Moon Way
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| Moon Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Greenfield |
| Moon Alley (until 1914) | |
Moon Alley appears in the 1898 Hopkins atlas.[1] It became Moon Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[2]
Bob Regan includes "Moon" in a list of astronomy-related street names.[3]
See also
- Harmony Avenue, originally named Moon Street
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 24. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1898. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1898-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh-east. [view source] hopkins-1898-vol-1
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 68. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
