Marble Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Marble Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| Marble Alley (until 1914) | |
A plan of lots in the Friendship Park area, laid out by Augustus H. Gross, for whom Gross Street is named, was approved by City Councils in 1869. This plan included an unnamed alley from Corday Alley (today Corday Way) to Comrie Alley (today Comrie Way) between Mathilda Street and Fitch Street (today Millvale Avenue).[1]
The Friendship Park plan, recorded in 1887, separated the northern and southern halves of this alley; it named the northern half Marble Alley (and the southern half Medina Alley).[2] Marble Alley became Marble Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
References
- ↑ "An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid in Dr. A. H. Gross' plan of lots, Twentieth ward, approved by Councils May 31, 1869, the names being as follows: Elm (now Edmond) street, Mathilda street, Fitch street, Gross street, Winebiddle avenue, Evaline street, Conrad (now Pacific avenue) street, Herman (now Atlantic avenue) street, Rebecca street, Coral street, Liberty avenue, Penn avenue, Archon alley, Amboy alley, Darwin alley, Comrie alley, and Corday alley and unnamed alleys lying between Gross street and Fitch street and Mathilda street and Fitch street and Elm (now Edmond) street and Mathilda street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1893–1894, no. 286. Passed Oct. 9, 1893; approved Oct. 12, 1893. Ordinance Book 9, p. 286. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1893–4, appendix, p. 91, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1893–1894 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1893; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_6cd4d954-8bdf-4af2-90b4-4c26e96c1a0f/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4199c61c-7206-4139-b267-cdee45c1d712/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_8f160190-9c39-435e-8d70-e5cef777d9a8/). [view source] ordinance-1893-1894-286
- ↑ "Plan of Friendship Park: 20th Ward, Pittsburg." Recorded Feb. 12, 1887, Plan Book 7, p. 257. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779839. [view source] friendship-park-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh to 'way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402
