Drake Way

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Drake Way
Neighborhood Morningside

This alley was laid out in a series of plans in the 1890s, though none of them gave it a name.[1][2][3][4][5]

It was named Drake Way by a city ordinance in 1919.[6] This was the name of an alley in the same line but some distance to the north, modern Teak Way, which had been named Drake Alley in 1904 when it was laid out in a plan of lots for L. Vilsack[7][8] and became Drake Way in 1914, when an ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[9]

The two segments of Drake Way were never joined, and apparently it was confusing to have two separate alleys both named Drake Way, so in 1925 the original Drake Way was renamed Teak Way.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "John Wesley's plan of lots: 18th. Ward Pittsburgh Pa." Recorded May 19, 1892, Plan Book 12, p. 169. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780742. [view source] john-wesley-1892-plan
  2. ↑ "Plan of lots situate in the 19th. Ward, Pgh. laid out for W. H. Williams." Laid out June 1892; recorded Oct. 17, 1892, Plan Book 13, p. 72. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780826. [view source] wh-williams-plan
  3. ↑ "Stanton Place: Plan of lots situated in 18th. Ward, Pgh Allegheny Co., Pa.: Laid out for John R. Negley's heirs." Laid out Nov. 1892; recorded Mar. 17, 1893, Plan Book 13, pp. 142–143. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780886. [view source] stanton-place-plan
  4. ↑ "H. E. Du Barry's plan of lots: 18th Ward Pittsburg, Pa." Recorded Nov. 8, 1894, Plan Book 15, pp. 40–41. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781101. [view source] he-du-barry-plan
  5. ↑ "Plan of lots in the 18th Ward P'gh, laid out for Mr. W. R. Dunn." Laid out Dec. 1895; recorded Mar. 20, 1896, Plan Book 15, pp. 184–185. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781191. [view source] wr-dunn-plan
  6. ↑ "An ordinance designating Drake way as the name of an unnamed twenty (20′) foot way, in the Tenth–Eleventh wards of the City of Pittsburgh as shown in Stanton Place Plan and W. H. Williams Plan of Lots, from Wellesley avenue to Springer way and establishing the grade thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1919, no. 172. Passed June 19, 1919; approved June 12, 1919. Ordinance Book 30, p. 339. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1919, appendix, p. 140, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1919; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_400c371b-597f-4aa8-af12-5f70a3241d13/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_495559a5-9d04-447f-b5c6-5bcb5b00c1f7/). [view source] ordinance-1919-172
  7. ↑ "Plan of lots in the 18th Ward Pittsburgh, Pa. laid out for Mr. L. Vilsack." Laid out Nov. 1904; recorded Apr. 1, 1908, Plan Book 24, pp. 42–43. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782620. [view source] l-vilsack-plan
  8. ↑ "An ordinance approving and accepting the plan of lots in the Eighteenth ward, Pittsburgh, laid out for Mr. L. Vilsack, and approving and accepting the streets and alleys shown therein." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907–1909, no. 131. Passed Mar. 18, 1908; approved Mar. 23, 1908. Ordinance Book 19, p. 163. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1907–'08–'09, appendix, p. 57, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1909 (Google Books gMBEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598897; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1907, Pghmunicipalrecordcommon1907; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_88fcf2e6-8930-4b97-bb30-9304c2bdec25/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_74745bca-2dd9-49c4-966c-b425de211c1e/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d0d559de-551a-4f89-83f2-bea82b4f18f7/). [view source] ordinance-1907-1909-131
  9. ↑ "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
  10. ↑ "An ordinance establishing the name of Villanova road and changing the name of Drake way in the Vilsack Plan of Lots, Tenth Ward, of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 255. Passed June 22, 1925; approved June 25, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 364. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, p. 191, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). [view source] ordinance-1925-255
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