Vance Way

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Vance Way
Vance Way seen from Henry Street
Neighborhood North Oakland
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Victor Alley (until 1910)
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Vance Alley (1910–1914)

This narrow alley, running from Henry Street to Winthrop Street between Carnegie Mellon University's University Technology Development Center and the University of Pittsburgh's Craig Hall, was laid out in 1851 in a plan of lots by Edward Dithridge and Henry Reis, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] Its name was established as Victor Alley by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1881.[2] This name later conflicted with Victor Alley in Larimer (today Victor Way), so it was changed to Vance Alley in 1910.[3] It became Vance Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[4]

In 1972, the portion of Vance Way between Winthrop Street and Filmore Street was vacated for the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind so that they could expand their adjacent building, with the condition that the association pay the city $2,000 for the land.[5] The association then requested a waiver of this payment,[6] which was granted the following year in the form of another ordinance that vacated the alley unconditionally.[7] This ordinance was signed by Mayor Pete Flaherty, despite his insistence at the same time that the University of Pittsburgh should pay $25,000 for the vacation of Girts Way to enable them to build their new law library.[8][9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Plan of out lots situated in the City District, being a subdivision of a part of the Fulton farm adjoining the Manor of Pittsburgh made for Dithridge & Reis." Laid out June 23, 1851; recorded Aug. 12, 1851, Plan Book 1, p. 202. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778294. [view source] dithridge-reis-plan
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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-1910-715
  4. ↑ "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
  5. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Vance Way between Filmore Street and Winthrop Street in the Fourth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1972, no. 115. Passed Apr. 10, 1972; approved Apr. 21, 1972. Ordinance Book 73, p. 47. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1972, appendix, pp. 75–76, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1972). [view source] ordinance-1972-115
  6. ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1972, proceedings, p. 197. Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh. Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1972. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 3–192; proceedings, pp. 1–539; index to appendix, pp. 1–128; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–549. [view source] municipal-record-1972
  7. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Vance Way between Filmore Street and Winthrop Street in the Fourth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1973, no. 205. Passed Apr. 9, 1973; approved Apr. 23, 1973. Ordinance Book 73, p. 631. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1973, appendix, pp. 118–119, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1973). [view source] ordinance-1973-205
  8. ↑ David Warner. "Pete goes 2 ways on vacating streets." Pittsburgh Press, Apr. 24, 1973, pp. 1, 8. Newspapers.com 147783863, 147784518. [view source] pete-goes-2-ways
  9. ↑ "Flaherty signs new bill vacating Vance Way—free." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 25, 1973, p. 1. Newspapers.com 90065247. [view source] flaherty-signs
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