Quince Way
| Quince Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bluff |
| Fate | Vacated in 1973 |
| Peach Alley (until 1868) | |
| Quince Alley (1868–1914) | |
This former alley ran from Pride Street to Marion Street just north of Bluff Street, on the present site of UPMC Mercy. It was laid out as Peach Alley in 1835 as part of a subdivision of the estate of Marian Pride, made for Walter Forward (see Forward Avenue) and Walter H. Lowrie, executors.[1]
In 1868, a Pittsburgh city ordinance renamed many streets, primarily to number the streets perpendicular to the Allegheny River but also to fix duplicates. There was another Peach Alley in the Hill District (today Peach Way), so this alley on the Bluff was renamed Quince Alley.[2] The ordinance actually read, "Peach alley, (Eighth ward), be called Quince alley,"[2] which should have referred to the other Peach Alley, as the one on the Bluff was in the Sixth Ward at that time.[3] Nevertheless, it is clear from subsequent ordinances that Quince Alley was intended to be the alley between Pride and Marion Streets.[4][5][6]
Quince Alley became Quince Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[7]
Quince Way was vacated in 1973 for an expansion of Mercy Hospital.[8]
See also
- Peach Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of the subdivision of out lot no. 10 and part of lot no. 9 into town lots in the Manor of Pittsburg, Pitt Twp.: Laid out at the request of Walter Forward & Walter H. Lowrie executors of the estate [of] Marian Pride dec'd." Laid out Sept. 5, 1835; recorded Dec. 19, 1835, Plan Book 1, pp. 36–37. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778158. [view source] pride-estate-plan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Aug. 31, 1868. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1868, Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 2, 1868, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86347563), Sept. 3, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347623), and Sept. 4, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347714). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 12–13, 29. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the grading and paving of Quince alley, from Marion street to Pride street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1872, no. 73. Enacted July 8, 1872. Ordinance Book 3, p. 226. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, Together with the Ordinances, &c.: With an Index, vol. IV, p. 71, Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1872 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1872). [view source] ordinance-1872-73
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the construction of a sewer on Marion street, from Quince alley to Hope street sewer." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1872, no. 127. Enacted Aug. 26, 1872. Ordinance Book 3, p. 254. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, Together with the Ordinances, &c.: With an Index, vol. IV, p. 89, Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1872 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1872). [view source] ordinance-1872-127
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the grading, paving and curbing of Pride sreet [sic], from Bluff street to Quince alley." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1876, no. 68. Passed Dec. 22, 1876; approved Dec. 27, 1876. Ordinance Book 5, p. 77. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1876, pp. 217–218, Stevenson & Foster, Pittsburgh, 1877 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1876). [view source] ordinance-1876-68
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating Pride Street from the Boulevard of the Allies to a point 49 feet south of Locust Street, and Quince Way between Pride Street and Marion Street, both in the First Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1973, no. 323. Passed June 11, 1973; approved June 25, 1973. Ordinance Book 73, p. 712. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1973, appendix, p. 176, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1973). [view source] ordinance-1973-323
