Eden Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Eden Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Lawrenceville |
| Locust Alley (until 1881) | |
| Portion | Between 40th Street and 43rd Street |
| Spruce Alley (until 1881) | |
| Portion | Between 43rd Street and 47th Street |
| Eden Alley (1881–1914) | |
The part of this alley between 40th Street and 43rd Street was originally named Locust Alley. It appears in the 1830 map of Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon.[1]
The part between 43rd Street and 47th Street was originally named Spruce Alley.
Locust and Spruce Alleys were together renamed Eden Alley in 1881.[2] It became Eden Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[3]
Bob Regan includes "Eden" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "The beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation."[4] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the name Eden and gives no information about the origin of the alley name.
See also
- Locust Alley and Spruce Alley, for other alleys that have had those names
- Locust Street (disambiguation), for other streets named Locust
References
- ↑ Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. N. B. Molineux, Pittsburgh, 1830. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0576; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c3ab00-57aa-0136-8f4f-08990f217bc9. [view source] barbeau
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-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
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
