I grew up surrounded by brick. And I think it should show! When I bought my little house the brick stoop was . . . painted!! So the chore of the month is to uncover the beauty of the brick! 
stoop (stLp)n. Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.
[Dutch stoep, front verandah, from Middle Dutch.]
Regional Note: Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, a few items of Dutch vocabulary have survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, "a small porch," comes from Dutch stoep; this word is now in general use in the Northeast and is probably spreading.
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