South 30th Street
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| South 30th Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Slopes |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering up the Monongahela River |
| First Street (1866 – ca. 1871) | |
| 30th Street (ca. 1871 – 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering up the Monongahela River |
This street was originally named First Street when it was laid out by Thomas McClurg in 1866.[1][2]
It was renamed 30th Street by 1871 when the borough of Ormsby was laid out,[3][4][5] following the sequence established in the boroughs of Birmingham and East Birmingham in 1869.[6][7] The "South" prefix was added by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881;[8] see South First Street for more details.
The segment of South 30th Street that crossed the railroad tracks was closed in 1950, significantly isolating the small community of South Side Hollow. It was reopened in 1998 as Steve Seventy Way (today Steve Seventy Street).[9]
See also
- First Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
- 30th Street
References
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situate in Lower St. Clair Township Allegheny County Pa.: Surveyed for Mr. Thomas McClurg." Laid out Mar. 1, 1866; recorded Mar. 20, 1866, Plan Book 3, p. 93. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778536. [view source] mcclurg-plan
- ↑ "First addition to Thomas McClurg's plan of lots in Lower St. Clair Township, Allegheny County Pa." Laid out Nov. 1867; recorded Jan. 10, 1868, Plan Book 3, p. 209. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778647. [view source] mcclurg-first-addition-plan
- ↑ "Ormsby Borough." Laid out Mar. 1871; recorded Apr. 13, 1872, Plan Book 4, pp. 204–205. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778970. [view source] ormsby-borough-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 114. 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
- ↑ "Street nomenclature: The changes proposed by the committee." Pittsburgh Commercial, Dec. 30, 1873, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85549642. [view source] street-nomenclature
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets." Birmingham borough ordinance, 1869. Approved Mar. 2, 1869. Reprinted in the Daily Post (Pittsburgh), Mar. 11, 1869, [p. 2] (Newspapers.com 86522563), and Mar. 12, [p. 2] (Newspapers.com 86522575). [view source] ordinance-1869-birmingham
- ↑ "An ordinance for changing the name of certain streets of the Borough of East Birmingham." East Birmingham borough ordinance, 1869. Approved Mar. 13, 1869. In ordinance book of the Borough of East Birmingham, 1849–1872 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_dedbfd48-bbfb-4051-9e7a-4069e8b8fee3/). [view source] ordinance-1869-east-birmingham
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Jan Ackerman. "Hollow promised quick access: South Side neighborhood has had no direct route to nearby Carson Street since 1950." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 23, 1998, p. A-11. Newspapers.com 94368579. [view source] hollow-promised
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