Verdant Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Verdant Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Middle Hill |
| Verdant Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley was laid out in 1871 in a plan of lots by E. P. Jones and Charles Jeremy, though that plan did not give it a name.[1] It was named Verdant Alley by a city ordinance in 1881.[2] It became Verdant Way in 1914, when another ordinance changed all alleys in Pittsburgh to ways.[3]
In a 1929 column in the Pittsburgh Press, Frank C. Harper, writing about a letter sent to him by John Ihlder, executive director of the Pittsburgh Housing Association, used Verdant Way as an example of a name that recalled an earlier time in Pittsburgh's history: "For there is no buttercup now on Buttercup way and Verdant way long ago ceased to be verdant."[4]
References
- ↑ "Jones and Jeremy's plan of lots: Situate in the 13th Ward City of Pittsburgh." Laid out Nov. 1871; recorded Feb. 21, 1876, Plan Book 6, p. 68. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779332. [view source] jones-jeremy-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1880–1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234, Herald Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1881 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1880-1881-33
- ↑ "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). 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
- ↑ Frank C. Harper. Pittsburgh Day by Day. Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 4, 1929, p. 2. Newspapers.com 146332601. [view source] harper
