Telephone Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Telephone Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadyside |
| Telephone Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley was laid out in the McFarland's Grove plan of lots, first recorded in 1865, though that plan did not give the alley a name.[1] The name Telephone Alley was established by a city ordinance in 1881.[2] It became Telephone Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
In a 1937 column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charles F. Danver listed Telephone Way among Pittsburgh streets with interesting or unusual names.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Subdivision of McFarland's Grove near Shady Side Station: East Liberty, Allegheny County Penna." Recorded Oct. 16, 1865, Plan Book 3, pp. 82–83. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778520. [view source] mcfarlands-grove-plan
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
- ↑ Charles F. Danver. Pittsburghesque. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 12, 1937, p. 8. Newspapers.com 90316941. [view source] danver-1937
