Golf Way
| Golf Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Summer Hill |
| Index Alley (until 1923) | |
| Portion | North of the line of modern Chute Way |
| Golf Alley (until 1923) | |
| Portion | From the line of modern Chute Way to Faber Street |
The first portion of this alley was laid out as Index Alley in 1895 for David Lighthill, north of the line of modern Chute Way.[1]
In 1902, the Lighthill Place plan was laid out both to the north and to the south of the David Lighthill plan. It included an alley named Golf Alley in the south part, nearly in line with Index Alley in the David Lighthill plan.[2]
Summer Hill was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1922.[3] The next year, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed both Index Alley and Golf Alley to Golf Way.[4]
These parts of Golf Way no longer exist. The modern Golf Way was laid out in 1928 as part of the Summer Hill Terrace plan.[5][6]
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver wrote, "Pittsburgh has a Fore street and a Golf avenue."[7] Danver must have meant Golf Way; Pittsburgh has never had a Golf Avenue.
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots located in Reserve Twp laid out for David Lighthill: Being subdivision of part of purpart 'D' of the Lighthill estate." Recorded Apr. 9, 1895, Plan Book 15, p. 87. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781130. [view source] david-lighthill-plan
- ↑ "Lighthill Place plan of lots: Laid out by Morris Einstein and Charles Geyer: Being a subdivision of purparts C and E of Lighthill est.: Situate in Reserve Twp. Allegheny Co." Laid out Oct. 1902; recorded Nov. 19, 1906, Plan Book 23, pp. 92–94. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782484. [view source] lighthill-place-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City Ordinance 382." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-ordinance-382/. [view source] lgeo-summer-hill-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Twenty-sixth Ward (formerly Reserve Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 446. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 12. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 329–330, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-446
- ↑ "Summer Hill Terrace plan of lots: 26th Ward Pitsburgh, Pa.: Laid out for Albert Knopp." Laid out Aug. 1928; recorded Jan. 17, 1929, Plan Book 33, pp. 122–123. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3784032. [view source] summer-hill-terrace-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance approving Summer Hill Terrace Plan of Lots in the 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, laid out by Albert Knopp, accepting the dedication of Bobby way, Chelsea avenue, Faber street, Golf way, Irma street, Lilita way, Markab street, Nursery way, Omen way, Regulus street, Sirius street, Sylph way and Whiteoak way as shown thereon for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same, fixing the width and position of the sidewalks and roadway on Chelsea avenue, Faber street, Irma street, Markab street, Regulus street and Sirius street and establishing the grades of Bobby way, Chelsea avenue, Faber street, Golf way, Irma street, Lilita way, Markab street, Nursery way, Omen way, Regulus street, Sirius street, Sylph way and White Oak [sic] way." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1929, no. 7. Passed Jan. 14, 1929; approved Jan. 17, 1929. Ordinance Book 40, p. 646. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1929, appendix, pp. 36–37, Kaufman Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1929). [view source] ordinance-1929-7
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
