Croesus Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Croesus Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Polish Hill |
| Origin of name | Croesus, king of Lydia |
| Chestnut Alley (until 1881) | |
| Cresus Alley (1881–1910) | |
| Origin of name | Croesus, king of Lydia |
| Croesus Alley (1910–1914) | |
| Origin of name | Croesus, king of Lydia |
This alley was laid out as Chestnut Alley in 1870 in the Melwood plan.[1]
In 1881, a city ordinance renamed many streets to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh had a Chestnut Street on the Bluff (today Chatham Square), so Chestnut Alley needed to be changed. An 1880 newspaper article had said that the new name was going to be Croesus Alley, with an O;[2] however, the ordinance that was passed spelled it Cresus Alley, with no O.[3] The spelling was adjusted to Croesus Alley by another ordinance in 1910.[4]
The name is that of Croesus, a king of Lydia in the sixth century B. C.[5]
Croesus Alley became Croesus Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[6]
References
- ↑ "Melwood plan of the subdivision of the Brereton property: Laid out by Reineman, Dickson and others, Pittsburgh." Laid out Aug. 1870; recorded Nov. 5, 1870, Plan Book 4, pp. 66–67. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778834. [view source] melwood-plan
- ↑ "Street names: The committee to change duplicate named thoroughfares ready to report." Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, June 29, 1880, [p. 4]. Newspapers.com 85554654. [view source] street-names-1880
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, 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 Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b24d64b7-2eda-488e-a00b-cddc143becfd/). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, 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, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
- ↑ W. G. Kaufmann. "Names of streets: Pittsburg ransacked creation when doing its christening: Honors for local celebrities: The hard fighters and the noble Indians all taken care of: How other titles originated." Pittsburg Dispatch, Mar. 15, 1891, p. 15. Newspapers.com 76218287. [view source] kaufmann
- ↑ "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
