Garretta Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
Garretta Avenue
Neighborhood Squirrel Hill South
Fate Vacated in 1964

Garretta Avenue formerly ran south from Old Browns Hill Road to Steelview Avenue.[1] It was first laid out in 1925 in a plan of lots by T. J. Ingram;[2] he revised this plan in 1929.[3] A city ordinance in 1930 officially approved the 1929 plan, accepted the dedication of its streets, and opened and named the streets, including Garretta Avenue.[4]

Garretta Avenue was vacated by a city ordinance in 1964.[5]

Today there is a street sign on Old Browns Hill Road that says "Garetta St" (with one R, and "St" instead of "Ave"). This marks a private driveway, not a public street; it is not even shown on the city's street ownership map.[6] Two plans of Riverview Towers show that this driveway runs along the course of old Garretta Avenue, but these plans make it clear that Garretta Avenue was vacated in 1964 and the current driveway is not the same street.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plates 33, 34. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1939. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1939-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1939-2
  2. ↑ "Plan of lots laid out by T. J. Ingram: Situate in 15th Ward Pittsburgh All'y. Co. Pa." Laid out Mar. 1925; recorded Mar. 20, 1925, Plan Book 31, pp. 6–7. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783703. [view source] tj-ingram-plan-1925
  3. ↑ "Plan of lots: T. J. Ingram: Situate in 15th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa." Laid out July 1929; recorded May 19, 1930, Plan Book 34, pp. 106–107. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3784108. [view source] tj-ingram-plan-1929
  4. ↑ "An ordinance approving the T. J. Ingram Plan of Lots in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, laid out by T. J. Ingram, accepting the dedication of Desdemona avenue, Garretta avenue, Imogene road and Steelview avenue as shown thereon for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same, fixing the width and position of the sidewalks and roadway and establishing the grades thereon." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1930, no. 178. Passed Apr. 21, 1930; approved Apr. 25, 1930. Ordinance Book 42, p. 476. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1930, appendix, p. 194, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1930). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5, 1930, p. 27 (Newspapers.com 88826102). [view source] ordinance-1930-178
  5. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Garretta Avenue, from the southerly line of Steelview Avenue extended to the southerly line of Brown's Hill Road, in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, providing for the City of Pittsburgh to continue and maintain the existing 6-inch water line on Garretta Avenue, between said terminals, and providing certain terms and conditions." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1964, no. 189. Passed June 1, 1964; approved June 4, 1964. Ordinance Book 66, p. 65. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1964, appendix, p. 135, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1964). [view source] ordinance-1964-189
  6. ↑ Street Ownership. Pittsburgh Department of Innovation & Performance, GIS Team. https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=ca33322ae91b4945af942ef01290180b. Linked from https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/Business-Development/Geographic-Information-Systems-Mapping-Open-Data/Geographic-Information-System-GIS-Mapping/Interactive-Apps-Maps-Dashboards. [view source] street-ownership-map
  7. ↑ "Riverview Towers Leasehold Consolidation Plan: Being a consolidation of the leasehold interest of Riverview Apartments, Inc. in accordance with their fee and lease holdings in accordance with Deed Book volume 4120, page 199 (leasehold) and Deed Book volume 5053, page 429 (fee)." Laid out Dec. 14, 2006 and June 4, 2010; recorded Sept. 8, 2010, Plan Book 269, p. 112. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 9248115. [view source] riverview-towers-leasehold-consol-plan
  8. ↑ "Riverview Towers Consolidation Plan No. 1: Being a consolidation of the Riverview Towers Leasehold Consolidation Plan as recorded in the Department of Real Estate of the County of Allegheny, PA, in Plan Book volume 269, page 112 and part of lot 21 in the plan of lots T. J. Ingram as recorded in the Department of Real Estate of the County of Allegheny, PA, in Plan Book volume 34, pages 106 and 107: Situate in 15th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA: Made for Riverview Towers, Inc." Laid out Jan. 22, 2019; recorded Apr. 19, 2019, Plan Book 300, p. 159. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 13975892. [view source] riverview-towers-consol-plan-1
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