Shuttle Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Shuttle Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | East Liberty |
| Origin of name | The shuttle, the weaving tool |
Shuttle Way intersects Woof Way, which provides a clue to their names: they are weaving terms. In fact, a parallel alley, Frazee Way, was originally named Warp Way, as shown in the 1924 Hopkins street atlas.[1] A shuttle, of course, is the wooden piece that holds yarn to be passed back and forth between the warp threads on a loom; the woof, or weft, is the resulting threads that run perpendicular to the warp.
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1924. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1924-volume-3-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1924-vol-3
