Conductor Way

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Conductor Way
Neighborhood Crawford-Roberts
Fate Vacated in 1958 and 1960
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Carpenter Alley (until 1881)
Origin of name The profession of carpentry
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Carpenters Alley (until 1910)
Origin of name The profession of carpentry
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Conductor Alley (1910–1914)

This alley formerly ran from Colwell Street northwest to Hazel Street in the Lower Hill District, between Logan Street and Townsend Street.[1]

It was laid out as Carpenter Alley in 1833 in a plan of lots for Thomas Scott, Rees Townsend, and Thomas S. Clarke (see Scott Street, Townsend Street, and Clark Street). Scott was a carpenter.[2] R. E. McGowin's map of 1852 labels it Carpenters Alley,[3] and this spelling (with the S) was officially established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881.[4]

Pittsburgh annexed Allegheny City in 1907,[5] which also had a Carpenter Alley (today Carpenter Way). In 1910, a Pittsburgh ordinance renamed over 900 streets and alleys to fix such duplications; Carpenters Alley was changed to Conductor Alley.[6]

It became Conductor Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[7]

In a 1937 Post-Gazette column, Charles F. Danver humorously paired Conductor Way with Fireman Way in the Central Northside,[8] both being job titles of railroad workers.

The portion of Conductor Way between Hazel Street and Clark Street was vacated in 1958[9] and the rest was vacated in 1960[10] as part of an urban renewal project to make way for the Civic Arena.

References

  1. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plates 9, 12. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1923-vol-1
  2. ↑ "Draught of a subdivision of out lot no. 3 in the manor of Pittsburgh, Pitt Twp., Allegheny Co., now 3rd Ward: Laid out for Thomas Scott, Rees Townsend & Thos. S. Clarke." Laid out Sept. 7, 1833; recorded Dec. 5, 1833, Plan Book 1, p. 20. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778147. [view source] scott-townsend-clarke-plan
  3. ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
  4. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
  5. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  6. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
  9. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Fullerton Street from Bedford Avenue to Clark Street, Boone Way from Hazel Street to Clark Street, Townsend Street from Webster Avenue to Clark Street, Conductor Way from Hazel Street to Clark Street, Logan Street from Bedford Avenue to Clark Street, Sachem Way from Hazel Street to Clark Street, Elm Street from Bigelow Boulevard to Hazel Street, Congress Street from Webster Avenue to Epiphany Street, Bustrick Way from Washington Place to Elm Street, Gilmore Way from Hickory Way to Crawford Street, Webster Avenue from Washington Place to Crawford Street, Whitcomb Street from Elm Street to Fullerton Street, Wylie Avenue from a point 143.59 feet west of Washington Place to Crawford Street, Pasture Street from Elm Street to Fullerton Street, Epiphany Street from Washington Place to Fullerton Street, Hazel Street from Shomin Street to Fullerton Street, Washington Place from Epiphany Street to Wylie Avenue, all in the Second and Third Wards of the City of Pittsburgh, and abandoning all existing sewer and water lines located in the said streets, and directing the Pittsburgh Railway sCompany to remove its tracks from certain streets and to reconstruct tracks upon other streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1958, no. 190. Passed Apr. 28, 1958; approved May 1, 1958. Ordinance Book 61, p. 663. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1958, appendix, pp. 112–113, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1958). [view source] ordinance-1958-190
  10. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Boone Way, from the northerly line of Clairant Way to the northerly line of Clark Street; Clay Way, from the easterly line of Chatham Street to the westerly line of Washington Place; Clairant Way, from the easterly line of Townsend Street to the westerly line of Fullerton Street; Clark Street, from the easterly line of Elm Street to the easterly line of Crawford Street; Colwell Street, from the easterly line of Clark Street to the easterly line of Pride Street; Conductor Way, from the northerly line of Colwell Street to the northerly line of Clark Street; Congress Street, from a point 170.00 feet north of Fifth Avenue to the northerly line of Epiphany Street; Elm Street, from the southerly line of Our Way to the northerly line of Hazel Street; Fullerton Street, from the northerly line of Colwell Street to the northerly line of Clark Street; Hazel Street, from the easterly line of Elm Street to the easterly line of Shomin Street; Hickory Street, from the northerly line of Webster Avenue to the southerly line of Bedford Avenue; Logan Street, from the southerly line of Our Way to the northerly line of Clark Street; McCooks Way, from the easterly line of Fernando Street to the westerly line of Washington Place; Reed Street, from the easterly line of Fullerton Street to the easterly line of Crawford Street; Shomin Street, from the northerly line of Clark Street to the southerly line of Hazel Street; Sinaloa Way, from the northerly line of Fifth Avenue to the southerly line of Wylie Avenue; Townsend Street, from the northerly line of Colwell Street to the northerly line of Clark Street; Unnamed Way, from Washington Place to a point 135.00 feet eastwardly; Unnamed Way, 130.00 feet north of Reed Street, from the easterly line of Fullerton Street to the easterly line of Crawford Street; Washington Place, from the southerly line of Wylie Avenue to the southerly line of Bigelow Boulevard; Washington Place, from a point 70.00 feet north of the northerly line of Fifth Avenue to the northerly line of Epiphany Street, all in the Second and Third Wards of the City of Pittsburgh; and abandoning sewer and water lines on all streets excepting and reserving the sewer and water lines on Congress Street, from a point 170.00 feet north of the northerly line of Fifth Avenue to the southerly line of Centre avenue, as opened." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1960, no. 159. Passed May 2, 1960; approved May 5, 1960. Ordinance Book 63, p. 245. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1960, appendix, pp. 114–115, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive vol-93-1960). [view source] ordinance-1960-159
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