Notes:Aiken Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
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- Aiken family: Source:Pittsburg-and-her-people-3, pp. 416–420; Source:Miller-chronicles, pp. 109–111.
- "Thomas built a home at the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Aiken Avenues, while David's home was located at modern Amberson Place." Source:pna-shadyside (p. 2) says David's home was "surveyed by a man named Amberson." Who was this?
- Col. William Amberson: Source:Miller-chronicles, p. 110
- Source:Miller-chronicles, p. 110: "About the same time [1854] the Pennsylvania Railroad Company built its tracks in the deep ravine running through the property, and the lane leading to the railroad became known as Aiken Lane, now Aiken Avenue."
- Source:Miller-chronicles, pp. 110–111: "Mrs. Aiken was a great lover of trees, and planted many of the beautiful shade trees on the new streets, as well as on their own grounds, and when a name was needed for the suburban railway station at the foot of Aiken Lane she named it 'Shadyside'."
- Source:Frey, p. 145: "Mrs. Aiken loved trees, and when the new suburban railway station needed a name, she named it 'Shadyside.'"
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Aiken Avenue north of Centre Avenue was originally named Rebecca Street.
- Rebecca Street appears in Source:Hopkins-1872.
- Split into North Rebecca Street and South Rebecca Street by Source:Ordinance-1915-117.
- North and South Rebecca Street were renamed North and South Aiken Avenue, respectively, by Source:Ordinance-1925-175.
Probably named for Rebecca Roup Baum? See Baum Boulevard, Source:Ayers-baum.
