Corday Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Corday Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Charlotte Corday |
| Corday Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Perhaps Charlotte Corday |
This alley appears, unlabeled, in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] It appears in plans of lots laid out for A. H. Gross recorded in 1872 and 1876, though these plans also do not give it a name.[2][3]
It was named Corday Alley by a city ordinance in 1881.[4] It became Corday Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
No one by the name of Corday is listed in the 1880–1881 directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny.[6] The alley may be named for Charlotte Corday (1768–1793), who assassinated the Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. She is by far the most common referent of the name Corday in Pittsburgh newspapers before 1881.
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 63. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out for Dr. A. H. Gross situate in the 20th Ward City of Pittsburgh." Recorded Sept. 14, 1872, Plan Book 4, p. 283. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779031. [view source] ah-gross-plan
- ↑ "Plan of lots: Being part of Friendship Grove: 20th Ward Pittsburgh: Belonging to Dr. A. H. Gross." Laid out 1876; recorded Dec. 5, 1876, Plan Book 6, p. 119. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779362. [view source] friendship-grove-ah-gross-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ J. F. Diffenbacher. Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, 1880–81: Embracing a general directory of residences of citizens, full classified business directory, register of public institutions, benevolent societies and city governments; directory of the streets, secret societies, schools and churches. J. F. Diffenbacher, Pittsburgh, 1880, p. 183. HathiTrust mdp.39015068426751; Historic Pittsburgh 31735033431366. [view source] diffenbacher-1880
