Antwerp Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Antwerp Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Antwerp Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Antwerp, Belgium |
Antwerp Alley appears in the 1882 Hopkins atlas.[1] It became Antwerp Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[2]
Bob Regan includes "Antwerp" in a list of streets named for cities.[3] The name has some similarity to the name of Ann Irwin, who had owned the land through which the alley runs;[4] it may have been intended as a subtle homage.
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 9. 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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 58. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
