The city's sidewalk replacement project to fix uneven panels has rolled around to my neighborhood.  There must be 100+ panels in Burlingame Park that will get replaced.  My house (seen here) actually predates my sidewalk by a couple of years.  We were once like H'borough ("No sidewalks here"), but my block got sidewalks in 1912.  I know because they imprinted the year in the concrete and it's still there.

This is a "they don't make them like they used to" post.  The 1912 panel is not marked for replacement, but the newer one right next to is marked.  I hope the historic panel is safe and will be watching the jackhammer.  At least the contractor (R & S Contruction) is imprinting "2023" on the new sections so we can track how well they hold up.  I'm betting it won't be 111 years.

Update:  Nov 6th.  An intrepid Voice reader has one-upped my sidewalk by a year.  This imprint on Cortez at Broadway is one of a number of 1911s along Drake and Cortez.  My 1912 pane survived the sidewalk upgrade project!