Cash Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cash Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Swisshelm Park |
| Origin of name | Money |
| Cash Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Money |
This alley was laid out as Cash Alley in 1872 as part of the plan of North Homestead, which straddled the line between the City of Pittsburgh and the Borough of Swissvale. This plan was laid out for the Homestead Bank & Life Insurance Company, and other streets in the plan included Commercial Street and Bank Street (today Blackhawk Street).[1] So it seems likely that this alley was simply named for money.
Cash Alley became Cash Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[2]
References
- ↑ "North Homestead in the 22nd Ward Pittsburgh laid out for the Homestead Bank & Life Insurance Co. and M. A. Patterson." Laid out May 1872; recorded June 26, 1872, Plan Book 4, pp. 244–245. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778995. [view source] north-homestead-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
