Ira Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Ira Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Squirrel Hill South |
This alley was laid out in 1893 in the Midway plan, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It was named Ira Way by a city ordinance in 1915.[2]
Ira Way is one of a set of alleys in the district bounded by Morrowfield Avenue, Beechwood Boulevard, Monitor Street, and Murray Avenue whose names begin with the letter I: the others are Ibsen Way, Ikon Way, Inez Way, and Isle Way.
References
- ↑ "Midway plan lots: Situate in the 22nd. Ward, Pg'h, Pa.: Laid out by J. C. Aufhammer & S. J. Macfarren." Laid out Dec. 1893; recorded Mar. 24, 1894, Plan Book 14, pp. 170–171. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781048. [view source] midway-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance designating Ira way as the name of an unnamed 20 foot way, in the Fourteenth ward, laid out by and shown in J. C. Aufhammer and S. J. McFarren 'Midway Plan of Lots' extending from Shady avenue to a property line 526.42 feet west therefrom and lying between Monitor street and Burchfield avenue and establishing the grade thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1915, no. 336. Passed Oct. 26, 1915; approved Oct. 29, 1915. Ordinance Book 27, p. 206. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1915, appendix, p. 217, Arlington Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1915 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1915). [view source] ordinance-1915-336
