COMMENT 198757P
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2011-08-01 07:55 AM |
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Slip rocks -the city of SB saves all the sandstone curbs & reuses them to fill in areas where it is missing , such as driveways removed after original sidewalk was installed. The focus is on the streets within the historic districts, but they try to save them wherever they are.
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SLIPROCK9
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2011-07-31 06:03 PM |
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Hi Urban Hikers,
While you are out looking at sidewalks, maybe you could document how many streets still have stone curb sides. There aren't many left, mostly downtown and on streets which have not been disturbed by bulbouts and so on. The City (or the company who works on the streets/sidewalks) seems to want them gone. Once gone they are never put back. -------------Native
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COMMENT 198655
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2011-07-31 02:10 PM |
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Being a native Portlander, These stamps have long fascinated me, and they still do as I take my walks around the city. Recently I settled back in the area of Portland called St. Johns, which was its own city until incorporating into Portland about 1911. As a result there are many street names that were changed in order to prevent confusion with their Portland counterparts. One was called Portland Blvd., which is now called Smith Street. Funnily enough, Portland no longer has a Portland Blvd., since its name was recently changed to Rosa Parks Boulevard!
Thank you much for the link to the Portland sidewalk information, which I didn't know was there!
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COMMENT 198618
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2011-07-31 10:59 AM |
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some great street art!
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SBALAX
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2011-07-31 09:15 AM |
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There are more horseshoe prints as you walk up the sidewalk from the Old Mission towards Bonita Way. Further along APS you will find some dog paw prints and at a couple of spots the usual "John + Mary" stuff. I often wonder how old the couples were and if they are still together. One says "Forever" so I hope so. Thanks for another great installment!
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COMMENT 198598
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2011-07-31 09:10 AM |
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Urban Hikers. This is fantastic research for Santa Barbara historians! How about creating a catalogue (using Portland's template) since you are uncovering them anyway. Volunteers from the SB Historical Museum and SB Genealogical Society can create profiles and family histories of the stampers. Then the first URBAN HIKERS GUIDE TO SANTA BARBARA will be ready to publish. How cool could THAT be!!
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COMMENT 198590
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2011-07-31 08:55 AM |
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While walking in the Mission District in San Francisco I came across an "unofficial" sidewalk stamp that made me chuckle and then contemplate. In large letters, "F**k all European concepts"
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COMMENT 198582
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2011-07-31 08:26 AM |
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i wonder if the fish on the pike stamps represented a pike and not the christianist symbol,.... think so.
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S.B.RON
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2011-07-31 08:08 AM |
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This is fabulous, Urban Hikers. Thank you so much for sharing this and your hikes and commentary.
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COMMENT 198532P
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2011-07-30 07:54 PM |
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Thank you for all the wonderful adventures you take us on with your hikes. Over the years, while traveling, I love looking at manhole covers. They, too, have wonderful designs, names and reflect history of the area. Happy hiking, and yes please post more of your sightings.
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MACSCIDOR
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2011-07-30 04:52 PM |
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(Sad) cement sightings: One day I noticed a man walking around our 1970s building. The guy said that he was just looking at the cement areas because his Dad had worked on them back then. Due to the slight slope and location, the sidewalk and bordering planters are 'different' than normal cement paths. I looked down ... and parts that were perfectly finished years ago were now badly chipped away from all the skateboarders doing tricks off the low walls. ... And then there are the folks who carve nonsense into newly installed cement. Bummer-stuff. I always think of the craftsmen who work on those projects. Thanks for the photos & info.
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COMMENT 198488P
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2011-07-30 03:55 PM |
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I love it when a city contracts its work out--and look at the incredible quality as a result! I bet the work was completed in a reasonable amount of time too! btw, that JohnEdwards company apparently had a lot of controversies surrounding back in it's day ; ) ....
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ROGER DODGER
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2011-07-30 01:28 PM |
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You made me spill my popcorn..
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CAPTAIN HALEY
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2011-07-30 12:58 PM |
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Good memory, John!
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JOHN WILEY
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2011-07-30 11:33 AM |
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You caught me Roger! I remember placing that stamp back in 1924 just after my 55th birthday. ;)
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ROGER DODGER
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2011-07-30 11:28 AM |
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J Wiley= John Wiley?
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COMMENT 198394P
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2011-07-30 11:23 AM |
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A guy named Luke Cole has a site with several Santa Barbara stamps his. If you go to his own site, which is the name and dot com, click on "New Stuff," and you'll see some good ones.
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COMMENT 198394P
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2011-07-30 11:13 AM |
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You made my day!! I only recently noticed a Western Motors near my house (an odd name for a concrete company), and got to looking. At one intersection in San Roque, there are THREE different company's stamps! Curious, for sure.
I had started photographing stamps, so I really enjoyed your story.
I vote for another installment! Stamps are yet another treasure from bygone times when companies and tradespeople "signed" their work. It wasn't really about advertising themselves as much as it was about pride of craft and being part of progress.
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COMMENT 198373
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2011-07-30 10:40 AM |
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There are a few missed stamps. D'Alfonso comes to mind.
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COMMENT 198364P
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2011-07-30 10:14 AM |
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One thing that has been cool is that the City has often asked that the sidewalk stamps be retained when sidewalks are redone. I think more should be done to preserve them as they are a special, though often overlooked part of SB history. Thank you for bringing them to light. I hope other Edhatters have more information and stories about the people who made these stamps.
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