Klein, Madison Ave, I.Magnin, Lazarus Stores, Rich’s, Emporium, Buffums and Ivey’s. Hotel groups with installations include the Hyatt, Marriott and Sheraton. The Stoneridge Shopping Mall in Pleasanton, CA installed 100,000 sq ft of marble tile cut to a specific size pattern.
Granite Cobblestones have been an integral part of London Universal’s product range since supplying a 50,000 sq ft driveway and courtyard entrance for an Equestrian Center in New Mexico in year 2000. This was followed by a 20,000 sq ft project for the Carolands Mansion, Hillsborough, CA that used our 9” x 5” x 5” cobblestones for their four driveway entrances (see web site photos of installation).
Streetscape Revitalization, utilizing granite cobblestones to restore that aged historic appearance, is taking place in many older US cities where the downtowns are being redesigned as community hubs for shopping, dining and people watching, very similar to many historic European cities. London Universal has supplied cobblestones and granite curbing to Folsom, CA for their redeveloped historic Sutter Street. All part of the city’s revitalization program. (see web site photos).
Reclaimed Cobblestones, originally arriving in the US on sailing ships from Europe as ballast were used for road construction at many East and West Coast seaport cities. Today they are part of London Universal’s product range. As the infrastructure of cities improves and redevelopment occurs, these “aged” cobblestones are being recycled for driveway and stately courtyard entrances.
We are able to supply to most site locations in the US either by flat bed truck or container delivery. Custom sizes are available direct from the quarry for special projects if time is available for production and shipping from overseas. Granite curbing and granite cobblestones are also available from US quarries that meet Leed specifications or municipal purchasing requirements for a local source granite. Custom sizes and surface finishes, flamed or natural split face are available.
Large projects are our specialty but we do supply projects as small as one truckload, about 700 - 1000 sq ft depending on the cobblestones size. Delivery can be as short as 2 days or 10 days depending on distance to the job site. Quarry production delivery will range from 6 weeks depending on the quantity.
As a privately owned company we have guarded our reputation for quality, service and reliability that has proven to be an invaluable asset for 33 years. We will endeavor to maintain our reputation with your contracts. References are available from our past clients - just ask.
