Rear Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Rear Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Regent Square |
Rear Way was laid out in 1919 in a plan of lots by William E. Harmon.[1]
In a 1937 Post-Gazette column joking about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver grouped Rear Way with Back Way in East Allegheny, Front Way in Esplen (today Field Way), and Side Way in the Strip District.[2] And in a 1944 article in the Pittsburgh Press, Gilbert Love included Rear Way in a list of ways that "in the competition for names . . . have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[3]
References
- ↑ "William E. Harmon's plan of Regent Place: Situate in 14th Ward City of Pittsburgh and Borough of Swissvale, Allegheny Co. Pa." Laid out Apr. 1919; recorded Sept. 27, 1919, Plan Book 28, pp. 88–89. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783337. [view source] harmon-regent-place-plan
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
