Park Way

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For other streets that have been named Park Way, see Park Way (disambiguation).
Park Way
Neighborhood Allegheny Center
Fate Vacated between 1963 and 1971
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Water Alley (until ca. 1860)
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Water Street (ca. 1835 – 1869)

Park Way formerly ran east–west, parallel to and north of modern South Commons.

It was laid out in 1788 as an alley in the town of Allegheny in the plan of the "Reserve Tract of Land Opposite Pittsburgh," as the North Side was originally called.[1] This alley was named Water Alley on November 28, 1788, by a resolution of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The same resolution established the name of the town of Allegheny; the names Federal Street, Ohio Street, Sandusky Street, and Beaver Street (now West Commons); and the names of five other alleys and two lanes. The names were given by a committee consisting of "Mr. Woods, Mr. Redick and Mr. Dennison."[2]

Water Alley became a more important thoroughfare than the name "Alley" implied. It was called Water Street at least as early as 1837,[3] though its official name remained Water Alley. In 1850, the Pittsburgh Gazette said of Water Alley, "By the way its name seems to be a misnomer, since instead of being an alley, it is a street."[4] In 1855 the Allegheny Common Council passed a resolution to change Water Alley to Brewer Avenue, but the Select Council did not concur. The Gazette editorialized, "We hope some change may be made. Water Alley is no more an alley than a hundred thoroughfares in the two cities which are dignified with the title of 'street.'"[5] In the absence of an official name change, as far as I can find, Water Street became the most commonly used name in the 1850s and 1860s.[6][7][8]

In 1869 an Allegheny city ordinance changed Water Street to Park Way.[9]

Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907,[10] and in 1910 over 900 streets in the consolidated city were renamed to fix duplicates. Nearby Washington Place conflicted with Washington Place in Crawford-Roberts, so it was made part of Park Way.[11] This portion of Park Way was changed to Pressley Street in 1915 by a city ordinance that also split the rest of Park Way into East Park Way and West Park Way on either side of Federal Street.[12]

