Wayne Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
For other streets that have been named Wayne Street, see Wayne Street (disambiguation).
| Wayne Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | East Liberty, Garfield, Highland Park |
| Fate | Vacated in 1888 |
Wayne Street formerly ran from Margaretta Street north into what is now Highland Park, one block west of Negley Avenue.
The 1870 annual report of the Survey Committee of Pittsburgh City Councils mentioned this street: "Wayne street, 80 feet from Margaretta street to Broadway [now Bryant Street], levels and stones set."[1] It was listed in an 1881 city ordinance establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh: "Wayne street, from Margaretta street to Water Works property, Nineteenth ward."[2] It appears in the 1882 Hopkins atlas.[3]
Wayne Street was vacated by a city ordinance in 1888.[4]
Modern Samantha Way follows the line of old Wayne Street.
References
- ↑ The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: Together with the Ordinances, Acts of Assembly, &c.: With an Index, vol. III—1870, p. 110. Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh. Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014. [view source] municipal-record-1870
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 21. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the vacation of Wayne street, from Brilliant street southwardly to the north line of property of Thomas Mellon, south of Margaretta street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1888, no. 290. Passed Mar. 26, 1888; approved Mar. 29, 1888. Ordinance Book 6, p. 373. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 444, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 346, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887). [view source] ordinance-1888-290
