Drain Way
| Drain Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Allentown |
| Drain Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley formerly ran north from the far eastern part of Excelsior Street to Starch Street.[1]
The land through which the alley ran was laid out in a plan of lots for Matilda A. Rea, recorded in 1869, but this plan did not include an alley here.[2] A straight north–south alley in this location appears, unlabeled, in the 1872 Hopkins atlas, north of the German United Evangelical Cemetery.[3] By 1882, the alley had been given an angle so that it met Orchard Street (later Starch Street) perpendicularly.[4]
The alley was named Drain Alley by 1905, when it first appeared in the city street directory.[5] It became Drain Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[6]
A 1930 Pittsburgh Press article about the challenges of naming Pittsburgh's many streets included Drain Way in a list of ways that "have suffered the most, perhaps, from this struggle."[7] Similarly, in a 1944 article in the Press, Gilbert Love listed Drain Way among ways that "have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[8]
Drain Way no longer exists as a navigable thoroughfare, but it was mentioned in a city ordinance as late as 2002.[9]
References
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plate 6. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1916, revised 1922 and 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1916-volume-6-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1928-vol-6
- ↑ "Matilda A. Rea's plan of lots in L. St. Clair Towns'p." Recorded Aug. 10, 1869, Plan Book 3, p. 305. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778758. [view source] matilda-a-rea-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 100. 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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 26. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ R. L. Polk & Co. and R. L. Dudley. Pittsburgh and Allegheny Directory, 1905, fiftieth annual issue. R. L. Polk & Co. and R. L. Dudley, Pittsburgh, 1905, p. 54. DonsList.net Pgh1905M; HathiTrust mdp.39015068427601; Historic Pittsburgh 31735055723393. [view source] polk-1905
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Naming of streets huge problem to Father Pitt." Pittsburgh Press, Apr. 6, 1930, news section, p. 1. Newspapers.com 146396634. [view source] naming-of-streets
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
- ↑ "An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Zoning Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 1, Chapter 902, Section 902.03, Zoning District Maps No. 7 and 8 by changing various zoning district classifications in the Allentown community in accord with the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Remapping Project relative to the City's new Urban Zoning Code." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 2002, no. 10. Enacted Apr. 3, 2002; effective Apr. 12, 2002. https://pittsburgh.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=633508&GUID=F5C2862E-6E0A-45E4-8E6E-4AF756849F80. [view source] ordinance-2002-10
