Hempstead Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Hempstead Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill South |
| Park Lane (until 1931) | |
Hempstead Street was dedicated to the City of Pittsburgh in January 1931, and the street was officially opened and named by a city ordinance in February.[1]
The 1939 Hopkins atlas indicates that it was formerly named Park Lane.[2]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance accepting the dedication of certain property in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same Hempstead street and establishing the grade thereon." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1931, no. 46. Passed Feb. 2, 1931; approved Feb. 5, 1931. Ordinance Book 43, p. 445. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1931, appendix, pp. 31–32, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1931). [view source] ordinance-1931-46
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 2, plate 19. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1939. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1939-volume-2-plat-book-pittsburgh. [view source] hopkins-1939-2
