Island Avenue
| Island Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | California-Kirkbride, Chateau, Marshall-Shadeland |
| Strawberry Lane (until 1886) | |
Island Avenue was originally Strawberry Lane, laid out in 1788 in the plan of the "Reserve Tract of Land Opposite Pittsburgh," as the North Side was originally called. Strawberry Lane ran from Ferry Lane (today Beaver Avenue) to Pasture Lane (today Irwin Avenue).[1] It was named on December 12, 1788, by a resolution of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[2] (The Reserve Tract also had an Island Lane south of Strawberry Lane, but this became modern Columbus Avenue, not Island Avenue.)
Strawberry Lane was renamed Island Avenue by an Allegheny city ordinance in 1886.[3]
The easternmost part of Island Avenue, which had become disconnected from the rest by Union Dale Cemetery, was changed to Izora Street by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1910.[4]
See also
- Strawberry Alley, for other thoroughfares that have been named Strawberry
References
- ↑ Reserve Tract of Land Opposite Pittsburgh. L. J. Richards & Co., 1863. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0084. Reproduced in Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson, Allegheny City: A History of Pittsburgh's North Side, pp. 2–3, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8229-4422-5 (LCCN 2012047727). A variation entitled City of Allegheny 100 Years Ago is reproduced in Walter C. Kidney and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., Allegheny, p. 2, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1975 (LCCN 75-43276), and in Allegheny City Society, Allegheny City, 1840–1907, pp. 10–11, Images of America, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S. C., 2007, ISBN 978-0-7385-5500-3 (LCCN 2007927944). [view source] reserve-tract
- ↑ "Old state body laid out town of Allegheny: Executive council in 1788 fixed lot prices and furnished names for streets and alleys: Origin of the present parks." Pittsburg Press, Dec. 1, 1907, p. 32. Newspapers.com 142120163. [view source] old-state-body
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name of Strawberry Lane, from Knox street to the Ohio river, to Island Avenue." Allegheny city ordinance, 1886, no. 49. Enacted Dec. 9, 1886; approved Dec. 13, 1886. In ordinance book of Allegheny City, 1886–1891, p. 53 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_8d329656-54cd-4e0f-9196-b2704c83ba17/). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Dec. 16, 1886, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 85623523), Dec. 17, p. 6 (Newspapers.com 85623548), and Dec. 18, p. 10 (Newspapers.com 85623583). [view source] ordinance-1886-49
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1909–1910, 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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). 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-1909-1910-715
