Iota Way

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Iota Way
Neighborhood Windgap
Origin of name The Greek letter iota

This alley was laid out in J. H. Hamnett's subdivision of the Duff Garden plan, recorded in 1902, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It was named Iota Way by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1922,[2] probably for the Greek letter iota.

References

  1. "J. H. Hammnett's [sic] subdivision of the Duff Garden plan: Chartiers Twp. Allegheny Co. Penna." Recorded Aug. 22, 1902, Plan Book 20, p. 21. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781909. [view source]hamnett-subdiv-duff-garden-plan
  2. "An ordinance designating names for the unnamed streets and alleys, laid out in the various plans of lots and the unnamed township roads, in the Twentieth and Twenty-eighth Wards (formerly Chartiers Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1922, no. 337. Passed Oct. 2, 1922; approved Oct. 3, 1922. Ordinance Book 33, p. 609. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1922, appendix, pp. 244–249, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books -UEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223972; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1922). [view source]ordinance-1922-337