Chicago Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Chicago Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Northview Heights |
| Origin of name | Chicago, Illinois |
| Fort Street (1870s–1880s) | |
| Main Street (until 1910) | |
| Muth Street (1910–1918) | |
The western part of this street appears in the 1902 Hopkins atlas as Main Street.[1] The eastern part may appear as Fort Street in the 1876 and 1886 editions.[2][3]
In 1910, three years after the annexation of Allegheny into the city of Pittsburgh, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. The name Main conflicted with Main Street in Lawrenceville and Bloomfield, so it was changed to Muth Street.[4] In 1918, Muth Street was renamed Chicago Street.[5]
Bob Regan includes "Chicago" in a list of streets named for cities.[6] In a 1988 Post-Gazette column, Tom Hritz humorously paired Chicago Street with Wysox Street in Carrick.[7]
See also
- Fort Street (disambiguation) and Main Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had those names
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 16. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-vol-2
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 70. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1876
- ↑ Atlas of the Vicinity of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, plate 8. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1886. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1886-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1886
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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-1910-715
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1918, no. 30. Passed Feb. 18, 1918; approved Mar. 2, 1918. Ordinance Book 29, p. 322. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the year 1918, appendix, pp. 61–62, McClung Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1918). [view source] ordinance-1918-30
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Tom Hritz. "X Street marks no spot in city." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 27, 1988, p. 4. Newspapers.com 89967623, 89967854. [view source] hritz
