Caruso Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Caruso Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Sheraden |
| Caruso Alley (until 1914) | |
This former alley ran from Thornton Street northwestwardly, parallel to and east of Adon Street, through what is now Sheraden Park.
It was laid out in 1901 as part of the Keystone plan of lots, which did not give the alley a name.[1] Sheraden Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907,[2] and the following year a Pittsburgh city ordinance named all the unnamed alleys in the former borough, naming this one Caruso Alley.[3] Caruso Alley became Caruso Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[4]
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver humorously paired Caruso Way with Highnote Way in Carrick,[5] making a reference to Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), Italian operatic tenor.
References
- ↑ "Keystone Plan: Situate in Sheraden Boro. Alle. Co. Pa.: Laid out for the Pittsburg Realty Company." Laid out May 1901; recorded June 10, 1901, Plan Book 18, pp. 182–183. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781718. [view source] keystone-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Sheraden Borough–Pittsburgh City 1907 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/sheraden-borough-pittsburgh-city-1907-merger/. [view source] lgeo-sheraden-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-third ward (formerly the Borough of Sheraden) of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1908, no. 393. Passed July 9, 1908; approved July 13, 1908. Ordinance Book 19, p. 496. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1907–'08–'09, appendix, pp. 210–214, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1909 (Google Books gMBEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598897; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1907, Pghmunicipalrecordcommon1907). [view source] ordinance-1908-393
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
