Sunday Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
Sunday Way | |
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Neighborhood | California-Kirkbride |
Origin of name | Sunday, the day of the week |
In 1915, George T. Fleming quipped: "The street directory informs us that Sedgwick street runs from Pennsylvania avenue to Sunday alley. It may be well to state that the terminal was called for the seventh day of the week and not for the Rev. 'Billy.'"[1]
Sunday Alley became Sunday Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys to ways.[2]
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "Names recall Civil War heroes: Soldiers of national and local fame well commemorated in Pittsburgh: Battles also live." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 30, 1915, fifth section, p. 2. Newspapers.com 85758872. [view source] fleming-civil-war
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the name 'Alley' on every thoroughfare in the City of Pittsburgh, to 'Way.'" Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1914, no. 402. Passed Nov. 10, 1914; approved Nov. 16, 1914. Ordinance Book 26, p. 360. Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 23, 1914, p. 11 (Newspapers.com 86505785), and Nov. 24, p. 12 (Newspapers.com 86505809). [view source] ordinance-1914-402