Shadeland Avenue

From Pittsburgh Streets
Shadeland Avenue
Neighborhoods Brighton Heights, Marshall-Shadeland
Origin of name Modification of Shady, its original name
Shady Avenue (until 1910)

This street appears as Shady Avenue in the 1876 Hopkins atlas.[1]

After Allegheny was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh in 1907, this name conflicted with Shady Avenue in the East End, so it was renamed Shadeland Avenue by a city ordinance in 1910.[2]

The Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood is named partly for Shadeland Avenue; see Marshall Avenue for more details.

See also

References

  1. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 52. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1876-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; included in the 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1876
  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