Selby Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Selby Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Flats |
| Spruce Alley (1835–1881) | |
| Selby Alley (1881–1914) | |
This alley was laid out as Spruce Alley in 1835 in a plan of lots by O. O. Gregg.[1]
The South Side was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1872.[2] This caused many duplications of street names, which were fixed by a city ordinance in 1881. Spruce Alley on the South Side conflicted with another alley in Lower Lawrenceville and the Strip District (today Spruce Way), so it was renamed Selby Alley.[3]
It became Selby Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[4]
See also
- Spruce Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of town lots situated in the Manor of Pittsburg fronting on the Monongahela River, adjoining the west line of the Borough of Birmingham: Planned by O. O. Gregg: Laid out for N. B. Craig, committee of Sidney Gregg, and for O. Ormsby Gregg, Isaac Gregg, Sarah E. Gregg, and Sidney I. Gregg, proprietors." Laid out Nov. 10, 1835; recorded Nov. 30, 1835, Plan Book 1, pp. 44–45. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778155. [view source] o-o-gregg-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Pittsburgh City 1872 Borough Mergers." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/pittsburgh-city-1872-borough-mergers/. [view source] lgeo-south-side-annexation
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
