Marland Way (Knoxville)
Not to be confused with Marland Way (Overbrook) or Maryland Avenue in Shadyside.
| Marland Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | Its status as a westward continuation of Marland Street |
| Salem Alley (until 1926) | |
| Starling Way (1926–1927) | |
| Origin of name | The starling, a bird |
This alley, from Suncrest Street to Grimes Avenue, was laid out as Salem Alley in 1898 in a plan of lots by the Knoxville Land Improvement Company.[1]
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. Salem Alley was going to conflict with Salem Way in Shadyside, so it was renamed Starling Way.[2] 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, Penguin Way (today Duart 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).[2]
Pittsburgh annexed Knoxville on January 3, 1927,[3] and in March of that year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Starling Way to Marland Way to fix the duplication with Starling Way in Point Breeze North and to match the name of Marland Street across Grimes Avenue.[4]
See also
- Marland Street
- Salem Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
- Starling Way in Point Breeze North
- Currently duplicated street names
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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
