Notes:Dante Way

See also Notes:Pentland Street.

1830: Source:Barbeau: Does not appear, but land is labeled "Denny / OHara Estate."

1851-12-30: Source:Home-matters-1851-12-30: "In the Common Council, Robt. M'Knight, Esq, took the chair. ¶ . . . ¶ On motion it was ¶ Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated for the grading of Denny Alley in the Sixth Ward. Read twice."

1852: Source:Mcgowin-1852: Drawn from High Street to Tunnel Street, not labeled.

1852-01-13: "City affairs," Daily Morning Post, [p. 2] (Newspapers.com 86644028): "Proceedings in Common Council. ¶ Saturday, Jan. 10, 1852. ¶ . . . ¶ On motion, of Thos. Scott, the following resolution was taken up, viz: ¶ Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to grade Denny alley, (in the rear of Grant street,) commencing at 6th street, and charge the same to improvement fund. ¶ Mr. Willock moved to lay on the table, which motion was lost by the following vote, viz: ¶ Yeas—Messrs. Black, Cordell, Drum, Garrison, M'Farland, Riddle, Willock and Wilson—8. ¶ Nays—Messrs. Bissel, Friend, Gribben, Hammond, Harper, Lowry, Mellon, Pollock, And. Scott, Thos. Scott and Young—11. ¶ The resolution was then read a third time and adopted."

1852-03-02: "Home matters," Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, [p. 3] (Newspapers.com 85636007): "PROCEEDINGS IN SELECT COUNCIL. ¶ [Official.] ¶ February, 27, 1852. ¶ . . . ¶ The following resolution in C C, read three times and adopted, was then taken up, and the action of C C concurred in. ¶ Resolved, that the sum of $50 be, and the same is hereby appropriated, under the direction of the Street Committee, for the purpose of grading Denny Alley, in the 3d ward."

1872: Source:Hopkins-1872, pp. 25–26: Drawn from High Street to Chatham Street, not labeled.

1879-03-01: Source:Denny-estate-plan: "Denny Ay. 20′ wide."

1880-06-29: Source:Street-names-1880: "Denny alley, Fifth ward, to Dante alley."

1881-03-04: Source:Ordinance-1880-1881-33: "Dantealley [sic], from Sixth avenue to Chatham street, formerly Denny alley, Fifth ward."

1891-03-15: Source:Kaufmann: "Being of a literary mind—at times—a turn is given in that field, Hawthorne and Poe of this country and Plutarch, Ossian, Dumas and several other foreigners of lesser note having the call. We have produced some good poets in this country, but none good enough to name streets after. However, England is drawn on heavily, viz.: Spenser, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Byron and Hemans, together with Schiller and Dante from other countries."

1910-04-05: Source:Ordinance-1909-1910-716: "Dante ay., from Sixth av. to Chatham, 2d wd."

1966-11-22: Source:Ordinance-1966-519 vacated "Dante Way, between Sixth Avenue and Gazette Square."