Crooked Way
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| Crooked Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Duquesne Heights |
| Crooked Alley (1909–1910, 1911–1914) | |
| Cooked Alley (1910–1911) | |
Crooked Alley was dedicated and accepted as a public alley by a city ordinance in 1909.[1] Another ordinance the next year, giving the official names of all streets and thoroughfares in Pittsburgh, listed Cooked Alley by mistake. The misspelling was corrected back to Crooked Alley by another ordinance the next year.[2][3][4] The name became Crooked Way as a consequence of a 1914 ordinance that renamed every alley in Pittsburgh to "Way."[5]
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver humorously contrasted Crooked Way with Old Honesty Street on the North Side.[6]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance approving and accepting the dedication of Edith street, from Greenleaf street to Rutledge street; Crooked alley, from Greenleaf street to Shaler street; and Orlena alley, from Greenleaf street to Rutledge street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909, no. 177. Passed July 12, 1909; approved July 13, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 455. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, July 23, 1909, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86421513), July 24, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86421691), and July 26, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86422280). [view source] ordinance-1909-177
- ↑ Al Donalson. "Signing in: Names of city streets reflect colorful history." Pittsburgh Press, Mar. 19, 1985, p. A7. Newspapers.com 146595524. [view source] donalson
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1911-558
- ↑ "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
