Field Way
| Field Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Esplen |
| Front Alley (until 1906) | |
| Origin of name | Its location near the "front" of a plan of lots |
| Front Way (1906–1925) | |
| Origin of name | Its location near the "front" of a plan of lots |
This alley was laid out as Front Alley in 1888 in a plan of lots for John A. Wood and son.[1] It was named for its location behind the lots at the "front" of the plan, those abutting on Carson Street.
Esplen was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1906.[2] A Pittsburgh city ordinance that same year changed the name of Front Alley to Front Way.[3]
Front Way was renamed Field Way in 1925.[4]
In a 1937 Post-Gazette column joking about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver grouped Front Way with Back Way in East Allegheny, Rear Way in Regent Square, and Side Way in Polish Hill.[5] And in a 1944 article in the Pittsburgh Press, Gilbert Love included Front Way in a list of ways that "in the competition for names . . . have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[6] Apparently the street guides these columnists were using had not been updated with the name Field Way.
See also
- Front Street, for other streets that have been named Front
References
- ↑ "Part 'A', plan of lots, near Chartiers Boro., laid out for John A. Wood & Son." Laid out Mar. 1888; recorded Mar. 10, 1888, Plan Book 8, pp. 130–131. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779958. [view source] john-a-wood-son-plan-a
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Esplen Borough–Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/esplen-borough-pittsburgh-city-1906-merger/. [view source] lgeo-esplen-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Fortieth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906–1907, no. 208. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 25. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, pp. 83–84, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1907 (Google Books 2rxEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599013; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1906). [view source] ordinance-1906-1907-208
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source] ordinance-1925-175
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