Park Way was vacated by a series of ordinances between 1963 and 1971.[13][14][15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reserve Tract of Land Opposite Pittsburgh. L. J. Richards & Co., 1863. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0084. Reproduced in Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson, Allegheny City: A History of Pittsburgh's North Side, pp. 2–3, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8229-4422-5 (LCCN 2012047727). A variation entitled City of Allegheny 100 Years Ago is reproduced in Walter C. Kidney and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., Allegheny, p. 2, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1975 (LCCN 75-43276), and in Allegheny City Society, Allegheny City, 1840–1907, pp. 10–11, Images of America, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2007, ISBN 978-0-7385-5500-3 (LCCN 2007927944). [view source] reserve-tract
  2. ↑ "Old state body laid out town of Allegheny: Executive council in 1788 fixed lot prices and furnished names for streets and alleys: Origin of the present parks." Pittsburg Press, Dec. 1, 1907, p. 32. Newspapers.com 142120163. [view source] old-state-body
  3. ↑ Isaac Harris. Harris' Pittsburgh Business Directory, for the Year 1837: Including the names of all the merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, professional [sic], & men of business of Pittsburgh and its vicinity. Isaac Harris, Pittsburgh, 1837, p. 25. DonsList.net PGH1837_BDM; Historic Pittsburgh 00afv6656m, 31735056287505. [view source] harris
  4. ↑ "Local matters." Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Sept. 4, 1850, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 96045421. [view source] local-matters-1850-09-04
  5. ↑ "Change of name." Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Apr. 23, 1855, [p. 3]. Newspapers.com 86448157. [view source] change-of-name
  6. ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
  7. ↑ George H. Thurston. Directory for 1856–'57, of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, Birmingham, East Birmingham, South & West Pittsburgh, Temperanceville, Manchester, Duquesne and Lawrenceville Boroughs, East Liberty, and Parts of Pitt and Collins Townships. George H. Thurston, Pittsburgh, 1856, p. xxii. Google Books HwYuAAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 011562263; Historic Pittsburgh 31735038289074. [view source] thurston-1856
  8. ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
  9. ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Water street to Park Way." Allegheny city ordinance. Enacted Oct. 28, 1869. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1868–1872, pp. 124–125 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_430e79ed-5006-49d1-9f3a-d7bab6b1142d/) and Annual Reports of the Several Departments of the City of Allegheny, with Acts of Assembly and Ordinances, for the Year Ending December 31st, 1869, p. 135, Bakewell & Marthens, Pittsburgh, 1870 (Internet Archive annualreportsofs1869alle). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Nov. 2, 1869, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 86354999), Nov. 3, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 86355003), and Nov. 4, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 86355007). [view source] ordinance-1869-water-st-to-park-way
  10. ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
  11. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 715. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 342. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 312–328, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 19, 1910, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86611990, 86612022), Apr. 20, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612278, 86612297), and Apr. 21, pp. 10–11 (Newspapers.com 86612601, 86612625). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-715
  12. ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1915, no. 117. Passed Apr. 28, 1915; approved Apr. 29, 1915. Ordinance Book 26, p. 615. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1915, appendix, pp. 99–103, Arlington Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1915 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1915; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_eef15f75-c6fa-46d8-a436-a3f3d0d36e42/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_be726e6c-6ede-4db8-84a4-1354b0256af1/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, May 7, 1915, sporting section, p. 4 (Newspapers.com 88028157), May 8, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88028802), and May 10, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 88030672). [view source] ordinance-1915-117
  13. ↑ "An ordinance vacating North Diamond Street, from the easterly line of Sherman Avenue to the westerly line of Arch Street; Sauers Way, from the northerly line of North Diamond Street to its northerly terminus; West Diamond Street, from the Northerly line of West Stockton Avenue to the southerly line of South Diamond Street West; Sansell Way, from the easterly line of Arch Street to the westerly line of West Diamond Street; Unnamed Way, from the northerly line of West Park Way to the southerly line of Sansell Way; West Park Way, from the easterly line of Arch Street to the westerly line of Federal Street; Unnamed Way, from the northerly line of Slush Way to the southerly line of West Park Way; Slush Way, from the easterly line of West Diamond Street to the westerly line of Federal Street; Yantley Way, from the northerly line of South Diamond Street to the northerly line of Hemp Way, all in the Twenty-second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, and abandoning sewer and water lines on all streets and ways vacated therein." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1963, no. 369. Passed Nov. 12, 1963; approved Nov. 14, 1963. Ordinance Book 65, p. 465. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1963, appendix, pp. 292–293, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1963; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_656f330d-e352-4f94-933f-0225871440b3/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_583d46a1-b455-4d04-9ee1-a7d8efbf2946/). [view source] ordinance-1963-369
  14. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Sauers Way, from the southerly line of Erie Street to the southerly line of West Montgomery Avenue; West Erie Street, from the easterly line of Sherman Avenue to the westerly line of Arch Street; Kulp Way, from the easterly line of Sherman Avenue to the easterly line of Mulvet Way; Mulvet Way, from the northerly line of South Diamond Street to the northerly line of Kulp Way; South Diamond Street, from the easterly line of Sherman Avenue to the westerly line of Arch Street; West Park Way, from the easterly line of Sherman Avenue to the westerly line of Arch Street, all in the Twenty-second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, and abandoning sewer and water lines on all streets and ways vacated therein, excepting and reserving the 12-inch sewer line on Sauers Way, and excepting and reserving the water line on West Erie Street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1964, no. 160. Passed May 4, 1964; approved May 14, 1964. Ordinance Book 66, p. 42. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1964, appendix, pp. 117–118, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1964). [view source] ordinance-1964-160
  15. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Federal Street, from the southerly line of Stockton Avenue to the southerly line of South Diamond Street; Painter Way, from the northerly line of East Park Way to a point 120.00 feet south of South Diamond Street; East Diamond Street, from the northerly line of East Park Way to the southerly line of South Diamond Street East; Yantley Way, from the northerly line of East Park Way to the northerly line of South Diamond Street East; South Diamond Street East, from the easterly line of Sandusky Street to the westerly line of Union Avenue; East Park Way, from the westerly line of Federal Street to the easterly line of Sandusky Street; Unnamed Way, from Painter Way to East Diamond Street, all in the Twenty-second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, and abandoning the water and sewer lines on all streets and ways vacated therein." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1964, no. 260. Passed July 6, 1964; approved July 14, 1964. Ordinance Book 66, p. 121. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1964, appendix, pp. 177–178, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1964). [view source] ordinance-1964-260
  16. ↑ "An ordinance vacating East Park Way from East Commons to Union Avenue, East Stockton Avenue from East Commons to Union Avenue, Union Avenue from East Stockton Avenue To East Ohio Street, Arch Street from West Montgomery Avenue to North Commons, West Montgomery Avenue from Arch Street to Federal Street North, the southerly 34.08 foot and the northerly 23.75 foot portion of East Ohio Street, 80.00 feet in width, between East Commons and Allegheny Square East, the southerly 24.08 foot and the northerly 23.75 foot portion of West Ohio Street, 70.00 feet in width, between West Commons and Allegheny Square West, in the Twenty-second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, abandoning the 8-inch water line and the 15-inch sewer line in East Park Way, excepting and reserving the 6-inch and the 12-inch water lines and the 15-inch sewer line in East Stockton Avenue, the 4-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch water lines and the 48-inch sewer line in Union Avenue, the 12-inch water line and the 18-inch sewer line in Arch Street, the 48-inch sewer line in West Montgomery Avenue, the 12-inch water line and the 18-inch sewer line in West Ohio Street, the 8-inch water line in East Ohio Street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1971, no. 212. Passed May 24, 1971; approved June 3, 1971. Ordinance Book 72, p. 374. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1971, appendix, pp. 163–164, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1971; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4624e70a-2f42-46b9-a2c3-c391b8667499/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_68f07949-46c9-4955-8cc3-4483ff8ef9d5/). [view source] ordinance-1971-212
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