Elmdale Road
| Elmdale Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Westwood |
| Cambridge Avenue (until 1927) | |
| Origin of name | Cambridge University |
| Shadyhill Road (1927–1945) | |
| Rosewick Street (1945) | |
| Shadyhill Road (1945–1946) | |
This street appears as Cambridge Avenue in the 1905 Hopkins atlas as part of the Westwood Plan,[1] laid out by Clifford B. Harmon.[2][3] It was named for Cambridge University. Nearly all of the avenues in this plan were originally named for colleges and universities;[4] in addition to Cambridge Avenue, the plan included the following:[1]
- Amherst Avenue, today Highman Street
- Brown Avenue, today part of Jerome Street
- Bryn Mawr Avenue, today part of Bartow Street
- Columbia Avenue, today Colescott Street
- Cornell Avenue, today Queensbury Street
- Delaware Avenue, today Dale Street
- Denison Avenue, today Denisonview Street
- Harvard Avenue, today Hartwell Street
- Kenyon Avenue, today part of Bartow Street
- Lehigh Avenue, today Lynch Street
- Oberlin Avenue, today Vinemont Street
- Oxford Avenue, today Oxford Street
- Pennsylvania Avenue, today Warriors Road
- Princeton Avenue, today Ledgedale Street
- Vassar Avenue, today Vare Street
- Yale Avenue, today Clearview Avenue
In 1927, after the annexation of Westwood into the city of Pittsburgh, Cambridge Avenue was made part of Shadyhill Road.[5][6]
In 1945 and 1946, a rapid and confusing sequence of street name changes took place. First, in May 1945, the southern end of Shadyhill Road was redirected to the west (to its current route), and this street (the old southern part, the original Cambridge Avenue) was renamed Rosewick Street.[7] Then in October 1945 the rerouting of Shadyhill Road was undone, so this street became part of Shadyhill Road again.[8] Finally, in August 1946, Shadyhill Road was rerouted to the west again, and this street was renamed Elmdale Road.[9]
The name Elmdale was one of a number of candidates suggested by the Public Works Department; the others were Westcrest, Moorhaven, Fieldstone, Elmgrove, Limestone, Locustmere, and the former name Rosewick.[10][11][12] Elmdale was chosen by Thomas E. Kilgallen, president of City Council and member of the Public Service and Surveys Committee.[12][13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1905. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1905-plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1905
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 7, plate 22. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1917, revised 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1917-volume-7-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1917-vol-7
- ↑ "An ordinance designating names for the various unnamed alleys in the Twenty-eighth ward of the City of Pittsburgh, formerly Westwood Borough." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1938, no. 300. Passed June 20, 1938; approved June 28, 1938. Ordinance Book 49, p. 75. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1938, appendix, p. 174, Riverside Press, Athens, Penna. (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1938). [view source] ordinance-1938-300
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 60. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Twenty-eighth Ward (formerly Westwood Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 244. Passed Mar. 28, 1927; approved Mar. 31, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 448. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 211–212, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-244
- ↑ "Street names in Westwood are changed: Thirty-one given new designations to avoid duplication." Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 29, 1927, p. 5. Newspapers.com 88713819. [view source] street-names-in-westwood
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1945, no. 137. Passed Apr. 30, 1945; approved May 1, 1945. Ordinance Book 53, p. 597. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1945, appendix, p. 86, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1945). [view source] ordinance-1945-137
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, roads and ways in the 28th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1945, no. 384. Passed Oct. 29, 1945; approved Oct. 30, 1945. Ordinance Book 53, p. 738. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1945, appendix, p. 202, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1945). [view source] ordinance-1945-384
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, roads, and ways in the 28th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1946, no. 340. Passed Aug. 5, 1946; approved Aug. 12, 1946. Ordinance Book 54, p. 358. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1946, appendix, p. 215, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1946). [view source] ordinance-1946-340
- ↑ "City weighs street name." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, May 7, 1946, p. 28. Newspapers.com 523993995. [view source] city-weighs-street-name
- ↑ "Around the town: Confusion in Westwood may end under new plan: City hopes to close the strange case of dazed delivery boys on Highman Sts." Pittsburgh Press, May 7, 1946, p. 9. Newspapers.com 149723481. [view source] confusion-in-westwood
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Westwood to have one Highman St.: Council group votes to 'amputate' other." Pittsburgh Press, May 15, 1946, p. 24. Newspapers.com 149674395. [view source] one-highman
- ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1946, p. 238. City Printing Company, Pittsburgh. Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1946. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 1–163; proceedings, pp. 1–589; index to appendix, pp. 1–86; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–456. [view source] municipal-record-1946
