Dryden Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Dryden Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| Loeffler Alley (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | John and Henry Leffler |
| Dryden Alley (1881–1914) | |
This alley was laid out in 1866 in a plan of lots for John and Henry Leffler.[1] That plan did not give it a name, but at some point it became known as Loeffler Alley[2][3] (an alternative spelling of Leffler). It It was changed to Dryden Alley by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881.[3] It became Dryden Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[4]
References
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situate in Liberty Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania: Laid out for Messrs. John and Henry Leffler." Laid out Apr. 1866; recorded Aug. 16, 1866, Plan Book 3, p. 135. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778566. [view source] john-henry-leffler-plan
- ↑ "Street names: The committee to change duplicate named thoroughfares ready to report." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, June 29, 1880, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85554654. [view source] street-names-1880
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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
