Teak Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Teak Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Morningside |
| Drake Alley (until 1914) | |
| Drake Way (1914–1925) | |
This alley was laid out as Drake Alley in 1904 in a plan of lots for L. Vilsack.[1] The plan was approved, and its streets accepted as city streets, by an ordinance in 1908.[2]
Drake Alley became Drake Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
In 1919, a previously unnamed alley to the south, in the same line as this alley, was made part of Drake Way.[4] However, the two alleys were never connected, and apparently it was confusing to have two separate alleys with the same name. To fix this, in 1925 this alley, the original Drake Way, was renamed Teak Way.[5] The southern alley remains Drake Way to this day.
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots in the 18th Ward Pittsburgh, Pa. laid out for Mr. L. Vilsack." Laid out Nov. 1904; recorded Apr. 1, 1908, Plan Book 24, pp. 42–43. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3782620. [view source] l-vilsack-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance approving and accepting the plan of lots in the Eighteenth ward, Pittsburgh, laid out for Mr. L. Vilsack, and approving and accepting the streets and alleys shown therein." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1907–1909, no. 131. Passed Mar. 18, 1908; approved Mar. 23, 1908. Ordinance Book 19, p. 163. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1907–'08–'09, appendix, p. 57, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1909 (Google Books gMBEAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096598897; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecordselect1907, Pghmunicipalrecordcommon1907; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_88fcf2e6-8930-4b97-bb30-9304c2bdec25/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_74745bca-2dd9-49c4-966c-b425de211c1e/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d0d559de-551a-4f89-83f2-bea82b4f18f7/). [view source] ordinance-1907-1909-131
- ↑ "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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a82f1363-0512-40c8-b4e5-f02b090b761d/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_bf8a4f10-7526-4a96-8943-6a220d361293/). 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
- ↑ "An ordinance designating Drake way as the name of an unnamed twenty (20′) foot way, in the Tenth–Eleventh wards of the City of Pittsburgh as shown in Stanton Place Plan and W. H. Williams Plan of Lots, from Wellesley avenue to Springer way and establishing the grade thereof." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1919, no. 172. Passed June 19, 1919; approved June 12, 1919. Ordinance Book 30, p. 339. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1919, appendix, p. 140, Eureka Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1919; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_400c371b-597f-4aa8-af12-5f70a3241d13/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_495559a5-9d04-447f-b5c6-5bcb5b00c1f7/). [view source] ordinance-1919-172
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the name of Villanova road and changing the name of Drake way in the Vilsack Plan of Lots, Tenth Ward, of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 255. Passed June 22, 1925; approved June 25, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 364. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, p. 191, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). [view source] ordinance-1925-255
