SIDEWALK SURPRISE
Pinkney Wallick, City Inspector

We know that Long Beach’s sidewalks contain impressed “signatures” of many construction companies and contractors who plied their trade here; and, a recent Sunday stroll in the Belmont Heights neighborhood revealed a surprise: our City inspectors sometimes added their names to cement projects as well!

photo: QHGS

The impression shown above shares the sidewalk with a contractor’s “signature.” Your QHGS Blogger wanted to find out who “P. Wallick” was; so, some sleuthing was done in the 1922 Long Beach city directory which provided the following information: “Pinkney Wallick, an inspector for the City, lived at 904 Atlantic with his wife Mary B. Wallick.”

RESEARCH TIP: Remnants of your city’s past lie all around you—keep your eyes open for clues at all times.