Bon Air Avenue
| Bon Air Avenue | |
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| Neighborhood | Bon Air |
Bon Air Avenue (originally spelled Bon-Air, with a hyphen) was laid out in 1900 in the Bon-Air plan of lots.[1] The spelling without the hyphen was officially established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1909,[2] the year after West Liberty Borough was annexed by Pittsburgh.[3]
Bon Air Avenue used to be longer than it is today, taking a convoluted route to the Pittsburg & Castle Shannon Railroad (today the T tracks). Starting at Morse Avenue (today Camfield Street), it ran west along its modern route to the western edge of the plan, then turned south to modern Roseton Avenue, then ran east along that avenue to modern Institute Street, then ran south along that street to modern Clanton Street, then ran southwest along that street to a point at the modern Bon Air T station, then zigzagged north-northeast and west again.[1]
Bon Air Avenue was shortened by a city ordinance in 1941, which gave portions of it to Roseton Avenue and Institute Street and renamed the southernmost part Clanton Street.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bon-Air plan of lots: West Liberty Boro. Allegheny Co. Penna.: Laid out by Demster, Baxmyer and Steinecker." Laid out May 1900; recorded Aug. 19, 1902, Plan Book 19, p. 160. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781908. [view source] bon-air-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards of the City of Pittsburgh (formerly known as the Boroughs of West Liberty and Beechview)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 375. Passed Oct. 14, 1909; approved Oct. 20, 1909. Ordinance Book 20, p. 614. 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. 146–150, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 11, 1909, p. 8 (Newspapers.com 86421216), and Nov. 12, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86421491). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-375
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "West Liberty Borough–Pittsburgh City 1908 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/west-liberty-borough-pittsburgh-city-1908-merger/. [view source] lgeo-west-liberty-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of certain portions of BON AIR AVENUE to ROSETON AVENUE, INSTITUTE STREET and CLANTON STREET." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1941, no. 197. Passed Apr. 28, 1941; approved Apr. 29, 1941. Ordinance Book 51, p. 502. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1941, appendix, p. 137, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1941). [view source] ordinance-1941-197
