Fort Duquesne Boulevard
| Fort Duquesne Boulevard | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Business District |
| Origin of name | Fort Duquesne |
| Duquesne Way (1836–1952) | |
| Origin of name | Fort Duquesne |
George Woods' 1784 plan of Pittsburgh included Water Street (today's Fort Pitt Boulevard) along the bank of the Monongahela River, but did not provide for a similar street along the bank of the Allegheny.[1] By the 1830s, many citizens felt the need for such a street. An act for the opening of a street along the Allegheny, to be called Duquesne Way in remembrance of Fort Duquesne, was passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1836.[2][3] This act left the precise location of the street up to the city, and this was the subject of public debate through the rest of the 1830s. The proposed route required fill to extend the Allegheny's banks, thereby narrowing the river. This was opposed by some who predicted devastating floods, with the great flood of 1832 still fresh in the mind of the public, and led to heated debate in the newspapers.[4][5][6][7][8] Nevertheless, Duquesne Way was laid out by the city in 1839 on fill that was entirely outside the limits of Woods' original plan.[9]
Duquesne Way was renamed Fort Duquesne Boulevard in 1952, after the City Planning Commission recommended that main thoroughfares should be given names of historical significance. Water Street was renamed Fort Pitt Boulevard at the same time.[10][11]
References
- ↑ George Woods. A Draught of the Town Plat of Pittsburgh, Surveyed for John Penn, Jr., and John Penn, by George Woods, May 31st 1784. 1784. Reproduced as "Original plan of Pittsburgh" in plate 19 of Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872 (Historic Pittsburgh 1872p019). [view source] woods-plat
- ↑ "Extract of a letter to the editors: Harrisburgh, March 24, 1836." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Mar. 28, 1836, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96048133. [view source] extract
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Titles of city streets recall persons famed in U. S. history: From Golden Triangle eastward, thoroughfares list great and near great of colonial and revolutionary days." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 12, 1944, p. 9. Newspapers.com 147946752. [view source] love-titles
- ↑ A Member of the Select Council. "Du Quesne way: For the Gazette." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Dec. 27, 1837, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96045714. [view source] member-of-the-select-council
- ↑ William M'Gowin. "For the Gazette." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Dec. 20, 1837, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96045553. [view source] mgowin-1837-12-20
- ↑ William M'Gowin. "For the Gazette." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Dec. 26, 1837, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96045672. [view source] mgowin-1837-12-26
- ↑ An Observer. "Duquesne Way." Pittsburgh Advocate, Feb. 22, 1839. Reprinted in the Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Feb. 23, 1839, [p. 2] (Newspapers.com 96056595). [view source] observer
- ↑ Wm. Pitt [pseudonym]. "For the Gazette." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Dec. 22, 1837, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 96045606. [view source] pitt
- ↑ Charles W. Dahlinger. Fort Pitt, p. 74. Privately printed, Pittsburgh, 1922. Google Books rvsMAAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 009797067; Internet Archive fortpitt00dahl, fortpitt00dahlgoog. Originally published as "Fort Pitt," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1922, pp. 1–44 (https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/1275) and "Fort Pitt," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2, Apr. 1922, pp. 87–122 (https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/1281). [view source] dahlinger
- ↑ "Council runs boulevards into park: Changes names." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 16, 1952, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90005799. [view source] council-runs-boulevards-into-park
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of Duquesne Way, between Barbeau Street and Eleventh Street, to Fort Duquesne Boulevard, and Water Street, between the west line of Short Street and Grant Street, to Fort Pitt Boulevard." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1952, no. 337. Passed Sept. 15, 1952; approved Sept. 22, 1952. Ordinance Book 58, p. 246. Reported in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 24, 1952, p. 27 (Newspapers.com 90006522), and Sept. 25, p. 22 (Newspapers.com 89447679); and in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Sept. 27, 1952, p. 16 (Newspapers.com 524017067). [view source] ordinance-1952-337
