Cairo Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cairo Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Mount Washington |
| Origin of name | Cairo, Egypt; modification of earlier name, Carey |
| Carey Street (until 1881) | |
This street was originally named Carey Street.[1] It was renamed Cairo Street in 1881 to avoid confusion with Carey Alley in the South Side Flats (today Carey Way).[2] Bob Regan includes "Cairo" in a list of streets named for cities.[3]
References
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 27. 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 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, Herald Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
