Hazlett Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also 34th Street, part of which was originally named Hazlett Street.
| Hazlett Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Northview Heights |
| Origin of name | William Hazlett |
Hazlett Street is named for William Hazlett (alternatively spelled Hazelett or Haslett), who had a house in the 1860s near what is today the eastern end of Hazlett Street.[1][2] He drew up a plan of lots on his land in Reserve Township, west of Spring Garden Avenue; today this area overlaps the eastern part of Northview Heights. Hazlett Street served as an entrance to this neighborhood.[3][4][5]
Bob Regan says that Hazlett Street is named for Theodore L. Hazlett, once the executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority.[6] But this cannot be the right person: this Hazlett was born in 1918,[7] but "Haslett Street" appears on maps as early as 1897.[5]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ John Canning. "Summer Hill: A brief history of Pittsburgh's northernmost neighborhood." Northside Chronicle (Pittsburgh), Mar. 2019, pp. 6, 27. https://issuu.com/nschron/docs/march-2019-final; https://www.thenorthsidechronicle.com/summer-hill-a-brief-history-of-pittsburghs-northernmost-neighborhood/. [view source] canning
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ Atlas of the Vicinity of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1886. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1886-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1886
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the Northern Vicinity of Pittsburgh. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1897. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1897-plat-book-northern-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1897
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 69. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "T. L. Hazlett, Mellon Trust head, dies." Pittsburgh Press, July 9, 1979, p. A-6. Newspapers.com 147092162. [view source] hazlett-obit
