Colma Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Colma Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill North |
| Origin of name | Probably an arbitrary name beginning with C |
This alley was laid out by Levi De Wolf in two plans of lots, recorded in 1890 and 1891, though neither of these plans gave it a name.[1][2] A 1916 city ordinance that established the grade of Beck Way referred to it as Colma Way;[3] this name was made official by another ordinance the next year.[4]
The three alleys named by the 1917 ordinance are Arco Way, Beck Way, and Colma Way. It seems likely that these were arbitrarily chosen names beginning with the letters A, B, and C.
References
- ↑ "McCombs Grove Property plan of lots, 22nd. Ward, Pittsburgh." Recorded Mar. 28, 1890, Plan Book 10, p. 14. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780299. [view source] mccombs-grove-plan
- ↑ "Levi De Wolf's plan of lots, 22nd. Ward, Pittsburgh: Being a subdivision of McComb's Grove." Recorded Mar. 11, 1891, Plan Book 11, pp. 84–85. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780522. [view source] levi-de-wolf-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the grade of Beck way, from Colma way to Arco way." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1916, no. 308. Passed July 3, 1916; approved July 6, 1916. Ordinance Book 27, p. 621. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1916, appendix, p. 135, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1916). [view source] ordinance-1916-308
- ↑ "An ordinance designating the names of three unnamed ways, as laid out in McComb's Grove Plan of Lots, in the Fourteenth ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1917, no. 26. Passed Jan. 29, 1917; approved Feb. 2, 1917. Ordinance Book 28, p. 310. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1917, appendix, p. 11, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1917). [view source] ordinance-1917-26
