A lot of the sidewalks that were installed in Portland in the early 20th century were stamped with street names at corners, or with the name of the contractors who did the job. Many of those century-old stamps are still visible around town; in other places where sidewalks have been upgraded or repaired, the stamps were reproduced or redone.
As time goes on I plan to write a few posts about the stamps, about the various Portland street renaming episodes, and about whatever else may be tangentially related.
Other resources:
- Two great collections on Flickr:
- Here's my Instagram feed.
- A Brief Catalogue of the Origins of Portland's Street Names.
- City of Portland Historical Resources
- List of Street Name Changes (spreadsheet)
- OR GenWeb Portland City Directories
- 1874 list of Portland Additions (can help decode the street name database).
