Livingston Street
| Livingston Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Stanton Heights |
| Bank Street (until 1881) | |
| Portion | Perpendicular to modern Adelphia Street |
| Origin of name | Sharpsburg and Etna Savings Bank |
| First Street (until 1881) | |
| Portion | Parallel to modern Adelphia Street |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering in a plan of lots |
| Ballet Street (1881 – ca. 1890) | |
| Portion | Perpendicular to modern Adelphia Street |
| Livingstone Street (1881–1910) | |
This street was laid out in 1874 in a plan of lots by the Sharpsburg and Etna Savings Bank. Modern Livingston Street was named Bank Street in this plan, presumably named for the bank. This street originally continued north of modern Adelphia Street (named Second Street in this plan) to meet a street beyond it, named First Street, which no longer exists.[1]
In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. There was another Bank Street in Lawrenceville (today Bandera Street) and another First Street downtown, so the Bank Street and First Street in Stanton Heights were renamed Ballet Street and Livingstone Street, respectively. (The correct spellings of these names are questionable, because the same ordinance also spells them Ballot and Livingston in the description of the other street.)[2]
The name Ballet Street seems to have disappeared by 1890, replaced by Livingstone for the full length of the street, as shown in the Hopkins atlas from that year.[3] An ordinance from 1895 officially located "First (now Livingston street), from property line to Third (now Trinity street)," and does not mention Bank, Ballet, or Ballot Street.[4]
In 1910, an ordinance officially established the name as Livingston Street.[5]
See also
- Bank Street (disambiguation) and First Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had those names
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situate in the 18th Ward Pittsburg: Laid out by the Sharpsburg and Etna Sav's Bank." Recorded Apr. 2, 1874, Plan Book 5, p. 21. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779235. [view source] sharpsburg-etna-sav-bank-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-3-atlas-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-vol-3
- ↑ "An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets, avenues and alleys, in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as a Plan of Part of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards, approved by Councils, November 14, 1887, the names of said streets, avenues and alleys being as follows, to wit: Amber street, Baum street, three unnamed alleys, Coral street, Onyx street, Conrad street [now Pacific avenue], Herman street [now Atlantic avenue], Marietta street [now Mignonette street], Penn avenue, Kirkwood street, Broad street, Harvard street, Rural street, Rippey street, Margaretta street, Black street, Hays street, Stanton avenue, Jackson street, McCully street, Dunn [now Hampton street], Broadway [now Bryant street], Callowhill street, Bothwell street, Bunker Hill street, Cromwell street, Brilliant street, Martha street, Park [now President alley], George [now Greenwood street], Vine [now Venango alley], Bishop street, Palmer alley, Scott [now Standish street], Catherine alley [now Conewago alley], Maria [now Manhattan street], Leon alley, Adelphia street, Sarah [now Syracuse street], Gael alley, Summit [now Witherspoon street], Java alley, Baker street, Ballard alley, Seely street, Butler street, Autumn street, Hiland [now Highland avenue], Euclid street, St. Clair street, Mellon street, Negley [now Portland street], Negley avenue, Pacific street, Fairmount street, Wayne street, Pendleton street, Cameron street, Lloyd street, Mirage street, Cumberland street, O'Connell street, Bayne street, Maddock [now McKenzie street], Haights street, Ann [now Antietam street], Garrison [now Gallatin street], unnamed alley, from Maria [now Manhattan street], to Leon alley, Chislett street, Swan alley, Jancy street, Snow alley, Morningside avenue, Kalamazoo alley, Rebecca street, Elgin street, Jamaica alley, El Paso street, Nolo alley, Ursina avenue, Hawthorn street, McKee street, Woodbine street, Third [now Trinity street], Dragoon alley, Second [now Adelphia street], First [now Livingstone street], Marietta street, East [now Elmwood street]." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1895, no. 399. Passed Mar. 25, 1895; approved Mar. 30, 1895. Ordinance Book 10, p. 245. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1894–5, appendix, pp. 141–143, J. M. Kelly Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1894). Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Apr. 19, 1895, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141563193), Apr. 20, p. 2 (Newspapers.com 141563230), and Apr. 22, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 141563445). [view source] ordinance-1895-399
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
