Ace Way

Ace Way
Neighborhood	Elliott
➤ Albert Alley (until 1922)
Origin of name	Frank Albert Stevenson

This alley was laid out in a plan of lots by Robert Stevenson in 1889, though that plan did not give it a name. In a revision of this plan made by Stevenson's heirs in 1898, this alley was named Albert Alley.

The alley was probably named for Frank Albert Stevenson, one of Robert's children. Other streets in the 1898 plan were named Esther Alley, George Street, Margaret Alley, William Alley, Milford Street, Robert Street, Elizabeth Street, Violet Street, and Howard Street, all names of Robert's children who were still living in 1898, plus his wife Violet.

In 1921, Chartiers Township, including this alley, was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh. The following year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Albert Alley to Ace Way.

In a 1937 newspaper column about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver quipped, "There's a Card lane and an Ace way, a King avenue, a Queen street and a Jack way. (Oh, yes—and Riffle way.) Your correspondent looked hopefully for a Deuces Wild way, but with his usual luck. It's too bad when a guy can't even find a deuce on the map!" Pittsburgh still has no Deuces Wild Way, but it does have One Wild Place.