Radcliffe Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Radcliffe Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Esplen, Sheraden |
| Ridge Street (until 1906) | |
This street appears, unlabeled, in the 1886 Hopkins atlas as part of the "Mrs. M. L. McGunnigle Plan."[1] It is labeled Ridge Street in the 1896 edition.[2]
In 1906, after the annexation of Esplen into the city of Pittsburgh, Ridge Street was renamed Radcliffe Street to fix the duplication with Ridge Avenue on the North Side.[3]
Bob Regan includes "Radcliffe" in a list of streets with college-related names, but he gives no further details.[4] Presumably he was thinking of Radcliffe College, today part of Harvard University, but there is no evidence to support this particular association.
See also
- Ridge Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Vicinity of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, plate 26. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1886. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1886-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1886
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, Penna., plate 15. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1896. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1896%E2%80%93plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1896
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Fortieth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906, no. 208. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 25. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, pp. 83–84, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1907 (Google Books 2rxEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599013; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1906). [view source] ordinance-1906-208
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 66. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
