Peoria Way
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| Peoria Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
| Origin of name | Peoria, Illinois |
| Union Alley (until 1881) | |
| Peoria Alley (1881–1914) | |
| Origin of name | Peoria, Illinois |
This alley appears, unlabeled, in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] It is labeled Union Alley in a plan of lots laid out in 1862 and in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[2][3] Its name was changed to Peoria Alley in 1881 to avoid confusion with Union Street downtown (today Graeme Street).[4] This ordinance also changed another Union Alley nearby to Urbana Alley (today Urbana Way),[4] which suggests that both alleys were named for the cities in Illinois. Bob Regan includes "Peoria" in a list of streets named for cities, though he gives no further details.[5] Peoria, Illinois, is named for the Peoria people, a Native American tribe.
Peoria Alley became Peoria Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[6]
See also
- Union Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Malcolm Leech's administrator plan of lots situate in the Borough of Lawrenceville laid out by Robert Bell Esq. administrator of the estate of Malcolm Leech Esq. Decd'." Laid out July 1862; recorded Oct. 2, 1863, Plan Book 2, p. 203. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778478. [view source] malcolm-leechs-administrator-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "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
