Lodi Way
| Lodi Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
| Foster Alley (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | William Barclay Foster |
| Lodi Alley (1881–1914) | |
This alley was laid out in 1814 as part of the original plan of Lawrenceville by William Barclay Foster (1779–1855), though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It became the major part of Foster's Alley (today Foster Way) no later than 1872.[2]
The portion of Foster's Alley northwest of Butler Street was renamed Lodi Alley by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881, which listed it as "Lodi alley, from Butler street to Allegheny river, formerly Foster alley, Fifteenth ward." The name Foster was reassigned to Foster Street.[3] This ordinance probably intended to rename all of Foster Alley, but overlooked the segments southeast of Butler, which have kept the name Foster to the present day.
Lodi Alley became Lodi Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[4]
See also
- Foster Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "A plan of the Town of Lawrenceville laid out by William B. Foster on the first day of June A. D. 1814." Laid out June 1, 1814; recorded Jan. 26, 1815. In Tom Powers and James Wudarczyk, The Allegheny Arsenal Handbook: A Guidebook to Pittsburgh's Former Military Facility in Stories, Illustrations, Maps, and Photographs, pp. 4–5, Lawrenceville Historical Society, Pittsburgh, 2022, ISBN 978-0-9773469-3-6. [view source] lawrenceville-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ "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
