Corona Street

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Corona Street
Neighborhood Brighton Heights
Origin of name Corona shoe

Corona Street is part of a small subdivision developed by Gottfried Daniel Simen, an Allegheny City shoe salesman (and eponym of Simen Avenue). It was named after his best-selling shoe, the Corona, which could be bought for $3.50 in 1900 at his store at the corner of East Ohio Street and Sandusky Street.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. "Opening sale of the Corona." Pittsburgh Daily Post, Apr. 5, 1900, pp. 2, 5, 7. Newspapers.com 86435468, 86435546, 86435591. [view source]corona-opening
  2. Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-1-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-1
  3. Atlas of Greater Pittsburgh. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1910. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1910-atlas-greater-pittsburgh; 1910 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]hopkins-1910
  4. Marylynne Pitz. "A wealthy shoe salesman's house takes a turn on the Brighton Heights house tour." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 20, 2019. https://www.post-gazette.com/life/homes/2019/09/20/Queen-Anne-farmhouse-Brighton-Heights-Chocolate-House-Tour/stories/201909170148. [view source]pitz