Beech Alley
From Pittsburgh Streets
For other thoroughfares that have been named Beech Alley, see Beech Alley (disambiguation).
| Beech Alley | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Highland Park |
| Fate | Absorbed into Highland Park ca. 1900 |
Beech Alley formerly ran in a roughly east–west direction through what are now the Islands and Jungle Odyssey exhibits of the Pittsburgh Zoo. It was laid out in 1870 in C. B. Seely's plan of lots.[1] By 1890, the lots on either side of Beech Alley had been sold to many people,[2] but in that year the City of Pittsburgh began to buy up land to expand Highland Park,[3] and by 1899 the city owned all land on both sides of the alley.[4] By 1904 Beech Alley and the nearby streets had disappeared, absorbed into Highland Park.[5]
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated in City of Pittsburgh 19th Ward laid off for C. B. Seely Esq." Laid out Apr. 1870; recorded Mar. 1, 1871, Plan Book 4, pp. 196–197. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778853. [view source] cb-seely-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-3-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-3
- ↑ "Park land purchases: Statement showing how Highland grew to its present proportions." Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 26, 1896, p. 4. Newspapers.com 141587444. [view source] park-land-purchases
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plate 28. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1899. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1899-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh-east. [view source] hopkins-1899-vol-2
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plate 37. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1904. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1904-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1904-vol-2
