Alpha Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Alpha Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Perry North |
| Origin of name | The Greek letter alpha |
| Alpha Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | The Greek letter alpha |
This alley formerly ran between Perrysville Avenue and Viola Street, parallel to those streets, from Milroy Street north nearly to Watson Boulevard, where it turned east to meet Viola Street.[1]
It was laid out as Alpha Alley in the Watson Place plan of 1894.[2] It became Alpha Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, plate 26. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-4-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-vol-4
- ↑ "The Watson Land and Improvement Co.'s plan of Watson Place: 10th Ward Allegheny City Pa." Laid out Sept. 1894; recorded Nov. 24, 1894, Plan Book 15, pp. 52–57. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781104. [view source] watson-place-1894-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
