Milka Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Milka Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Arlington Heights |
| Fate | Vacated in 1941 |
Milka Way formerly ran southward from Arlington Avenue near its intersection with Josephine Street.[a] It was laid out in 1919 in the Arlington Park Terrace plan of lots.[2] In 1923, after the annexation of St. Clair Borough,[3] the name Milka Way was officially accepted as a Pittsburgh street name by a city ordinance.[4]
In a 1937 Post-Gazette column about unusual Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver wrote, "And the official namer came pretty close when he christened a Southside alley Milka way."[5] Danver was probably alluding to the name's similarity to Milky Way, either the galaxy or the candy bar.
Milka Way was vacated in 1941.[6]
Notes
References
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plates 9, 10. 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
- ↑ "Arlington Park Terrace: Laid out by Pittsburgh–St. Clair Realty Co.: Situate in 16th Ward Pittsburgh Pa. and St. Clair Borough." Laid out Apr. 1919; recorded Aug. 13, 1919, Plan Book 28, pp. 80–83. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783333. [view source] arlington-park-terrace-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Saint Clair Borough–Pittsburgh City 1923 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/saint-clair-borough-pittsburgh-city-1923-merger/. [view source] lgeo-st-clair-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of various streets, avenues, lanes, roads, alleys and ways in the Sixteenth Ward (formerly St. Clair Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1923, no. 448. Passed Nov. 26, 1923; approved Nov. 30, 1923. Ordinance Book 35, p. 15. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1923, appendix, pp. 333–334, Kaufman Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books XkEtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223980; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1923). [view source] ordinance-1923-448
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating ARLINGTON AVENUE, from Josephine street to the westerly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots, and from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to Pluso street, CASTEL WAY, from Krakow way to Kozell street, CASTEL STREET, from Kozell street to a point 72.96 feet southwardly therefrom and from the southerly line of Zaruba street to Devlin street, KOZELL STREET, from Syrian street to Piave street, KORDECKI WAY, from Castel street to Pluso street and Arlington avenue, KRAKOW WAY, from Syrian street to the westerly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots and from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to Kordecki way, MILKA WAY, from Arlington avenue to Krakow way, PIAVE STREET, from Zaruba street to the easterly line of the Arlington Park Terrace Plan of Lots, PLUSO STREET, from the easterly line of the Arlington Heights Plan of Lots to the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots, and ZARUBA STREET, from Castel street to the northerly line of the Rebecca E. Beans Wabash Plan of Lots, all as laid out in the Arlington Park Terrace Plan of Lots." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1941, no. 341. Passed July 7, 1941; approved July 8, 1941. Ordinance Book 51, p. 611. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1941, appendix, p. 226, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1941). [view source] ordinance-1941-341
