Short Street
| Short Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Homewood North |
| Origin of name | Its short length |
There is a Pittsburgh street sign on Stranahan Street just east of Oberlin Street that reads "Short St," marking the southwestern end of the street that is named Myrtle Street in Penn Hills. The city line passes just north of Stranahan Street here, putting a few dozen feet of this street inside Pittsburgh city limits.[1]
Short Street was laid out in 1892 in the Homewood Park plan.[2] It was originally partially in Sterrett Township, which was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1906.[3] After this annexation, many other streets in the former Sterrett Township were renamed to fix duplications with existing city streets, but Short Street was not mentioned,[4] perhaps because it was not realized that a tiny portion of the street lay within the city limits (or this was felt to be insignificant). Pittsburgh already had a Short Street downtown, today the southern half of Commonwealth Place.
The majority of this street (the portion in Penn Hills) was later renamed Myrtle Street, probably in the 1950s. The entire street is still labeled "Short St." in a 1953 map,[5] but it is labeled "Myrtle" in a 1960 map.[6] This renaming was probably done by an ordinance or resolution of the township known as Penn Township until 1958 and Penn Hills Township afterward; this action by the township could not affect the name of the portion of the street within Pittsburgh city limits.
See also
- Short Street (disambiguation), for other streets that have had this name
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, pp. 21, 26. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1939. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1939-volume-3-plat-book-pittsburgh-east-end-north. [view source] hopkins-1939-3
- ↑ "Homewood Park plan of lots: Situated in 21st. Ward, Pgh, Sterritt [sic] & Penn, Townships: Laid out for the Columbian Land & Improvement Company." Laid out July 1892; recorded Sept. 30, 1892, Plan Book 13, pp. 66–67. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3780814. [view source] homewood-park-plan
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Sterrett Township–Pittsburgh City 1906 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/sterrett-township-pittsburgh-city-1906-merger/. [view source] lgeo-east-hills-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing and establishing the names of avenues, streets and alleys in the Forty-first ward of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1906–1907, no. 209. Passed Sept. 10, 1906; approved Sept. 13, 1906. Ordinance Book 18, p. 27. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1906–1907, appendix, p. 84, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1907 (Google Books 2rxEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599013; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1906; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a9545360-5ac7-4401-90a1-b9bf8e1ee734/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_2603f6b5-cdc3-4510-ab7a-a0eb7a32167d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a8df5e58-679d-4a92-862d-a32de04352b9/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4a3af76c-96fa-46b9-a8b0-8523d1248634/). [view source] ordinance-1906-1907-209
- ↑ Alexander Gross. Pittsburgh and Vicinity: Featuring transit lines and house numbers. Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953. Published with Alexander Gross, The Complete Street Guide to Pittsburgh and 16 Nearby Suburbs: With large map of Pittsburgh and suburbs; streets, house numbers, transportation lines, places of interest, churches, etc., etc., Geographia Map Co. Inc., New York, 1953 (DonsList.net PghStreets1953M). A slightly different version entitled The Premier Map of Pittsburgh and Vicinity is reproduced in Sam Stephenson, ed., Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, pp. 22–23, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2023, ISBN 978-0-226-82483-3 (LCCN 2022055151). [view source] gross-map
- ↑ Esso Standard (division of Humble Oil & Refining Company). Pittsburgh and Vicinity: Map and Visitor's Guide. General Drafting Co., Inc., Convent Station, N. J., 1960. [view source] esso-1960
