Solar Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Solar Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Spring Hill-City View |
| Spring Street (until 1896) | |
This street appears as Spring Street in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[1] It was renamed Solar Street by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1896.[2]
Bob Regan includes "Solar" in a list of astronomy-related street names.[3]
See also
- Spring Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 92. 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 and establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Allegheny." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 166. Passed Mar. 19, 1896; approved Mar. 23, 1896. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1894–1896, pp. 283–285 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4333da4c-560e-4f5e-b8ac-ddb9f5821943/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Mar. 28, 1896, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 85430174); and in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 31, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141573537), and Apr. 1, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141573556). [view source] ordinance-1896-166
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 68. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
