These are found scattered all over downtown. None of them are new. Most have the design above, with bigger or smaller letters, but there’s also this one from downtown Broadway that I like a lot.
C of O (City of Oakland)
25 January 20251938 – O. C. Jones
22 January 2025
3247 Kempton Avenue
I’ve recorded this year and maker before, but in this instance the date omits the day and the S in “Jones” is upside down.
1953 – T. J. Garvey
20 January 2025
Perkins Street at Adams Street
Sometimes the low sun brings out a date I couldn’t see before.
1964 – Goyak Construction
16 January 2025
Harrison Street at Frisbie Street
The Goyak Construction Company was in Richmond. Nick Goyak (1892-1968) was a Croatian immigrant from Veliko Brdo who arrived with his family in 1929. This mark is in the roadway along the curb. (Thanks to Ken for spotting this one.)
1925 – S. Avena & Sons
3 January 2025
1210 Derby Street, Berkeley
The Avena family practiced for three generations; this is the first iteration. I have only one example from Oakland.
1915 – A. Soda
1 January 2025
1511 Derby Street, Berkeley
As I expected, Andrea Soda did some of his earliest work in nearby Berkeley.
1907 – G. W. Werner
30 December 2024
1712 Stuart Street, Berkeley
A rare stamp; only one found in Oakland.
Oakland Underfoot 