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Plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards

1872-11-04: Common Council (Source:Municipal-record-1872, [p. 111]; Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, 1872-11-05, [p. 4], Newspapers.com 89458830): "New Surveys. ¶ Mr. John Fleming presented the report of the Survey Committee for the months of July and September. Received. The following business was disposed of as noted: ¶ . . . Plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards; approved."

1872-11-11: Select Council (Source:Municipal-record-1872, p. 113): "In all business not otherwise noted S. C. concurred in the action of C. C."

1881-12-31: Source:Ordinance-1881-1882-53 (Source:Municipal-record-1881-1882-select, pp. 196–197): "That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to survey and open within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance McPherson street, from Park street to Richland street, at a width of sixty feet, in accordance with a plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, on file in the Engineer's office, approved by Councils eleventh day of November, 1872."

1881-12-31: Source:Ordinance-1881-1882-54 (Source:Municipal-record-1881-1882-select, p. 197): "That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to survey and open within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance Meade street, from Park street to Richland street, at a width of fifty feet, in accordance with a plan of streets, Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, on file in the Engineer's office, approved by Councils eleventh day of November, 1872."

1881-12-31: Source:Ordinance-1881-1882-55 (Source:Municipal-record-1881-1882-select, p. 197): "That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to survey and open within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance Park street from Penn avenue to Pennsylvania railroad, at a width of fifty feet, in accordance with a plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, on file in the Engineer's office, approved by Councils 11th day of November, 1872."

1885-07-01: Source:Ordinance-1885-1886-21 (Source:Municipal-record-1885-1886-select, p. 251; Source:Municipal-record-1885-1886-common, p. 216): "That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to survey and open within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance Linden street, from Penn avenue to Edgerton avenue, at a width of 60 feet in accordance with a plan of streets, in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, on file in the Engineer's office, approved by Councils November 11, 1872."

1889-02-26: Source:Ordinance-1888-1889-234 (Newspapers.com 141333493): "That the Chief of the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance, Grazier street, from Homewood avenue to the city line, at a width of 60 feet, in accordance with a plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of Streets in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards,' approved November 11, 1872."

1890-07-05: Source:Ordinance-1890-1891-54 (Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-select, p. 245; Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-common, p. 261): "That the Chief of the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened within sixty days from date of the passage of this ordinance Elysian street, from Fifth avenue to Hastings street, at a width of 50 feet, in accordance with a plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards,' approved by Councils, November 11, 1872."

1890-10-03: Source:Ordinance-1890-1891-121 (Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-select, pp. 268–269; Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-common, pp. 284–285; Newspapers.com 141352748): "That the Chief of the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance Lexington street, from Penn avenue to Reynolds street, at a width of 50 feet, in accordance with a plan on file in the Department of Public Works known as 'Plan of Streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards,' approved November 11, 1872."

1891-01-03: Source:Ordinance-1890-1891-197 (Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-select, pp. 290–291; Source:Municipal-record-1890-1891-common, pp. 306–307; Newspapers.com 141329298): "That the Chief of the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened within sixty days from the date of the passage of this ordinance Homewood avenue, from Reynolds street to Edgerton avenue, at a width of 50 feet, in accordance with a plan on file in the Department of Public Works known as 'Plan of Streets in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards,' approved November 11, 1872."

1892-03-16: Source:Ordinance-1891-1892-519 (Source:Municipal-record-1891-1892, appendix, pp. 84–85): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Juniata street from Homewood avenue to Lexington street at a width of 60 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of Streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards.' Approved by Councils November 11th, 1872."

1892-03-16: Source:Ordinance-1891-1892-520 (Source:Municipal-record-1891-1892, appendix, p. 85): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Lexington street, from Penn avenue to Reynolds street, at a width of 50 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of Streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards,' Approved by Councils November 11th, 1872."

1892-03-16: Source:Ordinance-1891-1892-522 (Source:Municipal-record-1891-1892, appendix, p. 85; Newspapers.com 141549004): "That the department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Reynolds street from Homewood avenue to Dunfermline street at a width of 60 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of Streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards,' approved by Councils, November 11th, 1872."

1892-03-16: Source:Ordinance-1891-1892-523 (Source:Municipal-record-1891-1892, appendix, pp. 85–86): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Elysian street from Fifth avenue to Hastings street at a width of 50 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards.' Approved by Councils November 11th, 1872."

1892-05-20: Source:Dedication-1892-1893-53 (Source:Municipal-record-1892-1893, appendix, p. 16; Newspapers.com 141558271): "Gentlemen:—The undersigned owners of all the property fronting and abutting on and in Hamilton avenue (formerly Grazier street) between Homewood avenue and Dunfermline street, as laid out in 'Plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards,' approved by Councils November 11th, 1872, . . . ."

1892-12-03: Source:Ordinance-1892-1893-321 (Source:Municipal-record-1892-1893, appendix, pp. 101–102; Newspapers.com 141478087, 141478165, 141478234): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Hamilton avenue, from Frankstown avenue to the east city line, at a width of 60 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as 'Plan of streets in Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards,' approved November 11, 1872, and an ordinance locating the same, from Fifth avenue to Frankstown avenue, approved July 7, 1891."

