Kinley Way

From Pittsburgh Streets
Kinley Way
Neighborhood Lincoln Place
Miller Avenue (until 1930)

This alley was laid out as part of Miller Avenue in the Brierley plan of lots in 1902.[1]

Lincoln Place was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1929.[2] Pittsburgh already had a Miller Street, so Miller Avenue was renamed by a city ordinance the following year; the part from Lindberg Avenue north to the city line became Kinley Way.[3]

Former southern segment

There used to be a southern segment of Kinley Way from Scorer Street to Lougean Avenue, a continuation of Kinley Avenue. This alley was laid out in 1917 in the Calhoun Park plan of lots.[4] That plan did not give this alley a name, though all other alleys in the plan were named with letters of the alphabet: B Way (later Oakleaf Way), C Way, D Way, and so on through L Way.[4] It seems likely that this alley should have been the missing A Way, but the name was omitted in the plan by mistake. In any case, after Lincoln Place was annexed by Pittsburgh, the city believed this alley was unnamed, and it was named Kinley Way in 1930.[5] (It probably would have been renamed anyway, as Pittsburgh already had an A Street.)

This southern segment of Kinley Way no longer exists.

See also

References

  1. "Brierley plan of lots: Situate in Mifflin Twp, Alleg. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Brierley Bros." Laid out Sept. 1902; recorded Sept. 27, 1904, Plan Book 22, pp. 24–25. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782217. [view source]brierley-plan
  2. Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City Ordinance 58." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-ordinance-58/. [view source]lgeo-lincoln-place-annexation
  3. "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads, alleys and ways in the 31st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly a portion of Mifflin Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1930, no. 100. Passed Mar. 24, 1930; approved Mar. 31, 1930. Ordinance Book 42, p. 388. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 7, 1930, p. 27 (Newspapers.com 88824970), and Apr. 8, p. 31 (Newspapers.com 88825039). [view source]ordinance-1930-100
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Calhoun Park plan of lots: Situate in Mifflin Twp. All'y. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Homestead Realty Co." Laid out June 1917; recorded Aug. 22, 1917, Plan Book 27, pp. 174–175. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783253. [view source]calhoun-park-plan-1917
  5. "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 Thirty-first Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly a portion of Mifflin Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1930, no. 99. Passed Mar. 24, 1930; approved Mar. 31, 1930. Ordinance Book 42, p. 385. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1930, appendix, pp. 138–139, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1930). [view source]ordinance-1930-99