Charette Way

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Charette Way
Neighborhood Central Business District
Origin of name Architectural lingo for intense last-minute work

This alley, running eastward from Fifth Avenue between Penn Avenue and Liberty Avenue, was nameless until 1928, when it was christened Charette Way by a city ordinance at the request of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club.[1][2][3][4] The headquarters of the Architectural Club had been established here that year.[3]

Charette, or charrette, is lingo used in architecture and other design fields for a period of intense last-minute work done to meet a deadline[5]—a "rush job"[6] or "all-nighter."[7] The word charrette is French for 'cart'. The meaning 'last-minute work' comes from a story recounted by Émile Zola in his 1886 novel The Masterpiece:[5] Sixty architecture students at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris stayed up all night to complete their projects before the grading deadline. When the cart arrived in the morning to carry their work from their studios to the school for assessment, some students who had not yet finished jumped on the cart and continued working en charrette.[4][8][7][5] Charette was also the name of the official magazine of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, p. 1034. Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh. Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 3–133; proceedings, pp. 1–1164; index to appendix, pp. 1–59; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–606. [view source] municipal-record-1928
  2. ↑ "An ordinance naming an unnamed way lying between Penn avenue and Liberty avenue and running from Fifth avenue to the Rosenbaum property line, 'Charette way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1928, no. 754. Passed Nov. 26, 1928; approved Dec. 1, 1928. Ordinance Book 40, p. 538. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1928, appendix, p. 453, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books PwGkOIBtAccC; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819810; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1928). [view source] ordinance-1928-754
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Architectural Club nearly ready." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Dec. 11, 1928, [p. 17]. Newspapers.com 523165164. [view source] architectural-club
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pittsburgh street named for Architectural Club: Philip B. Bown relates story behind how picturesque Charette Way got its title." Pittsburgh Press, Oct. 15, 1939, society section, p. 13. Newspapers.com 141345795. [view source] named-for-architectural-club
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Teresa Flavin. "En charrette." The History Girls, May 8, 2012. http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/05/en-charrette.html. [view source] flavin
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Architects give alley name of 'Charette way.'" Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Dec. 23, 1928, part 3, p. 10. Newspapers.com 523124726. [view source] architects
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Daniel Willis. "Are charrettes old school?" Harvard Design Magazine, no. 33, fall/winter 2010–2011. https://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/articles/are-charrettes-old-school/. [view source] willis
  8. ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 14, 1933, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90309396. [view source] danver-1933-02-14
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