[PRCo] Re: Rt. 49 and Brownsville Ave. single track

[Donald Galt]

On 4 Jun 01, at 17:25, John Swindler wrote:

> 
> because Arlington Ave. designation caused a separation
> of Brownsville Rd., apparently at some more recent time the
> mountain trail on Mt. Washington was renamed Arlington Ave.
> 

What my maps say is that Brownsville Ave of 1900 had become 
Arlington Ave by the early '30s.

The city topo map dated 1931 calls it Arlington Ave. Not New 
Arlington - I know I've seen that name in print but can't find it on 
any map.

> More recently, those of us of a certain age still recall
> Diamond St. in downtown Pittsburgh, which is now Forbes.

Not only that, Forbes through Soho and Oakland was in those 
days Forbes *Street*, not Avenue. It fell victim to the grid yahoos 
who decree that streets and avenues must cross each other, never 
run parallel.

Don