Zenith Way
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Zenith Way | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Homewood South |
| Zenith Alley (until 1914) | |
This alley was laid out in the Mellon Bros. plan of lots, recorded in 1868, though that plan did not give it a name.[1][2] It was named Zenith Alley by an 1881 ordinance that established the names of all streets in Pittsburgh.[3] It became Zenith Way in 1914 when another ordinance changed all alleys in the city to ways.[4]
Bob Regan includes "Zenith" in a list of astronomy-related street names.[5] The counterpart of Zenith Way on the opposite side of Homewood Avenue is Nadir Way, which was named in 1904[6] for this relationship, as the zenith and the nadir are opposite points on the celestial sphere.
References
- ↑ "Mellon Bros. plan of Homewood at Homewood Station, Penna. R. R." Recorded Sept. 19, 1868, Plan Book 3, pp. 270–271. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3778709. [view source] mellon-bros-homewood-plan
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 65. 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 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
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 68. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
- ↑ "An ordinance giving the name of Nadir alley to a 20-foot alley, being the first alley west of and about parallel to Homewood avenue and running from a property line about 178 feet south of Susquehanna street to Felicia alley." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1904–1905, no. 241. Passed Oct. 17, 1904; approved Oct. 18, 1904. Ordinance Book 16, p. 277. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1904–1905, appendix, p. 109, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1905 (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1904). [view source] ordinance-1904-1905-241
