Abbey Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Abbey Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Greenfield |
An 1881 city ordinance establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh listed "Abbey street, from McCaslin street to Greenfield avenue, Twenty-third ward."[1]
This street is difficult to locate. It does not appear on any maps I am aware of, and it is never mentioned again in the Municipal Record. The 1882 Hopkins atlas shows "Grenfield Ave.," a typo for Greenfield, but it shows neither Abbey Street nor McCaslin Street.[2] In fact, the 1881 ordinance does not list McCaslin street either, except in the description of Abbey Street.[1] It is unlikely that this is referring to modern McCaslin Street, which was not laid out until later.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plates 14–16. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
