Grenada Street

From Pittsburgh Streets
Grenada Street
Neighborhood Brighton Heights
Origin of name Grenada
Grove Street (until 1896)

This street appears as Grove Street in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[1] It was renamed Grenada Street by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1896.[2]

Bob Regan includes "Grenada" in a list of streets named for countries.[3]

References

  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-vol-1
  2. "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the city of Allegheny." Allegheny city ordinance, 1896, no. 166. Passed Mar. 19, 1896; approved Mar. 23, 1896. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Press, Mar. 31, 1896, p. 9 (Newspapers.com 141573537), and Apr. 1, [p. 6] (Newspapers.com 141573556). [view source]ordinance-1896-166
  3. Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 64. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source]regan