1893-02-04: Source:Ordinance-1892-1893-386: "An ordinance repealing and annulling the location of certain avenues, streets and alleys laid out in a plan and known as Plan of Streets in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, approved by Councils November 11, 1872, as follows: Denniston avenue, from Fifth avenue to Linden avenue; Edgerton avenue, from Fifth avenue to Gettysburg street; Putnam street, from Fifth avenue to Linden avenue; Tuscarora street, from Reynolds street to Shady avenue; Selwyn street, from Reynolds street to Shady avenue; Petersburg street, from Edgerton avenue to Fairoaks street; Dunlevy street, from Gettysburg street to Shady avenue; Harbaugh street, from Putnam street to Shady avenue; Fairoaks street, from Gettysburg street to Shady avenue; an unnamed alley between Tuscorora [sic] street and Fifth avenue, from Reynolds street to Shady avenue; an unnamed alley between Selwyn street and Tuscorora [sic] street, from Reynolds street to Shady avenue."

1894-02-28: Source:Ordinance-1893-1894-413 (Source:Municipal-record-1893-1894, appendix, p. 130; Newspapers.com 141558405, 141558624): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Lang avenue, from Penn avenue to Homewood cemetery line, at a width of fifty feet, in accordance with the plans on file in the Department of Public Works known as Plan of Streets, Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards; approved November 11, 1872, and Robinson & Dickey's plan, approved September 9, 1889."

1894-06-29: Source:Ordinance-1894-1895-118: "An ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets and alleys and avenues in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as 'Parts of Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards Plan of Streets,' approved by Councils November 11, 1872; the names of said streets being as follows: Gettysburg street, Hastings street, Linden avenue, Elysian street, Juniata (formerly part McClintock street), Reynolds (formerly part Holmes street), Shady avenue, Fifth avenue, Fair Oaks street, Dunlevy street, Garden (now Selwyn street), Dallas avenue, Galena street, Murtland street, Lang avenue, Homewood avenue, Lexington street, Dunfermline street, Richland street, Park way (now Braddock avenue), Flotilla alley, East End avenue, Buttercup alley, Brushton avenue, Peebles street, Waverly street, Query alley, Lyman street, Egina alley, Blossom alley, Abbott street, Grazier street (now Hamilton avenue), McPherson street, Meade street, Penn avenue, Tuscarora street, Edgerton avenue, and Forbes street."

1895-03-30: Source:Ordinance-1894-1895-392 (Source:Municipal-record-1894-1895, appendix, pp. 136–137): "That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Reynolds street, from Beechwood avenue to Homewood avenue, at a width of 60 feet, in accordance with the plan on file in the Department of Public Works, known as Plan of parts of Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, approved by Councils November 11, 1872, and an Ordinance approving, confirming and locating certain streets, alleys and avenues in said plan, approved June 29, 1894."

1900-05-28: Source:Municipal-record-1900-1901, Common Council, p. 109: "S. C. Bill No. 199. An Ordinance entitled 'An Ordinance repealing an ordinance locating and confirming certain streets and alleys and avenues in the City of Pittsburgh, as laid out in a certain plan known as parts of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards plan of streets, approved by Councils November 11th, 1872, and confirmed and approved by an ordinance June 29th, 1894, recorded in Ordinance Book Vol. 9, page 618, so far as it relates to that portion of Forbes street as located from Braddock avenue to the third angle west from Braddock avenue.'"

1901-06-27: Source:Ordinance-1901-1902-163 (Source:Municipal-record-1901-1902, appendix, p. 67): "That Galena street, from Penn avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad, as located by a plan known as a plan of streets in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards, and approved by Councils November 11, 1872, at a width of fifty (50) feet, and afterwards confirmed and approved by an ordinance of Councils on the 29th day of June, 1894, and recorded in Ordinance Book, volume 9, page 618, be and the same is hereby repealed."

1902-10-18: Source:Ordinance-1902-1903-261 (Source:Municipal-record-1902-1903, appendix, p. 101): "That Hastings street, from Beechwood avenue to the east line of Elysian street, be opened to a width of 50 feet in accordance with plan on file in the Department of Public Works known as 'Plan of part of Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards plan of streets,' and an ordinance approving, confirming and locating the streets, alleys and avenues in said plan, approved June 29th, 1894."

1904-11-02: Source:Ordinance-1904-1905-267 (Source:Municipal-record-1904-1905, appendix, p. 118): "That the westerly half of Linden avenue, in the Twenty-first ward, from Hamilton avenue (formerly Grazier street), to the north line of the right of way of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as located and shown upon a plan of streets in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards from Shady avenue to Grazier street, now Hamilton avenue at a width of sixty feet, and approved by Councils November 11th, 1872, and also shown upon and dedicated to public use by J. W. Arrott in his plan of lots in the Twenty-first ward and approved by the Mayor March 19th, 1892, and of record in the Recorder's office of Allegheny county, in Plan Book, Volume 12, page 117, be and the same is hereby vacated, and as shown upon a plan hereto attached."

1905-04-03: Source:Ordinance-1904-1905-533 (Source:Municipal-record-1904-1905, appendix, p. 241): "That Hastings street, from Beechwood avenue to the east line of Elysian street, be opened to a width of 50 feet in accordance with plan on file in the Department of Public Works known as 'Plan of parts of Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards plan of streets,' and an ordinance approving, confirming and locating the streets, alleys and avenues in said plan, approved June 29, 1894."

1948-12-01: Source:Ordinance-1948-498 (Source:Municipal-record-1948, appendix, p. 271): "An ordinance setting asside, annulling and vacating the location of Thomas street from North Lexington street to the west line of former North Richland street as laid out and located in a certain plan, known as 'Parts of Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards Plan of Streets, etc.', approved by Common Council November 4, 1872, and by Select Council November 11, 1872."

2018-07-17: Katie Blackley, "Topography and annexation shaped mismatched Pittsburgh streets," WESA.fm (https://www.wesa.fm/development-transportation/2018-07-17/topography-and-annexation-shaped-mismatched-pittsburgh-streets): "Historic maps of Pittsburgh streets and real estate stored at the Department of Public Works building underneath the Liberty Bridge along Second Avenue."