Progress Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Progress Street
Neighborhoods North Shore, Troy Hill
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Main Street (until 1910)
Origin of name Main street of Warner, Painter, and Lorenz plan
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Madrone Street (1910–1911)

This street was laid out as Main Street in 1836 in the plan of lots of G. E. Warner, Jacob Painter, and F. Lorenz; it was the main street of that plan.[1][2][3]

In 1910, three years after Pittsburgh's annexation of Allegheny City, over 900 streets were renamed in order to fix duplicates, and Main Street became Madrone Street.[4] The name was changed again the next year to Progress Street.[5][6]

In a 1916 Post-Gazette column commemorating the centennial of Pittsburgh's city charter and the city's subsequent growth, George T. Fleming wrote, "[W]e have Progress street on the North Side, and in that designation we find a text, for Progress has been the prevailing characteristic of the city. Some years ago Pittsburgh adapted a slogan—a school boy's suggestion. It is 'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress.' Conversely, Progress promoted Pittsburgh."[3] This slogan itself cannot be the origin of the street name, as it was adopted eight months after the street name was given,[7][8] but clearly "progress" was the zeitgeist of Pittsburgh at the time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Plan of town lots laid out by the subscriber A. D. 1836 for Messrs Warner, Painter & Lorenz and this is a true copy April 18, 1839: James Sterritt." Laid out 1836; recorded Dec. 29, 1869, Plan Book 1, p. 81. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778779. [view source] warner-painter-lorenz-plan
  2. ↑ The Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, with Parts of Adjacent Boroughs, Pennsylvania. 1855. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0089; https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1688~130047; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32240; 1855 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). In George W. Colton, Colton's Atlas of the World: Illustrating physical and political geography, J. H. Colton & Co., New York, 1856 (https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=Pub_List_No%3D0149.000). [view source] colton
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 George T. Fleming. "Growth of city in century is great: Celebration of charter anniversary directs attention to progress made: Noteworthy events." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 12, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85766545. [view source] fleming-growth
  4. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  5. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, 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-1910-1911-558
  6. ↑ Deborah Deasy. "The corners of time: A city street by any name spells history." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 22, 1982, [p. A-16]. Newspapers.com 146681316. [view source] deasy
  7. ↑ "City's progress keynote of slogan: Industrial commission selects war cry for its business campaign: Medal is awarded: William Lichtenstul successful with suggestion, 'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress': To be used far and wide." Gazette Times (Pittsburgh), Oct. 22, 1911, sec. 1, pp. 1, 6. Newspapers.com 85733197, 85734788. [view source] citys-progress-keynote
  8. ↑ "'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress': Slogan for Pittsburgh is selected: Contest judges find fitting phrase to boost industrial city: Young man is author: Over 6,000 suggestions are made to commission." Pittsburgh Sunday Post, Oct. 22, 1911, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 87356146, 87356147. [view source] slogan-for-pittsburgh
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