Mitre Way
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| Mitre Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Bloomfield |
| A Alley (until 1881) | |
| Portion | From Edmond Street to Mathilda Street |
| Origin of name | Sequential lettering from Liberty Avenue |
| Melon Alley (until 1881) | |
| Portion | From Mathilda Street to Gross Street |
| Mitre Alley (1881–1914) | |
The portion of this alley from Edmond Street to Mathilda Street was laid out in 1864 in a plan of lots for Robert Wray and Augustus Hoeveler, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] The 1882 Hopkins atlas shows that it was named A Alley, because it was the first alley from Liberty Avenue.[2]
The segment from Mathilda Street to Gross Street was laid out as Melon Alley in Rebecca Baum's 1873 plan of lots.[3]
In 1881, many streets and alleys were renamed to fix duplicates. Melon Alley was easily confused with Mellon Street in East Liberty and Highland Park, so it (and implicitly A Alley too) was renamed Mitre Alley.[4]
Mitre Alley became Mitre Way in 1914 when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
See also
- A Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of building lots situate in Peebles Township: Laid out for Messrs. Wray and Hoevelar [sic]." Laid out May 1864; recorded Oct. 6, 1865, Plan Book 3, pp. 78–79. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778516. [view source] wray-hoeveler-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 10. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "Plan of building lots, situated in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, laid out for Rebecca Baum." Laid out May 1873; recorded July 29, 1873, Plan Book 5, p. 148. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779163. [view source] rebecca-baum-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ "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). 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
