H & D Construction Stamp 101 West Broadway att Building

This Picture was taken on 25 March 2009

This stamp was found on the side walk at the corner of Front st and West Broadway. The address is 110 West Broadway. The Building at this address is the at&t building. You can see a 3D Model of this here. I wasn't able to find a website for H & D Construction. The info for the company is as follows.

H & D Construction
1369 N Magnolia Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 444-6118

T. B. Penick & Sons Contractors 1955

Picture Taken 21 March 1999

This stamp is found in the concrete side walk outside the E Street Post Office in San Diego. The Post Office itself is a beautiful Works Progress Administration building. So this particular piece of sidewalk was lain some time after the initial construction of the building. T. B. Penick & Sons is still in operation today. Here is the information for the company and the post office.

USPS - United States Post Office
815 E St
San Diego, CA 92101 Map
(619) 232-8612

T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc.
9747 Olson Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
800-239-3046
fax 858-558-1881

John 10 Partial Contrator Stamp 5th and Upas

Photo taken 22 January 2009

One of the important indicators dates for neighborhood development in San Diego are contractor stamps on sidewalks. When contractors lay sidewalks they often stamp their names in the side walk as an advertisement. The time that the sidewalk was laid can then be narrowed to the time that company operated in San Diego. Often though all doubt is removed because the stamp includes a date often to the day that the work was done. In this case the stamp is incomplete, and the date has been lost. However the partial may be compared to complete stamps to ascertain the contractor. If you are repairing sidewalks, please take care not to unnecessarily erase these important pieces of San Diego History. This partial contractor stamp can be found at 3366 Fifth Avenue San Diego California, 92103.

Tree Leaf Stains

Pictures taken 31 December 2008

These beautiful leaf shapes are made by the stains left by wet leaves.  These imprints last long after the leaves have been swept away.

J. E. Over 630 Fir St San Diego (taken 10 April 2008)

This is the sort of picture I will have on this blog. There all over san diego and give an idea of when the side walks were poured. This one is in Hilcrest.