Ventner Way
This alley was laid out as Vulcan Alley in 1893 in the Viewland plan of lots by James D. Callery.[1]
After Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907, this name conflicted with Vulcan Alley on the North Shore (today Vulcan Way). In 1910, over 900 streets and alleys were renamed to fix such conflicts; Vulcan Alley in Squirrel Hill was changed to Ventner Alley.[2] The immediately following ordinance, which established the names of all thoroughfares in Pittsburgh, named the alley Ventmore Alley,[3] but this appears to have been a mistake, and the name Ventmore never appears again in the Municipal Record. The current street sign and the city GIS system call it Ventner.[4]
It became Ventner Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
See also
- Vulcan Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Viewland plan of lots: 22nd Ward, Pgh., Pa.: Laid out by Jas. D. Callery." Recorded Feb. 13, 1893, Plan Book 13, p. 130. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780872. [view source] viewland-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 establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
- ↑ Pittsburgh Map. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, GIS Division. https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=0b82e78539464c3da121dcab22e444d4. Linked from https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/Business-Development/Geographic-Information-System-GIS/Interactive-Maps. [view source] pgh-city-planning-map
- ↑ "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
