Sunday Way
This alley appears in three plans of lots laid out in 1885;[1][2][3] it was originally named Sweeney Alley[3] (or Sweeny Alley),[2] as it was an extension of Sweeney Street to the east (today Sunday Street). Sweeney Street was named for Hugh Sweeny, who laid out that street in a plan of lots about 1848.[4][5]
Allegheny City was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907.[6] In 1910, over 900 streets were renamed to fix duplicates. Pittsburgh already had a Sweeney Alley in the Hill District (today Sweeney Way), so Sweeney Alley on the North Side was changed to Sunday Alley (and Sweeney Street to Sunday Street).[7] This name was probably just a modification of Sweeney.
In 1915, George T. Fleming wrote: "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.'"[8]
Sunday Alley became Sunday Way in 1914, when a city ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[9]
See also
- Sunday Street
- Sweeney Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated on the north side of California Ave. Gass' Plan 6th Ward, Allegheny: Surveyed for Jos. Bachler." Laid out Aug. 31, 1885; recorded Sept. 15, 1885, Plan Book 7, p. 155. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779742. [view source] jos-bachler-plan
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Plan of lots situated on the n. side of California Ave., 6th Ward City of Allegheny: Surveyed for David Gass." Laid out Sept. 29, 1885; recorded Nov. 4, 1885, Plan Book 7, p. 158. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779748. [view source] david-gass-plan
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Plan of lots situated on n. side of California Ave 6th Ward City of Allegheny: Surveyed for Mrs. A. Bachler." Laid out Sept. 29, 1885; recorded Nov. 28, 1885, Plan Book 7, p. 143. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779751. [view source] a-bachler-plan
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 5. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1925. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1925-volume-5-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1925-vol-5
- ↑ Wm. J. Burnside and Hugh Sweeny. "Sale of building lots." Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh), Nov. 4, 1848, [p. 2]. Newspapers.com 86640451. [view source] sale-of-building-lots
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Allegheny City–Pittsburgh City 1907 Consolidation." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/allegheny-city-pittsburgh-city-1907-consolidation/. [view source] lgeo-allegheny-annexation
- ↑ "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). 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
- ↑ 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, sec. 5, 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. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1914, appendix, p. 226, McClung Printing Co., Pittsburgh (HathiTrust uiug.30112108223899; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1914). 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
