33rd Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
See also South 33rd Street, which was named 33rd Street until 1881.
| 33rd Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Lower Lawrenceville, Polish Hill, Strip District |
| Origin of name | Sequential numbering up the Allegheny River |
| Boundary Street (until 1868) | |
| Origin of name | Boundary of Lawrenceville |
The original name of 33rd Street was Boundary Street, because it was the southwestern boundary of the Borough of Lawrenceville.[1] (Bruce S. Cridlebaugh describes it as the boundary of Pittsburgh after the annexation of Bayardstown.[2]) It is still the official boundary between the Strip District and Lawrenceville.[3]
In 1868, Pittsburgh's modern sequence of numbered streets was created by renaming all the streets perpendicular to the Allegheny River; Boundary Street became 33rd Street.[2][4][5]
Today the name Boundary Street is that of a street in Junction Hollow.
At one time 33rd Street included much of modern Herron Avenue, to about the intersection with today's Milwaukee Street.[6][7] Herron Avenue was rerouted to its modern course in 1902.[8]
References
- ↑ Edward M. McKeever. "Earlier Lawrenceville." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, vol. 5, no. 4, Oct. 1922, pp. 277–286. https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/1301. [view source] mckeever
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bruce S. Cridlebaugh. "Field notes: Changing Pittsburgh street names—from downtown to Lawrenceville." Pghbridges.com: Bridges & tunnels of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 9, 2000. http://pghbridges.com/articles/fieldnote_pghstnames.htm. [view source] cridlebaugh
- ↑ Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, GIS Division. https://gis.pittsburghpa.gov/pghneighborhoods/. Linked from https://pittsburghpa.gov/innovation-performance/interactive-maps. [view source] pgh-nbhds-map
- ↑ Sarah H. Killikelly. The History of Pittsburgh: Its rise and progress, p. 534. B. C. & Gordon Montgomery Co., Pittsburgh, 1906. DonsList.net HistPgh1909M; Google Books kXmloex-vr8C, poRU0YjqrzsC; HathiTrust 100122020; Historic Pittsburgh 00adc8925m; Internet Archive historyofpittsbu00kill, historypittsbur00killgoog. [view source] killikelly
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of streets." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1868. Passed Aug. 31, 1868. In The Municipal Record: Containing the proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh: 1868, Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1868_20200904_2014). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Gazette, Sept. 2, 1868, p. 5 (Newspapers.com 86347563), Sept. 3, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347623), and Sept. 4, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86347714). [view source] ordinance-1868-name-changes
- ↑ George H. Thurston and J. F. Diffenbacher. Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny for 1876–7: Embracing a general directory of the residences of citizens, full classified business directory, register of public institutions, benevolent societies and city governments, directory of the streets, secret societies, schools and churches. Thurston & Diffenbacher, Pittsburgh, 1876, p. 11. Google Books 8dkCAAAAYAAJ; Historic Pittsburgh 31735038288480. [view source] thurston-diffenbacher-1876
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plates 7, 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Thirty-third street, between Ruthven street and Herron avenue, to 'Herron avenue.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1902, no. 556. Passed Mar. 10, 1902; approved Mar. 11, 1902. Ordinance Book 14, p. 424. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh, for the year 1901–1902, appendix, p. 213, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1902 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1901). [view source] ordinance-1902-556
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