Side Way
| Side Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Polish Hill, Strip District |
| Fate | Vacated in 1936/1985 |
| Side Alley (until 1914) | |
This former alley ran from Bigelow Boulevard to Brereton Street, parallel to and west of Haran Street.[1]
It was laid out in 1870 in a plan of lots for E. P. Jones, Charles Jeremy, and others, though that plan did not give it a name.[2] It was named Side Alley by 1872.[3] It became Side Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[4]
In a 1937 Post-Gazette column joking about Pittsburgh street names, Charles F. Danver grouped Side Way with Back Way in East Allegheny, Front Way in Esplen (today Field Way), and Rear Way in Regent Square.[5] And in a 1944 article in the Pittsburgh Press, Gilbert Love included Side Way in a list of ways that "in the competition for names . . . have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[6]
The portion of Side Way from Bigelow Boulevard to Stockholm Street was vacated in 1936,[7] and the part from Brereton Street to Kenney Way was vacated in 1985.[8] The segment between Stockholm Street and Kenney Way seems never to have been officially vacated, but in any case it does not exist today.
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, plate 30. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1923. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1923-volume-1-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1923-vol-1
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situated in the city of Pittsburgh: Made for E. P. Jones Chas. Jeremy and others." Laid out June 1870; recorded Nov. 17, 1871, Plan Book 4, pp. 152–154. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778920. [view source] jones-jeremy-scully-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, pp. 40–41. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating Haran street, from Bigelow boulevard to Stockholm street; Barlow way, from Humboldt street to Side way; Side way, from Bigelow boulevard to Stockholm street, and two Unnamed six foot ways, from Side way to Haran street, in the Second and Sixth Wards of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1936, no. 318. Passed Sept. 15, 1936; approved Sept. 21, 1936. Ordinance Book 47, p. 455. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1936, appendix, p. 247, City Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1936). [view source] ordinance-1936-318
- ↑ "Resolution vacating Side Way from Brereton Street to Kenney Way in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city resolution, 1985, no. 677. Passed July 15, 1985; approved July 16, 1985. In Ordinances and Resolutions of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1985, vol. 119-B, p. 642 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1985volB). [view source] resolution-1985-677
