Hyphen Way
| Hyphen Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Spring Hill-City View |
| Hyphen Alley (1914) | |
This alley formerly ran from Gershon Street to Sunset Avenue. It appears in the 1876 Hopkins atlas, unlabeled and drawn with dashed lines.[1]
It was unnamed until it was given the name Hyphen Alley by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1914.[2] Later that year it became Hyphen Way when another ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[3]
The 1925 Hopkins atlas labels it "Hyphen Ave.,"[4] but this is surely an error.
It apparently still existed in 1962, when it was mentioned in an ordinance for the construction of a sewer.[5] It is gone today, though the remains of a set of steps are visible on Gershon Street.
In 1937, in a newspaper column about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver quipped, "The burg is punctuated by an Asterisk way, a Hyphen way, and a Dot way."[6]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 70. 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
- ↑ "An ordinance designating and naming certain streets and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 78. Passed Mar. 10, 1914; approved Mar. 14, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 14. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the year 1914, appendix, p. 66, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914). [view source] ordinance-1914-78
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 4, pp. 21, 24. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-4-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-vol-4
- ↑ "An ordinance providing for a contract or contracts for the construction of a relief sewer in Sunset Avenue and in Gershon Street, extending in Sunset Avenue from the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Essen Street to the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Gershon Street, thence in Gershon Street to the existing sewer at the intersection of Gershon Street and Hyphen Way, 26th Ward, including all other work necessary in connection with the drainage served by this sewer and providing for the payment of the cost thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1962, no. 307. Passed Sept. 24, 1962; approved Oct. 1, 1962. Ordinance Book 64, p. 618. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the year 1962, appendix, pp. 228–229, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1962). [view source] ordinance-1962-307
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
