Tulip Way
| Tulip Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadyside |
| Third Alley (until 1881) | |
| Origin of name | Third alley in Frances A. O'Hara's plan, starting at Fifth Avenue |
| Tulip Alley (1881–1914) | |
This alley was laid out as Third Alley in 1870 in a plan of lots for Frances A. O'Hara; it was the last of three numbered alleys in that plan, starting at Fifth Avenue.[1]
In 1881, a Pittsburgh city ordinance established the names of all thoroughfares in Pittsburgh, renaming many of them to fix duplicates. There was no other Third Alley in Pittsburgh, but downtown had both Third Avenue and Third Street (today Commonwealth Place), and apparently it was felt that the numbered alleys in Shadyside had to be changed. So Third Alley was renamed Tulip Alley. (First Alley was renamed Farel Alley and Second Alley was renamed Salem Alley, today Salem Way, thus forming one of Pittsburgh's F–S–T sequences.)[2]
Tulip Alley became Tulip Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
See also
- Third Street, for other streets that have been numbered Third
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated in the City of Pittsburgh 20th Ward adjoining McFarlands Grove laid out for M. O'Hara at the request of Mrs Frances A. O'Hara." Recorded Apr. 12, 1870, Plan Book 4, pp. 26–27. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778793. [view source] frances-a-ohara-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
