Progress Street
| Progress Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | North Shore, Troy Hill |
| Main Street (until 1910) | |
| Origin of name | Main street of Warner, Painter, and Lorenz plan |
| Madrone Street (1910–1911) | |
This street was laid out as Main Street in 1836 in the plan of lots of G. E. Warner, Jacob Painter, and F. Lorenz; it was the main street of that plan.[1][2][3]
In 1910, three years after Pittsburgh's annexation of Allegheny City, over 900 streets were renamed in order to fix duplicates, and Main Street became Madrone Street.[4] The name was changed again the next year to Progress Street.[5][6]
In a 1916 Post-Gazette column commemorating the centennial of Pittsburgh's city charter and the city's subsequent growth, George T. Fleming wrote, "[W]e have Progress street on the North Side, and in that designation we find a text, for Progress has been the prevailing characteristic of the city. Some years ago Pittsburgh adapted a slogan—a school boy's suggestion. It is 'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress.' Conversely, Progress promoted Pittsburgh."[3] This slogan itself cannot be the origin of the street name, as it was adopted eight months after the street name was given,[7][8] but clearly "progress" was the zeitgeist of Pittsburgh at the time.
See also
- Main Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of town lots laid out by the subscriber A. D. 1836 for Messrs Warner, Painter & Lorenz and this is a true copy April 18, 1839: James Sterritt." Laid out 1836; recorded Dec. 29, 1869, Plan Book 1, p. 81. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778779. [view source] warner-painter-lorenz-plan
- ↑ The Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, with Parts of Adjacent Boroughs, Pennsylvania. 1855. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0089; https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1688~130047; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32240; 1855 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). In George W. Colton, Colton's Atlas of the World: Illustrating physical and political geography, J. H. Colton & Co., New York, 1856 (https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=Pub_List_No%3D0149.000). [view source] colton
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 George T. Fleming. "Growth of city in century is great: Celebration of charter anniversary directs attention to progress made: Noteworthy events." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Mar. 12, 1916, sec. 5, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85766545. [view source] fleming-growth
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910–1911, no. 558. Passed Feb. 14, 1911; approved Feb. 16, 1911. Ordinance Book 22, p. 498. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1910–1911, appendix, pp. 322–323, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1911 (Google Books 0X0zAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223840; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1910). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Mar. 10, 1911, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499788), and Mar. 11, p. 13 (Newspapers.com 86499822). [view source] ordinance-1910-1911-558
- ↑ Deborah Deasy. "The corners of time: A city street by any name spells history." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 22, 1982, [p. A-16]. Newspapers.com 146681316. [view source] deasy
- ↑ "City's progress keynote of slogan: Industrial commission selects war cry for its business campaign: Medal is awarded: William Lichtenstul successful with suggestion, 'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress': To be used far and wide." Gazette Times (Pittsburgh), Oct. 22, 1911, sec. 1, pp. 1, 6. Newspapers.com 85733197, 85734788. [view source] citys-progress-keynote
- ↑ "'Pittsburgh Promotes Progress': Slogan for Pittsburgh is selected: Contest judges find fitting phrase to boost industrial city: Young man is author: Over 6,000 suggestions are made to commission." Pittsburgh Sunday Post, Oct. 22, 1911, pp. 1–2. Newspapers.com 87356146, 87356147. [view source] slogan-for-pittsburgh
