Peoria Way
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Peoria Way | |
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Neighborhood | Lower Lawrenceville |
Origin of name | Peoria, Illinois |
Union Alley (until 1881) | |
Peoria Alley (1881–1914) | |
Origin of name | Peoria, Illinois |
This alley appears, unlabeled, in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin.[1] It is labeled Union Alley in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[2] Its name was changed to Peoria Alley in 1881 to avoid confusion with Union Street downtown (today Graeme Street).[3] This ordinance also changed another Union Alley nearby to Urbana Alley (today Urbana Way),[3] which suggests that both alleys were named for the cities in Illinois. Bob Regan includes "Peoria" in a list of streets named for cities, though he gives no further details.[4] Peoria, Illinois, is named for the Peoria people, a Native American tribe.
Peoria Alley became Peoria Way in 1914 when an ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[5]
See also
- Union Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 65. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "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