Lemon Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Lemon Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Central Business District |
| Lemon Alley (1865–1914) | |
This alley appears, unlabeled, in R. E. McGowin's 1852 map of Pittsburgh.[1] It was named Lemon Alley by a city ordinance in 1865.[2] It became Lemon Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
See also
- Lemon Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "An ordinance relative to certain Alleys in the city of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1865. Enacted Aug. 7, 1865. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Aug. 9, 1865, [p. 2] (Newspapers.com 86353846), Aug. 10, [p. 4] (Newspapers.com 86353863), and Aug. 11, [p. 3] (Newspapers.com 86353872). [view source] ordinance-1865-alleys
- ↑ "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
