Mid Way
| Mid Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Carrick |
| Seibert Way (until 1927) | |
| Portion | West of Hazeldell Street |
| Origin of name | John Seibert |
Mid Way formerly ran eastward from Hazeldell Street, between and parallel to Woodford Avenue and Duffland Street.[1] It was laid out in 1903 in the Geo. B. Woodford Place plan of lots.[2]
The Woodford Place plan also included Seibert Way, a short, narrow alley on the west side of Hazel Avenue (as Hazeldell Street was originally named), offset somewhat to the north of Mid Way.[2] Seibert Way was named for John Seibert, who owned the land at the western end of the alley.[2][3]
Carrick was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1927.[4] Shortly thereafter, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets in Carrick to fix duplicates with other streets in Pittsburgh; since there was already a Siebert Street in Lawrenceville, Seibert Way in Carrick was made part of Mid Way.[5]
Mid Way was never an important alley, but its unusual name attracted some attention. A 1930 Pittsburgh Press article about the challenges of naming Pittsburgh's many streets included Mid Way in a list of ways that "have suffered the most, perhaps, from this struggle."[6] Similarly, in a 1944 article in the Press, Gilbert Love listed Mid Way among ways that "have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[7] In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver humorously paired Mid Way with Halfway Way in Duquesne Heights.[8]
Mid Way does not exist today, although it is unclear exactly when it disappeared. It appears on a 1953 map.[9] It apparently still existed in 1960, when a city ordinance authorized a contract for the construction of a sewer on Mid Way.[10] And it was mentioned in a 1977 City Council resolution that vacated Fromm Way from Woodford Avenue to Mid Way.[11]
References
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plate 24. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1916, revised 1922 and 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1916-volume-6-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1928-vol-6
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Geo. B. Woodford Place plan of lots as laid out by Makary and Cunningham situated in Baldwin Twp. Allegheny Co. Pa." Laid out July 1903; recorded July 22, 1903, Plan Book 21, p. 47. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782054. [view source] geo-b-woodford-place-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 4. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1905. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1905-plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1905
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Carrick Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/carrick-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-carrick-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Twenty-ninth Ward (formerly Carrick Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 207. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 410. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 187–190, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-207
- ↑ "Naming of streets huge problem to Father Pitt." Pittsburgh Press, Apr. 6, 1930, news section, p. 1. Newspapers.com 146396634. [view source] naming-of-streets
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
- ↑ Alexander Gross. Pittsburgh and Vicinity: Featuring transit lines and house numbers. Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953. Published with Alexander Gross, The Complete Street Guide to Pittsburgh and 16 Nearby Suburbs: With large map of Pittsburgh and suburbs; streets, house numbers, transportation lines, places of interest, churches, etc., etc., Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953 (DonsList.net PghStreets1953M). A slightly different version entitled The Premier Map of Pittsburgh and Vicinity is reproduced in Sam Stephenson, ed., Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, pp. 22–23, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2023, ISBN 978-0-226-82483-3 (LCCN 2022055151). [view source] gross-map
- ↑ "An ordinance providing for a contract or contracts for the construction of a Storm Sewer on Mid Way, Nuzum venue [sic], Private Property of Frank J. Zappala and Duffland Street from the existing sewer on Mid Way at Fromm Way to the existing sewer on the Private Property of Frank J. Zappala with branch sewers on Nuzum Avenue and Duffland Street, including all other work necessary in connection with the drainage served by this sewer and providing for the payment of the cost thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1960, no. 141. Passed Apr. 25, 1960; approved Apr. 29, 1960. Ordinance Book 63, p. 227. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1960, appendix, p. 99, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive vol-93-1960). [view source] ordinance-1960-141
- ↑ "Vacating Fromm Way, between East Woodford Avenue and Mid Way in the Twenty-ninth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, excepting and reserving an easement for the 8-inch sanitary sewer and the 15-inch storm sewer located therein." Pittsburgh city resolution, 1977, no. 1128. Enacted Nov. 14, 1977; approved Nov. 25, 1977. Resolution Book 22, p. 563. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1977, appendix, pp. 575–576 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1977). [view source] resolution-1977-1128
