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N. Magnolia Ave., Hosford Bros., undated

On the west side of North Magnolia Avenue between Vine and Fernwood, there are two houses that share a driveway, and on that driveway are three undated Hosford Brothers Inc. stamps (one on each of the three big blocks making it up). Shared driveways are fairly common in my neighborhood, and from reading the various neighborhood social media groups, I have learned that they are an unending source of neighbor disputes. This one looks to have been repaved pretty recently, making me wonder about the logistics of shared driveway projects.

This is the rightmost of the three stamps. They all look pretty much the same, so I figured you didn’t need to see all three.

Hosford Brothers Concrete Inc. is located on Saginaw Highway in East Lansing, at least per their postal address. That actually places them closer to Haslett or Bath. Their Web site is broken but they seem to still be in business, based on recent online reviews. Their Facebook page says they have been in business since 1994.

This is the driveway in question; the photo is facing south down North Magnolia. The driveway looks wide enough for multiple cars, but (as the shrub should make clear) the right side of the pavement is actually serving as a sort of front walk to one of the houses and is not actually part of the driveway.