Cream Way

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Cream Way
Neighborhood Chartiers City
Elizabeth Alley (until 1908)
Cream Alley (1908–1914)

This alley was laid out as Elizabeth Alley in 1889 in Charles Haas' plan of lots.[1]

The Borough of Sheraden, including today's neighborhood of Chartiers City, was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[2] The city believed this alley was unnamed, so the following year it was named Cream Alley.[3]

Cream Alley became Cream Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[4]

References

  1. "Chas. Haas' plan of lots, in Chartiers Twp." Laid out Apr. 1889; recorded Apr. 27, 1889, Plan Book 9, p. 1. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780122. [view source]haas-plan
  2. 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
  3. "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, 1907–1909, 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-1907-1909-393
  4. "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