Boundary Street
Boundary Street | |
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Neighborhoods | Central Oakland, Greenfield, North Oakland, South Oakland, Squirrel Hill North |
Origin of name | Eastern boundary of Pitt Township |
Boundary Street is so named because it was formerly the eastern boundary of Pitt Township, separating it from Peebles Township and the borough of Lawrenceville to the east.[1][a] Today it runs along or very near the official boundary between Oakland and Squirrel Hill.[5]
The 1852 map of R. E. McGowin shows that Boundary Street originally ran the entire distance from the Allegheny River to the Monongahela River,[1] following roughly the route of modern 33rd Street and Sassafras Street to the CSX railroad tracks in Skunk Hollow, then along the Norfolk Southern tracks and the East Busway past Centre Avenue to about Amberson Avenue, then in a straight line to the bend in Neville Street south of Fifth Avenue, and from there down Junction Hollow and Four Mile Run to the Monongahela. For a city founded between two rivers, Pittsburgh has had surprisingly few streets that run from one river to the other: today only Commonwealth Place and Stanwix Street do so.
The northernmost piece of Boundary Street was renamed 33rd Street in 1868.[6] Other sections gradually disappeared. Today Boundary Street has two disconnected segments: one that leads down into Junction Hollow from Neville Street, and a short piece farther south in Four Mile Run. The part of Boundary Street between these segments was closed in the 1970s.[7] By 1996 the land between these two halves of the street had been covered by gravel and dirt fill, with uncertain plans for the future.[8] The Junction Hollow Trail, connecting the two segments, was built in 1999;[9] the soccer field there was opened in 2001.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Deborah Deasy and Bob Regan mistakenly say it was the boundary between Pitt Township and Oakland,[2][3] but Oakland was originally part of Pitt Township. When Oakland became its own township in 1866, its boundary with Pitt Township ran along Centre Avenue, Allequippa Street, Wallace Street, and Wyandot Lane (today Wyandotte Street).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ Deborah Deasy. "A city street by any name spells history: The corners of time." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 22, 1982, [p. A-16]. Newspapers.com 146681316. [view source] deasy
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Oakland Township 1866 Creation: Metes and Bounds Description Detail." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/metes/oakland-township-1866-creation/. [view source] lgeo-oakland-metes-bounds
- ↑ Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, GIS Division. https://gis.pittsburghpa.gov/pghneighborhoods/. Linked from https://pittsburghpa.gov/innovation-performance/interactive-maps. [view source] pgh-nbhds-map
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Aug. 31, 1868. In The Municipal Record: Containing the proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1868, Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 2, 1868, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86347563), Sept. 3, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347623), and Sept. 4, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347714). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes
- ↑ Lillian Thomas. "Plans for trail and soccer fields take many residents by surprise." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 12, 1998, p. A-11. Newspapers.com 94990822. [view source] thomas-plans
- ↑ Gary Rotstein. "Undeveloped dreams: City gains 26 acres along Schenley Park, dormant for decades, but plans still await." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 25, 1996, p. A-11. Newspapers.com 91764217. [view source] rotstein-undeveloped
- ↑ Lillian Thomas. "Panther Hollow: Trails to be extended." Cityscape. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 22, 1999, p. B-3. Newspapers.com 94309531. [view source] thomas-cityscape
- ↑ Gary Rotstein. "Panther Hollow field gets rave reviews." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 13, 2001, p. B-6. Newspapers.com 90158254. [view source] rotstein-panther