Sylvania Way
| Sylvania Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Naomi Alley (until 1926) | |
| Nesta Way (1926–1927) | |
This alley was laid out as Naomi Alley in two plans of lots recorded in 1873 and 1880.[1][2]
One of the last acts of the Town Council of the Borough of Knoxville, on December 21, 1926, was to rename many of the borough's streets in anticipation of its annexation by Pittsburgh. Naomi Alley was renamed Nesta Way.[3]
Pittsburgh annexed Knoxville on January 3, 1927,[4] and in March of that year a Pittsburgh city ordinance changed Nesta Way to Sylvania Way to match the name of Sylvania Avenue, located across Beltzhoover Avenue.[5]
A 1930 Pittsburgh Press article about the challenges of naming Pittsburgh's many streets included Nesta Way in a list of ways that "have suffered the most, perhaps, from this struggle."[6] Similarly, in a 1944 article in the Press, Gilbert Love listed Nesta Way among ways that "have had to take what was left by the larger streets."[7] Of course, by the time these articles were written, Nesta Way no longer existed.
See also
- Sylvania Avenue
- Cedarhurst Street, part of which was once named Nest Way
References
- ↑ "Plan of a part of Knoxville: Situated in Lower St. Clair Tp., Allegheny County Pennsylvania: Laid out for Knox and Bausman." Recorded July 15, 1873, Plan Book 5, pp. 162–163. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779154. [view source] knox-bausman-plan
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated in the Borough of Knoxville, Allegheny County laid out for Knox, Bausman and Mathews." Recorded Sept. 25, 1880, Plan Book 6, p. 219. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779449. [view source] knox-bausman-mathews-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain streets, avenues and alleys in the Borough of Knoxville." Knoxville borough ordinance, 1926, no. 530. Enacted Dec. 21, 1926; approved Dec. 21, 1926. In ordinance book of Knoxville Borough, 1922–1926, p. 199 (https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_46104c53-ba6f-4cf6-87dc-ee96c06cf9c8/). [view source] ordinance-knoxville-530
- ↑ Mark A. Connelly. "Knoxville Borough–Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger." Local Geohistory Project. https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/pa/event/knoxville-borough-pittsburgh-city-1927-merger/. [view source] lgeo-knoxville-annexation
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and ways in the Thirtieth Ward (formerly Knoxville Borough)." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1927, no. 206. Passed Mar. 21, 1927; approved Mar. 26, 1927. Ordinance Book 38, p. 409. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1927, appendix, pp. 186–187, Smith Bros. Co. Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books cZfgUddPQR0C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819802; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1927). [view source] ordinance-1927-206
- ↑ "Naming of streets huge problem to Father Pitt." Pittsburgh Press, Apr. 6, 1930, news section, p. 1. Newspapers.com 146396634. [view source] naming-of-streets
- ↑ Gilbert Love. "What's in a name? A lot!: Christening streets is big chore for Pittsburgh has 5888 of them: Official Thinker Up of Street Names even goes to seed and mail order catalogs to find appropriate titles: Complications rise when residents complain." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 11, 1944, p. 25. Newspapers.com 147943383. [view source] love-christening
