How 65 Pittsburgh neighborhoods got their names

[TechCom]

"His wife, Caroline, suggested Shadyside, apparently after a book title. The name extended to the surrounding area."

Any clues what book?

[PghYinzer]

Originally Posted by TechCom

"His wife, Caroline, suggested Shadyside, apparently after a book title. The name extended to the surrounding area."

Any clues what book?

Everything I find online says that Shadyside was named after the Shadyside Station on the Pennsylvania Rail Road...it was located at the north End of Amberson Avenue.

"With its name originating simply from the resulting aesthetics of a train station in the 19th century (the railroad tracks created ‘shady lanes’)"

"Named for the resident railroad station at the time, Shadyside remains true to its roots as a bustling hubbub for shopping, dining and nightlife for residents and visitors."

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-b...800;view=image

If you are looking for a great book on Shadyside check out The Spencers of Amberson Avenue. It describes one of the first families to move to the area.

[PghYinzer]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

Everything I find online says that Shadyside was named after the Shadyside Station on the Pennsylvania Rail Road...it was located at the north End of Amberson Avenue.

"With its name originating simply from the resulting aesthetics of a train station in the 19th century (the railroad tracks created ‘shady lanes’)"

"Named for the resident railroad station at the time, Shadyside remains true to its roots as a bustling hubbub for shopping, dining and nightlife for residents and visitors."

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-b...800;view=image

If you are looking for a great book on Shadyside check out The Spencers of Amberson Avenue. It describes one of the first families to move to the area.

Well I just read the actual Shadyside entry in the article, and it was named for the station....

[PghYinzer]

10. BROOKLINE

Two corporations that bought and sold land here, the Freehold Real Estate Company and West Liberty Improvement Company, named it after the Boston suburb for an unknown reason.

This could be that unknown reason....

Due to the abundance of small streams and the rolling hills, a landscape similar to the New England town, Richard Knowlson often referred to the land surrounding his farm as Brookline. Over the years, the title caught on, and at the turn of the 20th century, when development came to the region, the city designated this part of the South Hills "Brookline."

[Goinback2011]

Apparently East Deutschtown was once known as Butcher's Run, and it had a flood from a torrential downpour in 1874 that killed over 100 people:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,1755034&hl=en

[RogersParkTransplant]

Originally Posted by Goinback2011

Apparently East Deutschtown was once known as Butcher's Run, and it had a flood from a torrential downpour in 1874 that killed over 100 people:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,1755034&hl=en

Hey, maybe we should start calling it that again...if other cities can have a meatpacking district surely we can have a Butcher's Run. I've been thinking that the area needs serious re-branding, so that we think of that whole zone -- Spring Garden, Brewer's Row/Vinial, Penn Brewery, together with E Deutschtown as one coherent, walkable neighborhood.

In my wildest dreams, Chestnut Street could become a business district again, and Neu Kirche becomes a major social hub. A few empty lots are paved over for public parking. Various sleepy establishments like the Bierhaus at 919 Spring Garden Ave and or Verdetto's at 814 Madison start turning around...all we need is a few more good businesses like Wigle to come in, and Butcher's Run could become a thing.

[tyovan4]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing gg.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

Hey, maybe we should start calling it that again...if other cities can have a meatpacking district surely we can have a Butcher's Run. I've been thinking that the area needs serious re-branding, so that we think of that whole zone -- Spring Garden, Brewer's Row/Vinial, Penn Brewery, together with E Deutschtown as one coherent, walkable neighborhood.

In my wildest dreams, Chestnut Street could become a business district again, and Neu Kirche becomes a major social hub. A few empty lots are paved over for public parking. Various sleepy establishments like the Bierhaus at 919 Spring Garden Ave and or Verdetto's at 814 Madison start turning around...all we need is a few more good businesses like Wigle to come in, and Butcher's Run could become a thing.

Sounds like a trail of havoc left by a serial killer.

[RogersParkTransplant]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

Sounds like a trail of havoc left by a serial killer.

I don't disagree, and I don't actually think it'll take off. Still like it, though.