Forbes Avenue

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Forbes Avenue is named for General John Forbes (1707–1759), who led the British expedition that captured Fort Duquesne on November 25, 1758. He ordered the construction of Fort Pitt and gave the name Pittsburgh to the surrounding land, both in honor of William Pitt the Elder, the British Secretary of State.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Some sources say that Forbes Street, as it was originally called, dates from 1820,[20][21] but it does not appear on maps from the 1830s.[22][23] Forbes Street is mentioned in a newspaper advertisement from 1845, announcing an auction at which would be sold "eight very eligible situated Lots of Ground, being part of the plan of lots laid out by Mr. David Greer, near the Fourth Street Road" (today's Fifth Avenue); four of these lots fronted on Forbes Street, said to be 50 feet wide.[24] This district was part of Pitt Township until December 4, 1846, when it was incorporated into the City of Pittsburgh as the original Eighth Ward.[25] Forbes Street appears on maps from the 1850s,[26][27][28] and it is listed in George H. Thurston's 1856 directory.[29] City ordinances officially opened Forbes Street from Boyd Street to Seneca Street in 1868,[30] from Brady Street (today's Birmingham Bridge) to Shady Lane (today's Shady Avenue) in 1871,[31] from Shady Lane to Hutchison's Road (which ran through the middle of what is today Homewood Cemetery) in 1875,[32] and from Hutchison's Road to the city line at Peebles Street in 1900.[33]

The portion of modern Forbes Avenue downtown, from Liberty Avenue to Grant Street, was called Diamond Alley in George Woods' original 1784 plan of Pittsburgh;[34] this later became known as Diamond Street. A city ordinance passed in 1816, accepting into the city the eastern addition of James O'Hara and James Ross, authorized them to extend Diamond Street east to Try Street, one block east of Ross Street.[35]

Between Try and Boyd Streets was a stream called Suke's Run, said to have been named for a woman named Susan, nicknamed Suke, who either hanged herself in a thicket of plum trees there or drowned herself in the run.[36][37] Along this run, which separated Forbes Street from downtown, was the shanty town known as Hardscrabble.[38][5][39]

The extension of Forbes Street across Suke's Run to connect with downtown was proposed in 1873.[40][41][42][43] The city council passed an ordinance the next year to extend Forbes Street, connecting with Fifth Avenue at Ross Street.[44][45][46] Nothing was done for two years. When preliminary assessments for damages were made in 1876, there was much protest from property holders who said the planned route, cutting diagonally through a number of buildings and lots, would be unnecessarily destructive and expensive.[47][48][49][50][51][52] Citizens proposed an alternative route, continuing Forbes Street straight into Diamond Street, joining that street at its intersection with Try Street (today the intersection of modern Diamond Street and Forbes Avenue).[53][54][50][51] By the end of 1876, the city council had indefinitely postponed the extension.[55]

The question was brought up again in 1883, because the planned Allegheny County Jail would front on the extension of Forbes Street to Fifth Avenue.[56][57] However, the next year, the appointed viewers delivered an unfavorable report. Like the citizens eight years earlier, the viewers recommended that Diamond Street or Fourth Avenue would make a better connection point.[58][59][60] Once again, the extension was killed by the city council.[61][62]

Finally, in 1889 and 1890, new ordinances were passed to locate and open Forbes Street from Boyd Street to Diamond Street.[5][63][64] This is the connection to downtown that exists today, passing underneath the ramps at the southern end of Interstate 579 (Crosstown Boulevard).

In the early days, the thoroughfare was most commonly called Forbes Street, but occasionally it was called Forbes Avenue, more often so as it was expanded and developed. Seemingly as a result of this confusion, a city ordinance was passed in 1889 that "changed" the name from Forbes Avenue to Forbes Street.[65]

In 1952, the City Planning Commission recommended that Diamond Street downtown be renamed Forbes Street, but no action was taken at that time.[66] The proposal was revived in May 1957 by the Scots Committee of the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association in preparation for the 200th anniversary of the capture of Fort Duquesne by General Forbes, who was Scottish. An ordinance to rename the street was brought to the city council by Mayor David L. Lawrence.[67][68][69][70][20][21]

The proposed change sparked vigorous debate. Proponents first claimed that the street followed the route General Forbes took to the Point, and seemed to believe that Forbes Street was one of Pittsburgh's original streets (Diamond Street's relation to it being described as "a caboose at the end of a long freight train").[71][70] Both of these ideas were soon refuted by historians. The route by which Forbes reached Fort Duquesne was almost certainly not the course of the modern street that bears his name. That would have been too near the route taken by General Edward Braddock (namesake of Braddock Avenue) along the Mononghela River in his disastrous campaign three years earlier. Rather, Forbes marched overland, roughly along the path of today's U. S. Route 30, to where Point Breeze is today, and thence followed the course of modern Penn Avenue or Liberty Avenue along the Allegheny.[68][20][21] Historians also pointed out that Diamond Street, not Forbes, was the original street.[68][69][20][21]

