Exchange Way

From Pittsburgh Streets
Exchange Way
Neighborhood Central Business District
Origin of name Pittsburgh Exchange (Exchange Hotel)
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Brewery Alley
Portion West of Commonwealth Place
Origin of name Point Brewery
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Dravo's Alley
Portion From Fancourt Street to Stanwix Street
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Madison Alley
Portion From Ninth Street to Garrison Place
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Exchange Alley (until 1914)
Origin of name Pittsburgh Exchange (Exchange Hotel)

This alley, between and parallel to Penn Avenue and Liberty Avenue, does not appear in George Woods' original 1784 plan of Pittsburgh.[1] Various alleys were later laid out along this line, eventually consolidated into Exchange Way.

The first portion of the alley, from Marbury Street (today Commonwealth Place) to Cross Alley (later Bell's Alley), within what is now Point State Park, was called Brewery Alley, advertised in 1797 as "a new laid out alley of 20 feet."[2] Brewery Alley was named for the Point Brewery, to which the alley led.[3][4][5]

The 1819 Pittsburgh directory of James M. Riddle and M. M. Murray listed Dravo's Alley between Liberty and Penn, from Hay Street (later Fancourt Street) to Pitt Street (today Stanwix Street).[6]

Madison Alley, between Penn and Liberty from Hand Street (today Ninth Street) to Garrison Alley (today Garrison Place), is listed in Pittsburgh directories from 1826 and 1837.[7][8]

Exchange Alley is listed in the 1837 directory of Isaac Harris, which says it ran from St. Clair Street (today Sixth Street) to Cecil's Alley (today Cecil Place).[8] It was named for the Pittsburgh Exchange, also called the Exchange Hotel (later the St. Clair Hotel), which was located on the east side of St. Clair Street between Penn Street and this alley.[9][10][11][12] Maps from the 1850s label this segment of the alley "Exchange Alley," leaving other segments unlabeled.[10][13][14]

It seems that, by the early 1860s, the whole series of disconnected alleys between and parallel to Penn and Liberty had become part of Exchange Alley. Maps from this period give that name to the part of the alley nearest to the Point,[15][16][17] and surely the portion around St. Clair Street, the original Exchange Alley, still carried that name.

Exchange Alley became Exchange Way in 1914 when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ "Town lots." Pittsburgh Gazette, Feb. 25, 1797, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 96060389. [view source] town-lots
  3. ↑ Charles W. Dahlinger. Fort Pitt, p. 73. 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
  4. ↑ George T. Fleming. "History from an old map: Lots in Woods' plan of Pittsburgh from Liberty street to the Allegheny, topic today—the O'Hara brewery and surroundings—Craig & Bayard's holdings at the Point: Relics of a centennial put in evidence—affairs at Fort Pitt in 1784—Maj. Marbury and Lieut. Lucket—noted Revolutionary heroes among lot owners—devout William Masson." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Aug. 20, 1922, sec. 6, p. 9. Newspapers.com 85918043. [view source] fleming-old-map-6
  5. ↑ Edward P. Vidunas. "History of the Point Brewery, Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh Brewers: Every Brewery Ever in Pittsburgh, Jan. 17, 2018. http://www.pittsburghbrewers.com/styled-52/Point_Brewery/; archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20221021002527/http://www.pittsburghbrewers.com/styled-52/Point_Brewery/. [view source] vidunas-point-brewery
  6. ↑ James M. Riddle and M. M. Murray. The Pittsburgh Directory for 1819: Containing the names, professons [sic], and residence of all the heads of families, and persons in business, in the city of Pittsburgh, and its suburbs; and a variety of other useful information. Butler & Lambdin, Pittsburgh, 1819, p. 27. Internet Archive pittsburghdirect00murr. [view source] riddle-murray
  7. ↑ S. Jones. Pittsburgh in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Six: Containing sketches topographical, historical and statistical; together with a directory of the city, and a view of its various manufactures, population, improvements, &c. Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1826, p. 100. DonsList.net PGH_ALLEGH1826_CDM; Historic Pittsburgh 31735056290285; Internet Archive Pgh1826. [view source] jones
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Isaac Harris. Harris' Pittsburgh Business Directory, for the Year 1837: Including the names of all the merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, professional [sic], & men of business of Pittsburgh and its vicinity. Isaac Harris, Pittsburgh, 1837, pp. 23–24. DonsList.net PGH1837_BDM; Historic Pittsburgh 00afv6656m, 31735056287505. [view source] harris
  9. ↑ John M'Donald. "The Pittsburgh Exchange for rent." Pittsburgh Gazette, Feb. 23, 1830, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 96008409. Reprinted on Feb. 26, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 96008495), and for some time thereafter. [view source] pittsburgh-exchange
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
  11. ↑ George H. Thurston. Allegheny County's Hundred Years, p. 53. A. A. Anderson & Son, Pittsburgh, 1888. Google Books 7mq5vRa_l_IC, na2TNhB3BuAC; HathiTrust 008651472; Historic Pittsburgh 00adg8023m; Internet Archive alleghenycounty00thurgoog, alleghenycountys00thur. [view source] allegheny-hundred
  12. ↑ History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Including Its Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time; a Description of Its Historic and Interesting Localities; Its Cities, Towns and Villages; Religious, Educational, Social and Military History; Mining, Manufacturing and Commercial Interests; Improvements, Resources, Statistics, Etc.: Also Portraits of Some of Its Prominent Men, and Biographies of Many of Its Representative Citizens, part II, p. 585. A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889. Google Books DwzYAAAAMAAJ; Internet Archive historyofalleghe1889cush. [view source] history-of-allegheny-county
  13. ↑ The Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, with Parts of Adjacent Boroughs, Pennsylvania. 1855. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0089; https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1688~130047; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32240; 1855 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). In George W. Colton, Colton's Atlas of the World: Illustrating physical and political geography, J. H. Colton & Co., New York, 1856 (https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=Pub_List_No%3D0149.000). [view source] colton
  14. ↑ R. E. McGowin. Pittsburgh: Engraved from R. E. McGowin's map for Geo. H. Thurston. Wm. Schuchman & Bro., Pittsburgh, 1856. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0091. [view source] mcgowin-1856
  15. ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  16. ↑ Woods' New Map of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Surroundings: 1867. A. Hani, Pittsburgh, 1867. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9c4def0-d462-0135-7cac-417576d76635. [view source] woods-1867
  17. ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 15. 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
  18. ↑ "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
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