Reuben Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Reuben Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Brighton Heights |
| Alma Street (until 1910) | |
The southernmost bend of this street appears as Alma Street in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[1] The rest of the street was laid out as Reuben Street by 1902.[2] In 1910, three years after Allegheny had been annexed by the City of Pittsburgh, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates, and Alma Street became part of Reuben Street.[3]
Bob Regan includes "Reuben" in a list of streets named for noted historical people, but unfortunately he gives no further details.[4] It is not clear who Regan had in mind—there are no obvious candidates.
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1, plate 17. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plates 13, 18. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-vol-2
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 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). 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-1910-715
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 63. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
