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Posted on November 16, 2020 by bunnyhugger

S. Magnolia Ave., BdWL, undated

Here is another one of those mysterious “BdWL” marks. There are a couple of them along this block. This one is on the west side of South Magnolia Avenue, just north of Prospect Street.

Looking south on South Magnolia toward Prospect.

Posted on November 7, 2020 by bunnyhugger

N. Magnolia Ave., DPS, 1950

Oho! Now what do we have here? A DPW variation I haven’t seen before – sort of. It’s on the west side of North Magnolia Avenue just north of Michigan. The style is similar to the 1940s DPW stamps, but it says Lansing DPS instead. So, around 1950 Lansing apparently went from having a Department of Public Works to having a Department of Public Service. Today we have a Public Service Department, but the stamps specify O & M or Operations and Maintenance, one of the divisions of Public Service.

Looking south on North Magnolia, toward Michigan Avenue.

Posted on November 2, 2020 by bunnyhugger

S. Magnolia Ave., O & M, undated

A typical undated O & M stamp on the east side of South Magnolia Avenue between Prospect and Kalamazoo. I wonder why they spent a good while not dating them.

It was a chilly night, and snowed earlier, so it wasn’t my most pleasant recent walk. I did enjoy seeing a few remaining Halloween decorations.

Looking south on South Magnolia. The stamp is facing the other way from me here, on the other end of the slab.

Posted on October 23, 2020October 26, 2020 by bunnyhugger

S. Magnolia Ave., BdWL(?), undated

I don’t know what to make of this one I stumbled across on my walk tonight. It’s on the west side of South Magnolia Avenue between Michigan and Prospect, close to the corner of Prospect.

My first thought was that the “BWL” makes me think of the Board of Water and Light. Is that “d” looking character some sort of shorthand for “of”? It’s not one I recognize, but maybe. But why wouldn’t there also be a mark for “the” in that case?

Looking south on Magnolia. The stamp is on the closest (full) block.

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by bunnyhugger

S. Magnolia Ave., White Hawk, 2020

I was excited when my husband alerted me to the newest sidewalk in the neighborhood, so I made sure to head that way on my walk today. This is my youngest stamp yet. The caution tape was still in place! It turned out that a significant portion of the sidewalk along the west side of South Magnolia Avenue between Kalamazoo and Marcus is new, and across the street they seem to be preparing to do more. I also saw some new ones around the corner on Marcus Street.

I’m a little worried that the date doesn’t seem like a deep impression on any of their stamps. Some future sidewalk stamp chronicler may have trouble making it out.

I’ve never seen a stamp from this company before, and I haven’t learned much about them. They don’t have a Web site. I found them on OpenCorporates (a site I’m glad I discovered) where it says that White Hawk Concrete, L.L.C., incorporated in 2018 and has an address on Rundle Avenue. I had never heard of Rundle Avenue either, but it turns out it is in the Moores Park neighborhood, the land of twisty streets.