Oakleaf Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Oakleaf Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lincoln Place |
| Origin of name | Its status as a continuation of Oakleaf Drive |
| B Way (until 1930) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential lettering of alleys in the Calhoun Park plan |
This former alley ran from the end of Oakleaf Drive to Lougean Avenue. It was originally named B Way, the first in a series of consecutively lettered alleys in the 1917 Calhoun Park plan.[1] (It is likely that there was supposed to be an A Way, but that alley was left unlabeled in the plan; it was later made part of Kinley Way.)
Lincoln Place was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1929.[2] Pittsburgh already had a B Street on the North Side, so B Way was renamed Oakleaf Way the next year.[3] This name reflected the alley's status as a continuation of Oakleaf Drive.
Oakleaf Way no longer exists.
See also
References
- ↑ "Calhoun Park plan of lots: Situate in Mifflin Twp. All'y. Co. Pa.: Laid out by Homestead Realty Co." Laid out June 1917; recorded Aug. 22, 1917, Plan Book 27, pp. 174–175. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783253. [view source] calhoun-park-plan-1917
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City Ordinance 58." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-ordinance-58/. [view source] lgeo-lincoln-place-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, roads, alleys and ways in the 31st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly a portion of Mifflin Township)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1930, no. 100. Passed Mar. 24, 1930; approved Mar. 31, 1930. Ordinance Book 42, p. 388. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 7, 1930, p. 27 (Newspapers.com 88824970), and Apr. 8, p. 31 (Newspapers.com 88825039). [view source] ordinance-1930-100
| Lettered ways in Lincoln Place | |
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