Devonshire Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Devonshire Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill North |
| Origin of name | Its location across Fifth Avenue from Devonshire Street |
Devonshire Road was accepted as a city street by an ordinance passed by City Council on October 24, 1927.[1] It is named for its location across Fifth Avenue from Devonshire Street.
At the next City Council meeting a week later, a strongly worded letter from the Department of City Planning was presented, saying that the City Planning Commission had previously disapproved the plan that laid out the street, and complaining that Council had passed the acceptance ordinance before the Planning Commission had had time to consider it. The Planning Commission unanimously disapproved the acceptance ordinance on October 26, but by then it was too late, as it had already been passed by Council.[2]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance accepting as a city street Devonshire road, in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, from Fifth avenue to a point 384.66 feet southwardly therefrom and describing the grade thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 692. Passed Oct. 24, 1927; approved Oct. 27, 1927. Ordinance Book 39, p. 248. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 497–498, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-692
- ↑ Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, pp. 765–766. Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh. Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927. This book has several parts: index to proceedings, pp. 3–116; proceedings, pp. 1–937; index to appendix, pp. 1–68; and appendix (containing ordinances and resolutions), pp. 1–716. [view source] municipal-record-1927
