[PRCo] Re: October 24, 1902

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Forbes Street became Avenue in 1958, and replaced Diamond Street for much of
its length.  There's still one short block left up near the intersection of
Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, robert netzlof wrote:

>
> --- Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu> wrote:
> > (where in the world is/was "Try Street?")
>
> I looked at the several antique maps at:
>
> http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/
>
> It's a little puzzling. It appears that Try Street ran more-or-less
> parallel to Grant and was occupied by the tracks of the PCC&StL
> Railroad (The Pan Handle). Over time, it appears that there was ever
> more railroad and less street.
>
> What's puzzling to me is that a 1920's map shows Try St. extending
> from the Pan Handle bridge to 2nd Avenue, ditto for a 1903 map. That
> is, Try doesn't go far enought to meet Forbes.
>
> An 1870's map shows Try extending several blocks farther north, to
> around the latitude of Forbes, but shows Forbes ending a block or two
> east of Try St. That is, Forbes didn't go all the way into downtown.

Well, downtown Forbes used to be "Diamond St" (hence the "Diamond Market"
was at the corner of Diamond and Market), as well. It's only more recently
that Forbes itself goes into downtown.