I didn’t forget. I’ve just been up all night writing an exam, and this was my first chance to get this posted. I took a lightly snowy walk in the early evening, enjoying some early Christmas lights (even while mildly disapproving).
There are a bunch of these Eastlund Concrete stamps on Elizabeth Street, but none of them are dated. Scofflaws, I tell you. This one is on the north side of Elizabeth Street, just on the east side of the corner of Lathrop.
This Eastlund Concrete stamp is on the north side of East Kalamazoo Street between Regent and Leslie. It has a different style from the one I previously photographed plus, unlike that one, it is dated.
This stamp is on the south side of East Michigan Avenue between Allen and Shepard. It’s undated, which is curious because I have seen other Eastlund stamps around town with dates, mostly in the 2000s if I’m remembering correctly. Eastlund Concrete of Holt is still in business and has been providing commercial concrete services since 1962, according to their Web site.
It’s out in front of Papa John’s Pizza, my longtime go-to pizza place (except when my parents are visiting because my dad prefers Jet’s). Papa John’s is no relation to the national chain. They had the name in this area long before the other Papa John’s came to town, so they had no legal obligation to relinquish it. When someone opened a Papa John’s franchise in Lansing back in the 2000s it had to go by the name Papiano’s. It’s long gone but our east side Papa John’s endures.
The stamp is on a half-sized slab right in front of the street tree in this next photo. (It’s right above a BBRPCI stamp oriented in the other direction.)
