Jack Way
| Jack Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Carrick |
| Jack Alley (until 1905) | |
This alley was laid out as Jack Alley in 1888 in the Nobleton plan of T. A., M. H., and W. C. Noble.[1]
In 1905 the borough of Carrick enacted an ordinance that approved a plan of all the "roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways" in the borough and established their names.[2] This ordinance seems to have changed alleys in the borough to ways, thus making this alley Jack Way.
In a 1937 newspaper column about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver quipped, "There's a Card lane and an Ace way, a King avenue, a Queen street and a Jack way. (Oh, yes—and Riffle way.) Your correspondent looked hopefully for a Deuces Wild way, but with his usual luck. It's too bad when a guy can't even find a deuce on the map!"[3] Pittsburgh still has no Deuces Wild Way, but it does have One Wild Place.
References
- ↑ "Plan of Nobleton, laid out for T. A., M. H. & W. C. Noble, Baldwin Twp." Laid out Nov. 1888; recorded May 21, 1890, Plan Book 10, p. 45. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780325. [view source] nobleton-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance approving a draft or plan of the roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Borough of Carrick, heretofore laid out and adopted, and providing that hereafter the said roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways shall be known and designated by the names shown on said draft or plan." Carrick borough ordinance, 1905, no. 15. Passed Feb. 6, 1905; approved Feb. 14, 1905. In Ordinances and Resolutions: The Borough of Carrick, vol. 1, pp. 56–57, 1904–1906 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_8ed25649-e485-4fed-8132-2a200a6967ef/). [view source] ordinance-1905-15
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
