March Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| March Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| March Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley was laid out as March Alley in two plans of Ben Venue Place, recorded in 1886 and 1890.[1][2] It became March Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
References
- ↑ "Plan of Ben-Venue Place at Millvale Station, P. R. R.: 20th Ward, Pgh." Recorded May 20, 1886, Plan Book 7, p. 194. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779783. [view source] ben-venue-place-plan-1886
- ↑ "Mellon's plan of Ben Venue Place as subdivided in lots." Recorded Aug. 22, 1890, Plan Book 7, p. 195. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780388. [view source] ben-venue-place-plan-1890
- ↑ "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
