Heinz Street
| Heinz Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | East Allegheny, Troy Hill |
| Origin of name | H. J. Heinz Company |
| Sycamore Street (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Sycamore tree |
| Senlich Street (1910–1911) | |
This street was laid out as Sycamore Street in 1836 in the plan of lots of G. E. Warner, Jacob Painter, and F. Lorenz. The streets in this plan perpendicular to the Allegheny River were named after trees: the others were Walnut Street (today Warfield Street), Cherry Street (today Chesbro Street), Chestnut Street, and Pine Street (later Pindam Street).[1]
In 1910, three years after the annexation of Allegheny, over 900 streets were renamed to eliminate duplicates; this street conflicted with Sycamore Street in Mount Washington, so it was renamed Senlich Street.[2] The next year it was renamed again to Heinz Street[3] for the H. J. Heinz Company, whose food-processing complex was here. The site is now mostly residential; several of the manufacturing buildings became the Heinz Lofts.[4]
Bob Regan includes "Heinz" in a list of streets named for noted historical people,[5] presumably meaning H. J. Heinz.
See also
- Sinnet Way, briefly named Heinz Alley
- Sycamore Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of town lots laid out by the subscriber A. D. 1836 for Messrs Warner, Painter & Lorenz and this is a true copy April 18, 1839: James Sterritt." Laid out 1836; recorded Dec. 29, 1869, Plan Book 1, p. 81. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778779. [view source] warner-painter-lorenz-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1910-1911-558
- ↑ Franklin Toker. Pittsburgh: A New Portrait, pp. 143–146. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8229-4371-6. LCCN 2009022903. [view source] toker-new
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 63. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
