Bluff Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Bluff Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bluff |
| Origin of name | The bluff along which it runs |
| Bank Street (1830s) | |
| Origin of name | The steep slope at the top of which it runs |
Maps from the 1830s show a street here, at the edge of Ayres Hill, called Bank Street,[1][2] named for the steep slope, or bank, at the top of which it ran.
It was changed to Bluff Street by 1842,[3][4] named for the bluff along which it runs.
References
- ↑ Jean Barbeau and Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. N. B. Molineux, Pittsburgh, 1830. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0576; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c3ab00-57aa-0136-8f4f-08990f217bc9. [view source] barbeau
- ↑ Lewis Keyon. Map of Pittsburgh and Its Environs. Johnston & Stockton, Pittsburgh, 1835. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0577; 1835 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] keyon
- ↑ David Greer. "Unprecedented sale of lots." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), Nov. 10, 1842, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 88168521. [view source] unprecedented
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269/. [view source] mcgowin-1852
