One Wild Place

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One Wild Place
Neighborhood Highland Park
Origin of name Pittsburgh Zoo

The original name of this street was Hill Road. (The city's neighborhood map still calls it "The Hill Rd.")[1] It was renamed One Wild Place in 1998 in honor of the centennial of the Pittsburgh Zoo.[2] The word "One" is part of the name of the street; it is not an address.

References

  1. Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, GIS Division. https://gis.pittsburghpa.gov/pghneighborhoods/. Linked from https://pittsburghpa.gov/innovation-performance/interactive-maps. [view source]pgh-nbhds-map
  2. "City neighborhoods: Highland Park: Zoo to get new address." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr. 14, 1998, p. B-4. Newspapers.com 90668516. [view source]zoo-address