Zero Way

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Zero Way
Neighborhood Terrace Village
Zero Alley (until 1914)

This alley was created at the very end of the nineteenth century: the grade of Zero Alley was established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1899.[1] Perhaps the person who chose the name was looking forward to the double-zero year 1900. Zero Alley appears in the 1910 ordinance listing every thoroughfare in the city.[2] It became Zero Way in 1914 as a result of an ordinance that changed all alleys to ways.[3]

I don't think there are any streets in Pittsburgh named with negative numbers, which means Zero Way is the lowest-numbered street in the city. Compare Steve Seventy Street, which contains the highest number (if Gross Street in Bloomfield doesn't count).

References

  1. "An ordinance establishing the grade of Zero alley, from Iowa street to Harold street." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1899, no. 206. Passed Sept. 25, 1899; approved Sept. 27, 1899. Ordinance Book 12, p. 534. Reprinted in the Pittsburg Post, Oct. 4, 1899, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 86434932), and Oct. 5, p. 7 (Newspapers.com 86435269). [view source]ordinance-1899-206
  2. "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source]ordinance-1910-716
  3. "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. 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