Totten Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Totten Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Westwood |
| Fate | Vacated in 1929 |
| Thompson Way (until 1910) | |
This former alley ran from Kearns Avenue to Greentree Road in the area opposite Junius Street. It was laid out as Thompson Way in a plan of lots for John Manchester and Ephraim and Ann Clay, recorded in 1868.[1] It appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas.[2]
In 1910, over 900 Pittsburgh thoroughfares were renamed to fix duplicates; Thompson Way was renamed Totten Way to avoid confusion with Thompson Street in Larimer.[3]
This alley was never opened for public use, and by 1929 all surrounding land was the property of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railways Company, so Totten Way was vacated by a city ordinance that year.[4]
References
- ↑ "Plan of lots laid out for Manchester and Clay." Recorded Sept. 19, 1868, Plan Book 3, p. 268. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778708. [view source] manchester-clay-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 112. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ "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; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_0e903fff-f7d8-4eb5-9d15-f91b56e69396/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_ef39b3f8-fdd8-4ad7-a239-10b67a3c2bff/; https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b7df2ed5-228d-4c8e-8d80-77fa7b457528/). 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
- ↑ "An ordinance vacating Cones way, Hill way, Mayburg way and Totten way as shown on a plan of lots laid out for Manchester and Clay, recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds etc., of Allegheny County September 19, 1868 in Plan Book Vol. 3, Page 268." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1929, no. 696. Passed Oct. 28, 1929; approved Nov. 1, 1929. Ordinance Book 42, p. 75. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1929, appendix, p. 523, Kaufman Printing Co., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1929). [view source] ordinance-1929-696
