El Paso Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| El Paso Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Stanton Heights |
| Origin of name | El Paso, Texas |
El Paso Street appears in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[1]
Bob Regan includes "El Paso" in a list of streets named for cities,[2]:65 and also includes it in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "A city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez."[2]:185
References
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-3-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
