Front Street (Brunot Island)
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Front Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Marshall-Shadeland |
| Origin of name | Its location at the "front" of a plan of lots |
| Fate | Gone by 1902, replaced by a racetrack |
The 1890 Hopkins atlas shows a small plan of lots on Brunot Island, laid out by F. Briggs, consisting of five named streets and three unnamed alleys.[1] These are the only streets to have ever been laid out on the island, to the best of my knowledge.
The southwesternmost street in the plan was Front Street, named for its location at the "front" of the plan along the bank of the south channel of the Ohio River.[1] The other streets in the plan were Allequippa Street, Brunot Street, Jerome Street, and Water Street.
All of the streets in Briggs' plan disappeared by 1902, replaced by a one-mile racetrack belonging to the Matinee Club of Pittsburgh and Allegheny.[2]
See also
- Front Street, for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1, plate 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 31. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-2
