Swallow Way
| Swallow Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Knoxville |
| Origin of name | The swallow, a bird |
| Fate | Vacated in 1944 |
| Tacksie Alley (until 1926) | |
This alley formerly ran from Cedarhurst Street to Rentz Way, parallel to and just west of Grimes Avenue, perhaps with a separate southern segment from Zara Street to Rochelle Street.[1][2] It was laid out as Tacksie Alley in a plan of lots by Knox, Bausman, and Mathews, recorded in 1880.[3]
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. Tacksie Alley was renamed Swallow Way.[4] The new name was part of a series of alleys named for birds: others were changed to Albatross Way (today Onyx Way), Dove Way, Grouse Way (today Romeyn Way), Hawk Way, Ibis Way, Partridge Way, Penguin Way (today Duart Way), and Starling Way (today Marland Way). This theme had been established earlier: Knoxville had already had a Lark Way and a Wren Way (renamed Lotts Way and Wattle Way).[4]
Knoxville was annexed by Pittsburgh less than two weeks later, on January 3, 1927.[5]
Swallow Way does not exist today. At least part of it, the segment from Jucunda Street to Sylvania Way, was vacated by a city ordinance in 1944.[6]
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the Southern Vicinity of Pittsburgh, plate 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1905. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1905-plat-book-southern-pittsburgh; included in the 1903–1906 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1905
- ↑ Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 6, plate 11. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1916, revised 1922 and 1928. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1916-volume-6-plat-book-pittsburgh-south-side-southern; included in the 1923 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1928-6
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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 vacating Swallow Way, formerly Tacksie Way, from Jucunda Street to Sylvania Way." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1944, no. 198. Passed June 30, 1944; approved July 5, 1944. Ordinance Book 53, p. 350. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1944, appendix, p. 104, City Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1944). [view source] ordinance-1944-198
