[PRCo] Re: October 24, 1902

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

>> --- Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu> wrote:
>> (where in the world is/was "Try Street?")

> Mr. Netzhoff replied:::::::

> 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.

	Maps can be deceiving   ---   sometimes  *Intentions*  are
mapped but never become reality.   South Hills Junction and Yard
supposedly had a  *Ravine*  Street (and Others) that never really
became a street(s)!(:->)    If they really were streets, then
they were strictly prw for trolleycars!

	How's that for a Try?!?!

	Try Street may be something like this and suspect the 1870 map
is correct and the RR on the maps didn't leave room for the
street (in later years) on the map itself even though Try Street
still existed.

	Would like to model downtown Pgh with Diamond making the "S"
across Smithfield!    Would also like to model the Diamond Market
with the building spanning the street!(:->)

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