[PRCo] Re: Arlington/New Arlington

[Herb Brannon]

A PERSONAL OBSERVATION ON THE USE OF "NEW" PRECEDING PITTSBURGH STREET
NAMES:
Purely through personal observation, upon moving to Pittsburgh in 1972 and
beginning work with PATransit, I noticed that the word "New" was attached
to several street names by the training instructors. I was trained by
former PRCo Training Instructors who still followed the tried and true
methods of PRCo training. Apparently, it was a "PRCo thing" to place the
"New" onto streets which had been relocated for one reason or another, or
streets which had been reconstructed. I remember New Arlington of course,
and also New Liberty (the Gateway Center portion), New Centre (the Lower
Hill realignment), New Penn (the E Liberty rebuilding to bus only) and a
couple more. This was a common thing done by all the former PRCo Training
Instructors. To me it was another thing, such as the Yellow Over Green
traffic signal aspect, which made Pittsburgh Someplace Special.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 21:03, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Fonda J Hollenbaugh
> <violets13 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > This has nothing to do with Josephine Street. At the turn of the last
> > century, what is now Arlington Avenue began at the intersection of South
> > 18th Street and Brownsville Road at the Pittsburgh/Mt. Oliver line.
>
> Yeah. Where was the other end? 27th and now-Josephine.
>
>
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=maps;entryid=x-20090626-hopkins-0012
>
> In 1916 (revised 1922 and 1928) both had their old names, as well
> http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/16v06ind.html
>
> By 1932, Brownsville was Arlington (not New Arlington here)
>
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?view=entry;cc=maps;entryid=x-003e1932
>
> And by 1938, old Arlington was Josephine (no earlier map available in
> this series)
>
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=maps_id;op2=And;rgn2=maps_so;c=maps;q1=030*;q2=Topographic;back=back1334624699;size=20;subview=detail;resnum=1;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=maps;entryid=x-030e1938;viewid=030E1938.TIF
>
> > From the
> > intersection of present day Carson Street & Arlington Avenue to the above
> > mentioned intersection the street was called Brownsville Road. The Route
> 49
> > Beltzhoover car was known as Route 46 Brownsviile even though it did
> > eventually wind up in Beltzhoover. By 1946, the road had been renamed to
> > avoid confusion that drivers must have experienced with the right had
> > continuation of Brownsville Rd in Mt.Oliver. The street had become New
> > Arlington Avenue.
>
> And old Arlington had become (more of) Josephine. I have to assume
> this was not a coincidence.
> In any case, my only point is "New Arlington" seems related only in
> that "old Arlington" also went down the hill
> and then no longer did.
>
> --
> Derrick
>
>


-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park