Cicero Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Cicero Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Beltzhoover |
| Origin of name | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Cicero Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
This alley was laid out as Cicero Alley in 1903 in the Grandview plan by Clifford B. Harmon.[1] It became Cicero Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[2]
Bob Regan includes Cicero Way in a list of streets named for noted historical people;[3] the implied eponym seems to be Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, philosopher, and writer.
References
- ↑ "Grandview: Situate in the 32nd Wd. Pitts. Penne. [sic]: Surveyed for Clifford B. Harmon." Laid out June 1903; recorded Nov. 17, 1903, Plan Book 20, pp. 166–167. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782109. [view source] harmon-grandview-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 63. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
