The second inductee into the Hall of Shame is this stretch of new sidewalk on the northwest corner of South Fairview Avenue and Elizabeth Street. It has not been stamped, which is in clear violation of the city code on sidewalk marking!
The graffiti, at least, allows us to determine that the sidewalk was poured in June 2020.
Here’s a new one – both a new contractor for me and a new date. It’s on the west side of Shepard Street north of Kalamazoo, alongside the former Allen Neighborhood Center, which is currently transforming into a mixed use development called Allen Place.
Leavitt & Starck Excavating, Inc., is based in Ovid. It was founded in 2011 by Dean Leavitt and Tom Starck. They must be involved in the Allen Place project.
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’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.
