Duart Way
| Duart Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | Its status as an eastern continuation of Duart Avenue |
| Plum Alley (until 1926) | |
| Origin of name | The plum fruit or tree |
| Penguin Way (1926–1927) | |
| Origin of name | The penguin, a bird |
This alley was laid out as Plum Alley in two plans of lots by the Knoxville Land Improvement Company from 1896 and 1898. Other alleys in these plans were also named for fruits (or fruit trees): Peach, Pear, and Apple Alleys (today Kernel, Partridge, and Onyx Ways).[1][2]
One of the last acts of the Town Council of the Borough of Knoxville, on December 21, 1926, was to rename many of the borough's streets in anticipation of its annexation by Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh already had three alleys named Plum Way, so the one in Knoxville was renamed Penguin Way.[3] The new name was part of a series of alleys named for birds: others were changed to Albatross Way (today Onyx Way), Dove Way, Grouse Way (today Romeyn Way), Hawk Way, Ibis Way, Partridge Way, Starling Way (today Marland Way), and Swallow Way. This theme had been established earlier: Knoxville had already had a Lark Way and a Wren Way (renamed Lotts Way and Wattle Way).[3]
Pittsburgh annexed Knoxville on January 3, 1927,[4] and in March of that year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Penguin Way to Duart Way[5] to match nearby Duart Avenue in Bon Air, which at the time extended to Tarragonna Street nearly opposite this alley.[6]
See also
- Duart Avenue in Bon Air
- Plum Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Knoxville Land Improvement Co.'s plan of part of the Swift Farm situate in Lower St. Clair Twp. Allegheny Co. Pa." Laid out June 1896; recorded June 29, 1896, Plan Book 16, p. 11. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781217. [view source] swift-farm-plan-1
- ↑ "Plan of Park Lots of the Knoxville Land Imp. Co.: Being part of Knoxville Boro & part of Swift Farm – Lower St. Clair Twp." Laid out Sept. 1898; recorded Nov. 16, 1898, Plan Book 16, p. 200. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3781389. [view source] knoxville-land-imp-co-park-lots-plan
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the Borough of Knoxville." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1926, no. 530. Enacted Dec. 21, 1926; approved Dec. 21, 1926. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1922–1926, p. 199 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_46104c53-ba6f-4cf6-87dc-ee96c06cf9c8/). [view source] ordinance-knoxville-530
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Knoxville Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/knoxville-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-knoxville-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Thirtieth Ward (formerly Knoxville Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 206. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 409. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 186–187, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-206
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plate 13. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1916, revised 1922 and 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1916-volume-6-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1928-6
