Pawpaw Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Pawpaw Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Hazelwood |
| Origin of name | Pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba |
| Pawpaw Alley (until 1914) | |
| Origin of name | Pawpaw tree |
This alley was laid out as Paw-Paw Alley in 1887 in the Mansion House plan.[1] This likely refers to the pawpaw, Asimina triloba, a fruit-bearing tree native to southwestern Pennsylvania.[2][3]
The name was officially established as Pawpaw Alley, with no hyphen, by a city ordinance in 1910.[4] It became Pawpaw Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[5]
See also
- Pawpaw Alley, for other thoroughfares that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Mansion House plan: Being a plan of the subdivision of lots nos. 39 & 40 in the plan of Upper Glenwood, 23rd Ward, Pittsburg." Laid out Mar. 1887; recorded June 23, 1887, Plan Book 7, pp. 304–305. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779872. [view source] mansion-house-plan
- ↑ Charles Fergus. Amelia Hansen, illus. Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, 1st ed., pp. 149–152. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Penna., 2002, ISBN 978-0-8117-2092-2. LCCN 2002021747. [view source] fergus
- ↑ Stan Tekiela. Trees of Pennsylvania Field Guide, 2nd ed., pp. 166–167. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, Minn., 2021, ISBN 978-1-64755-204-6. [view source] tekiela
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. 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. 328–381, 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. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1909-1910-716
- ↑ "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
