Our Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
Not to be confused with R Way.
| Our Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Crawford-Roberts |
| Union Alley (until ca. 1845) | |
| Our Alley (ca. 1845 – 1914) | |
This alley was laid out as Union Alley in 1833 in a plan of lots by Thomas Scott, Rees Townsend, and Thomas S. Clarke.[1]
The surrounding district was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1845.[2][3] Pittsburgh already had a Union Street (today Graeme Street), so at some point Union Alley was renamed Our Alley. This new name was given no later than 1852, because it appears in R. E. McGowin's map of Pittsburgh from that year.[4]
Our Alley became Our Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
See also
- Union Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Draught of a subdivision of out lot no. 3 in the manor of Pittsburgh, Pitt Twp., Allegheny Co., now 3rd Ward: Laid out for Thomas Scott, Rees Townsend & Thos. S. Clarke." Laid out Sept. 7, 1833; recorded Dec. 5, 1833, Plan Book 1, p. 20. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778147. [view source] scott-townsend-clarke-plan
- ↑ W. B. Negley. "Allegheny County; its formation, its cities, wards, boroughs and townships." Historic Pittsburgh 76v01p04. In Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 4, G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876 (http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny). [view source] negley
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1845 Ordinance." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1845-ordinance/. [view source] lgeo-1845-lower-hill
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "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
