[PRCo] When Did Water Street Become Ft. Pitt Blvd.?

[Derrick Brashear]

feb 54, for pitt blvd:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y3xIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=72oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2299,5131618&dq=fort-pitt+water-street&hl=en

in 1952, new name proposed
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_iUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5238,875021&dq=fort-pitt+water-street&hl=en




*so between those two.*


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> A question has come up regarding the renaming of Water Street, which was
> rebuilt in 1940 to approximately its present configuration.  A local
> website
> suggests that the name changed then, yet shows the dedication plaque which
> does not include the new name.  Maps from the late 1940s continue to show
> it
> as Water Street.
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> Is there a volunteer among the list who would research this in the Google
> newspaper archives?  My own sense is that the Fort Pitt Blvd. name became
> official in the 1950s, but I am unwilling to wager any amount on this!
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> Thanks,
>
> Ed
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