Hearst and Ninth Streets, Berkeley
The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church has sat on this corner since 1878. When the Blake & Bilger Company laid this sidewalk in 1906, Hearst was known as Bristol Street.
Archive for the ‘Corners’ Category
1906 – Blake & Bilger
1 September 2026Corners: Allston Way and Seventh Street, Berkeley
7 October 2025
As they say, “You had one job.”
Corners: Manoa and Mystic Streets
18 August 2023
This corner, one of two thus marked, is also a splendid example of a dated Schnoor Bros. stamp, unlike my previous example from just down the block.
Corners: Alice and Fourth Streets
16 June 2023
This makes the 12th corner I’ve documented with names stamped in the concrete. Notice that while the street signs on 4th Street spell it “4th,” this says “Fourth.”
[Moved from a combination post to its own post]
Corners: Canning Street and McAuley Street
18 December 2021
McAuley Street was previously named Rose Street and is shown thusly on the 1912 street map. It was apparently still Rose Street in 1929.
Corners: Canning Street and 59th Street
15 December 2021
Looks like I missed this the last time I was here, back in 2009. Granted, it was long ago and I wasn’t collecting corners then. The sidewalks here are around 110 years old.
Corners: Kingston Avenue at Monte Vista Avenue
31 August 2018
If it hadn’t been late afternoon, I might have missed this yet again. Note that Kingston was called “Street” at the time.
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