Virgin Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Virgin Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | East Allegheny |
| Virgin Alley (until 1914) | |
A portion of this alley, east of East Lane (today Madison Avenue), was laid out as Virgin Alley in 1836 in a plan by G. E. Warner, F. Lorenz, and Jacob Painter.[1] This part of the alley no longer exists; it is now occupied by the interchange between I-279 and Route 28.
Virgin Alley appears in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin. This map also shows a continuation of the alley to the west of East Lane, running to the East Common (today Cedar Avenue), in the location of modern Virgin Way, though this alley was not labeled.[2]
Virgin Alley became Virgin Way in 1914, when a Pittsburgh ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[3]
See also
- Virgin Alley, for other alleys that have had that name
References
- ↑ "Plan of town lots laid out by the subscriber A. D. 1836 for Messrs Warner, Painter & Lorenz and this is a true copy April 18, 1839: James Sterritt." Laid out 1836; recorded Dec. 29, 1869, Plan Book 1, p. 81. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778779. [view source] warner-painter-lorenz-plan
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "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
