On Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| On Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Greenfield |
| Origin of name | Second syllable of Kishon, name of the plan of lots |
| On Alley (1911–1914) | |
This alley was laid out in 1898 as part of the Kishon plan of lots no. 2, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It remained unnamed until a city ordinance in 1911 named it On Alley.[2] The same ordinance named a parallel alley Kish Alley;[2] the two names are the two syllables of Kishon, the name of the plan of lots. The plan was probably named for the Kishon River in Israel, mentioned in the Bible.
On Alley became On Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver ended a bit about unusual Pittsburgh street names by writing, "Your columnist will be—there really is one—On way!"[4]
References
- ↑ "The Beechwood Improvement Co's Ltd. Kishon plan of lots no. 2: 23rd Ward, Pittsburg." Recorded Nov. 18, 1898, Plan Book 16, p. 167. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781391. [view source] kishon-plan-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1911-558
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
