Atlanta Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Atlanta Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Northside |
| Origin of name | Perhaps the Battle of Atlanta |
| Slope Alley (until 1896) | |
The original name of Atlanta Street was Slope Alley,[1][2][3][4] first spelled Sloap Alley in the 1882 Hopkins atlas.[5] It was renamed Atlanta Street by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1896,[6] though it was 1925 before the Hopkins atlas showed the new name.[7]
Annie Clark Miller and Gilbert Love both include "Atlanta" in lists of streets named after battles of the Civil War,[8][9] referring to the Battle of Atlanta. This is possible, though it is not obvious that the street was named for the battle specifically rather than the city in general. Bob Regan includes "Atlanta" in a list of streets named for cities.[10]
References
- ↑ Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1910
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1901. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1901-volume-1--plat-book-allegheny. [view source] hopkins-1901-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1907. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1907-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1907-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny. 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 of Slope alley in the Second ward, to Atlanta street." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 135. Passed Jan. 23, 1896; approved Jan. 27, 1896. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Feb. 4, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 85427002), and Feb. 5, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 85427086); and in the Pittsburg Press, Feb. 4, 1896, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 141574208), Feb. 5, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 141574230), and Feb. 6, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 141574250). [view source] ordinance-1896-135
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-5-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-vol-5
- ↑ Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 23. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source] miller
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
- ↑ 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
