Oakland Underfoot

San Pablo Avenue at 29th Street

This post shows why I keep my eyes open even after I’ve finished surveying the whole city. First, there’s always new stuff that was installed after I last came by. And second, sometimes I’d miss a mark, or find it indecipherable the first time. This was probably in the last category.

(For the couple weeks or so, I’ll be posting entries that I previously included on other pages, making sure they have their own page. Have to make things neat & tidy!)

4521 Telegraph Avenue

This mark is on concrete patches, not original paving, on both sides of the Kasper’s building. I have another hand-drawn J. W. Roberts mark from earlier in 1943. No idea who E. J. Patrick was.

169 Ronada Avenue, Piedmont

Now I have this scroll documented from 1943, 1951, 1952 and 1957.

1627 100th Avenue

There are a couple more of these General Concrete Company marks on this block, all of them obscure.

1230 95th Avenue

1380 93rd Avenue

1722 88th Avenue

A much better strike than my previous example.