Ridge Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also West Prospect Avenue, which was formerly called Ridge Avenue.
| Ridge Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Allegheny Center, Allegheny West, Chateau |
| Origin of name | Ridge along which it ran when first opened |
| Ridge Street (1851–1869) | |
| Origin of name | Ridge along which it ran when first opened |
This street was opened in 1851 as Ridge Street, so named because at that time it ran along a ridge, with the ground sloping down on each side.[1] It was renamed Ridge Avenue in 1869.[2]
See also
- Ridge Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Desirable lots at auction." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, June 9, 1851, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85648931. [view source] desirable-lots-at-auction
- ↑ "An ordinance changing names of streets, &c." Allegheny city ordinance, 1869. Passed Feb. 18, 1869. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Mar. 16, 1869, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86344924), and Mar. 18, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86345178). [view source] ordinance-1869-changing-names
