Buttercup Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Buttercup Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Allegheny West |
| Buttercup Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley was laid out as Buttercup Alley in 1879 in a plan of lots that subdivided the estate of Elizabeth F. Denny.[1] It became Buttercup Way in 1914, when a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed all alleys to ways.[2]
In a 1929 column in the Pittsburgh Press, Frank C. Harper, writing about a letter sent to him by John Ihlder, executive director of the Pittsburgh Housing Association, used Buttercup Way as an example of a name that recalled an earlier time in Pittsburgh's history: "For there is no buttercup now on Buttercup way and Verdant way long ago ceased to be verdant."[3]
See also
- Buttercup Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of property owned by the Denny estate situated in the 2nd Ward Allegheny made for Robert McKnight and Wm. M. Paxton executors of Elizabeth F. Denny, deceased." Laid out Nov. 1, 1879; recorded Nov. 7, 1879, Plan Book 6, pp. 193–195. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779419. [view source] denny-estate-allegheny-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
- ↑ Frank C. Harper. Pittsburgh Day by Day. Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 4, 1929, p. 2. Newspapers.com 146332601. [view source] harper