Supporters then said Forbes' historical route was irrelevant, the name was intended only to honor the general, and the change would reduce confusion by matching the name downtown to that of the rest of the street.[68][69][21] The main opposition came from businesses on the street, led by jeweler S. H. DeRoy, who had already been forced to change his address twice and spent considerable money to advertise his connection to Diamond Street (though that street's name had nothing to do with the gem). The merchants argued that the change would impose unnecessary costs and pointed to a radio station poll in which an overwhelming majority of respondents favored keeping the name Diamond Street.[67][68][72][69][73][74] In response, Mayor Lawrence suggested postponing the effective date to the beginning of 1958 to give businesses time to prepare.[68][69] Another backer of the change pointed out that there was another Diamond Street on the North Side, and the confusion between the two streets had caused some 100,000 pieces of mail to be sent to the dead letter office in the previous year.[72][73]

Mayor Lawrence proposed the name Forbes Avenue because the other east–west arteries downtown were avenues.[68][69] Consequently a second ordinance was required in order to change the existing Forbes Street to Forbes Avenue.[75][76][77]

In the midst of the controversy, Charles F. Danver's "Pittsburghesque" column in the Post-Gazette featured a clever quip: "Jane L. McConnell can't understand all the uproar over city council's decision to change the name of Diamond Street to 'Forbes Avenue.' It's just a case of history repeating itself, she declares. After all, Jane points out, a good many years ago, out in Oakland, they began calling the diamond 'Forbes'!"[78]

Both ordinances were passed, and the name changes went into effect on January 1, 1958.[79][75][80][81][82] New street signs were posted downtown in December 1957,[83] by which time the protests about the change had died down.[76]

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  65. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Forbes avenue to Forbes street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1889, no. 262. Passed Feb. 27, 1889; approved Mar. 7, 1889. Ordinance Book 6, p. 605. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 18, 1889, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 76226643), Mar. 19, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 76226665), and Mar. 20, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 76226679). [view source] ordinance-1889-262
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  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 "Battle shapes up on plan to change Diamond St. name: Merchants oppose Scots' proposal to rename street for Gen. Forbes." Pittsburgh Press, May 8, 1957, p. 6. Newspapers.com 148049213. [view source] battle
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.6 "The diamond in the rough is a street: Jeweler opposes change of name; mayor is for it." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 21, 1957, pp. 1, 6. Newspapers.com 87919613, 87919643. [view source] diamond
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 69.4 69.5 "History, economics recited to uphold Diamond St. name." Pittsburgh Press, May 21, 1957, p. 2. Newspapers.com 147947870. [view source] history
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 "Scots want Diamond renamed Forbes St.: Let's honor the general." Pittsburgh Press, May 5, 1957, p. 2. Newspapers.com 148027388. [view source] lets-honor
  71. ↑ "Diamond Street's name faces change to Forbes: Downtown thoroughfare believed part of route taken by British Army in 1758." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 1957, p. 6. Newspapers.com 87917945. [view source] diamond-streets-name
  72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 "Diamond St. battle still rages with cries of 'free publicity': Bicentennial Scots Committee jousts with merchants who insist adequate reason for name change yet unpresented." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 4, 1957, sec. 2, p. 1. Newspapers.com 89456142. [view source] diamond-st-battle
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 "Mein Herr rallies Scotsmen in battle of Diamond Street: Himmel! He backs change to 'Forbes.'" Pittsburgh Press, June 4, 1957, p. 42. Newspapers.com 148021703. [view source] mein-herr
  74. ↑ "Diamond is good as gold: Name-changing controversy taken to merchants: Forbes St. extension idea snorted at by business people." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 9, 1957, p. 5. Newspapers.com 87918317. [view source] name-changing
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 "Diamond St. name to become Forbes: Historic street to take general's title next January, City Council decides." Pittsburgh Press, July 9, 1957, pp. 1, 5. Newspapers.com 148031465, 148031687. [view source] diamond-st-name
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 "Forbes Ave. bill ready." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 10. Newspapers.com 89458535. [view source] forbes-ave-bill
  77. ↑ "Forbes Avenue plan given City Council." Pittsburgh Press, Dec. 16, 1957, p. 2. Newspapers.com 147892112. [view source] forbes-avenue-plan
  78. ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 15, 1957, Daily Magazine, [p. 1]. Newspapers.com 90544172. [view source] danver-1957
  79. ↑ "Council OKs 'Forbes Ave.'" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 30, 1957, p. 17. Newspapers.com 90545097. [view source] council-oks-forbes
  80. ↑ "Diamond Street switch assured: Final action on Forbes Avenue title expected at July 29 meeting." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 10, 1957, p. 1. Newspapers.com 90543473. [view source] diamond-street-switch
  81. ↑ "Forbes name applied to Diamond Street." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 3, 1957, sec. 2, p. 1. Newspapers.com 89440592. [view source] forbes-name
  82. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Diamond Street, between Stanwix Street and Forbes Street, to Forbes Avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1957, no. 267. Passed July 29, 1957; approved Aug. 2, 1957. Ordinance Book 61, p. 263. Reported in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Aug. 10, 1957, p. 10 (Newspapers.com 524005035), and Aug. 12, p. 20 (Newspapers.com 524019331). [view source] ordinance-1957-267
  83. ↑ "Forbes Avenue signs." Pittsburgh Press, Dec. 13, 1957, p. 31. Newspapers.com 148074818. [view source] forbes-avenue-signs
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