53rd Street
| 53rd Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Upper Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering up the Allegheny River |
The numbering of Pittsburgh's streets up the Allegheny River was done in 1868; these numbers extended as far as 50th Street.[1] Today's 51st Street also existed at the time, as Cochran Street,[2] but was apparently not given a number in 1868.
As additional streets were laid out in Upper Lawrenceville, there seems to have been some uncertainty about how they should be fit into the numbering scheme.
A city ordinance in 1871 opened "53d street, from Butler street to the Allegheny River,"[3] but this was the street that became modern 52nd Street (see 52nd Street for details).
In 1873 another ordinance was passed to establish the location of 53rd Street: "Starting at a point of intersection of north side of Butler street and line of McCandless avenue, deflecting to right 10 deg. 8 min., running thence to Allegheny river, a width of sixty (60) feet."[4] This description matches the part of McCandless Avenue north of Butler. Afterward it was apparently decided that this should just be part of McCandless Avenue, not a separately numbered street.
Eventually, by 1881, the ordinal 53rd had been applied to the street "from Butler street to Celandine [sic] street" that bears that number today.[5]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance supplementary to an ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Sept. 28, 1868. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349783), and Oct. 2, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86349850). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes-supplement
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the opening of 53d street, from Butler street to the Allegheny River." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1871. Passed Feb. 27, 1871. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1871, Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1871 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Mar. 4, 1871, p. 1 (Newspapers.com 85590545), Mar. 6, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 85590595), and Mar. 7, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 85590628). [view source] ordinance-1871-53rd
- ↑ "An ordinance locating Fifty-third street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1873, no. 308. Passed Dec. 15, 1873. Ordinance Book 4, p. 47. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, Together with the Ordinances, &c.: With an Index, vol. V, p. 133, Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1873 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1872). [view source] ordinance-1873-308
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
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