Here is a nice East Jordan Iron Works water utility cover from the north side of Grand River Avenue just west of the mall. I wondered if the tree by the river was from the seal of Meridian Township, but no, it appears that their seal depicts a log cabin and a tipi.
Continuing my walk near the Meridian Mall, I found another new-to-me contractor stamp. This one is in front of Buddy’s Pizza on the north side of Grand River Avenue, a short distance west of the mall entrance.
Merlo Construction is based on Milford, which is pretty far afield from Meridian Township, so I assume a pretty big project brought them here. According to the About page on their Web site, the business was founded by Perry and Ray Merlo in 1991.
I went for a walk while waiting for my car to get a tire replacement at Discount Tire on Grand River Avenue in Meridian Township. In the process, I found a few new sidewalk stamps, for the first time in a while. This one is in front of a Taco Bell on the north side of the street, across from Meijer.
Mauldon Const. is most likely Mauldon Brothers Construction of Mason, which I believe to be the continuation of Glen Mauldon Construction (Glen having died in 2012). I can’t find out much about the business or its history, except that it seems that they particularly do sewer work and have been contracted to do such work by Meridian Township at times. It is likely, then, that this sidewalk replacement was done as the result of sewer work along Grand River.
I was in Old Town for Christmas shopping today and took a quick shot of an unfamiliar contractor’s stamp in front of Pleats Interior Design, on the north side of East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue (Historic Grand River) between Turner and Center. I can find some residual directory listings for Dan’s Concrete which suggest it was based on Harris Street in Lansing’s north side, but it doesn’t seem to be in business now and I can’t find out anything about it.
Everything in Old Town is now a gallery, a boutique, or a tattoo parlor, but in times past it was more down to earth. The nice-looking brick storefront occupied by Pleats seems to have been a grocery store called Affeldt’s (“Ask your neighbor – she knows!”) in the 1930s, then Rulison and Sons Supply Company (“We Do HEMSTITCHING”) in the 1940s and 50s. In the 1980s it was home to Minor Creations, a lingerie manufacturer. A January 10, 1993 classified ad sought an industrial cutter for a garment factory, able to lift heavy bolts of cloth; no company name was given, but I assume it was still Minor Creations. To my surprise, Minor Creations (warning: not entirely SFW) still exists and is now based in Okemos. They seem to now call themselves a dancewear rather than lingerie manufacturer. And, times being what they are, they also sell masks to match your tiger striped sexy garb.
