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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Butler_Street > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Butler_Street.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Street > Source revision: 1325727141 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox street |name=Butler Street |marker_image= |image=File:Lower Lawrenceville Pittsburgh.JPG |caption=Butler St. at 35th St. in Lower Lawrenceville |location=[Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) |coordinates={{Coord|40|28|27|N|79|57|28|W|display=inline,title}} |length_mi=3.8 |length_ref={{google maps |url=https://www.ogle.com/maps/dir/40.4863111,-79.9136319/40.4627344,-79.9671512/@40.474748,-79.954885,14.04z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-79.944658!2d40.4857504!3s0x8834f2f3901ff981:0xf816058374aeb9ad!3m4!1m2!1d-79.9605589!2d40.4703091!3s0x8834f24d9014a95f:0xe87567bc8401a668!3m4!1m2!1d-79.9662785!2d40.4640143!3s0x8834f3b4fd675ee3:0x5bc3242cca5ca39d!3m4!1m2!1d-79.9667474!2d40.463351!3s0x8834f3b508487b55:0xd9856f0eb957510b!1m0!3e0?hl=en|title=Overview Map of Butler St. | accessdate=May 16, 2018}} |direction_a=West |terminus_a=[Penn Avenue](/source/Penn_Avenue) |junction={{Jct|state=PA|PA|8}} |direction_b=East |terminus_b=[Highland Park Bridge](/source/Highland_Park_Bridge) }} '''Butler Street''' is a street in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) which is the main commercial thoroughfare of the [Lawrenceville](/source/Lawrenceville_(Pittsburgh)) neighborhood. Since the early 2000s, it has become a center for arts, dining, and music, with many local businesses including bars, restaurants, breweries, and specialty shops.{{cite news | last1=Schlegel | first1=Jeff | title=A Design District Takes Shape | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/travel/14dayout.html | accessdate=May 16, 2018 | work=New York Times | date=October 14, 2007}}{{cite news | last1=Machosky | first1=Michael | title=Restaurant restoration: Lawrenceville's Butler Street caters to foodies | url=http://triblive.com/aande/diningout/3690747-74/butler-street-www | accessdate=May 16, 2018 | work=TribLive | date=March 27, 2013}} It is named for the city of [Butler, Pennsylvania](/source/Butler%2C_Pennsylvania), whose namesake was Maj. Gen. [Richard Butler](/source/Richard_Butler_(general)) of the [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army). ==Route== Butler Street begins at [Doughboy Square](/source/Doughboy_Square) in Lower [Lawrenceville](/source/Lawrenceville_(Pittsburgh)), where it splits off from [Penn Avenue](/source/Penn_Avenue). From here it runs parallel to the [Allegheny River](/source/Allegheny_River) through Central and Upper Lawrenceville and then [Morningside](/source/Morningside_(Pittsburgh)) before terminating at the [Highland Park Bridge](/source/Highland_Park_Bridge). The roadway continues to the east as Washington Boulevard and then [Pennsylvania Route 130](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_130) (Allegheny River Boulevard). The section of Butler between the [62nd Street Bridge](/source/Senator_Robert_D._Fleming_Bridge) and Highland Park Bridge is part of [Pennsylvania Route 8](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_8). The street also has an important intersection at 40th Street, providing access to the [40th Street Bridge](/source/Washington_Crossing_Bridge_(Pittsburgh)). ==History== What is now Butler Street was originally part of the old road from Pittsburgh to [Butler, Pennsylvania](/source/Butler%2C_Pennsylvania), simply known as the Butler Road. The road split from the Philadelphia Road (now [Penn Avenue](/source/Penn_Avenue)) at a spot often referred to as "the forks of the road", which later became Doughboy Square.{{cite journal | title=Carnegie Magazine | date=1971 | volume=45 | pages=251–252 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VylPAQAAIAAJ | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | publisher=Carnegie Institute | language=en}} It crossed the [Allegheny River](/source/Allegheny_River) at present-day [Sharpsburg](/source/Sharpsburg%2C_Pennsylvania) and followed the approximate route of present-day [Pennsylvania Route 8](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_8) northward. In 1814, the [Allegheny Arsenal](/source/Allegheny_Arsenal) and its adjacent community of [Lawrenceville](/source/Lawrenceville_(Pittsburgh)) were established just north of the forks.{{cite book | last1=Killikelly | first1=Sarah Hutchins | title=The History of Pittsburgh: Its Rise and Progress | date=1906 | publisher=B.C. & Gordon Montgomery Company | location=Pittsburgh | pages=150–151 | url=https://archive.org/details/historypittsbur01killgoog | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | language=en}} Butler Street became increasingly urbanized in the late 19th century as Lawrenceville grew from about 200 residents in 1826 to 33,000 in 1900.{{cite book | last1=Cantrell | first1=Joann | last2=Wudarczyk | first2=James | title=Lawrenceville | date=2015 | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | location=Charleston, SC | isbn=9781467123303 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8GsCQAAQBAJ | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | language=en}}{{rp|9}} The street was lined with mostly two- and three-story brick buildings housing a variety of small shops.{{rp|71}} Lawrenceville remained a vibrant blue-collar neighborhood until the 1960s, when it began to be affected by a declining industrial base.{{cite book | last1=Moss | first1=Geoffrey | title=Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh | date=2017 | publisher=Springer | isbn=9783319552644 | pages=57–59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_eJyDgAAQBAJ | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | language=en}} By the 1990s, Butler Street was "tired-looking"{{cite news | last1=Ackerman | first1=Jan | title=Lawrenceville: Postindustrial chic | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20152729/pittsburgh_postgazette/ | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=February 5, 2001 | via=Newspapers.com}} and its businesses were struggling, with the street best known to Pittsburgh residents for its crippling [traffic jam](/source/traffic_jam)s.{{cite news | last1=McNulty | first1=Timothy | title=Murphy: Develop Lawrenceville | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20152621/pittsburgh_postgazette/ | accessdate=May 17, 2018 | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=October 13, 1998 | via=Newspapers.com}} However, beginning in the early 2000s, Lawrenceville began to attract an increasing number of younger residents and Butler Street has been revitalized with a large variety of new businesses, including specialty shops, bars, restaurants, and breweries. It is now considered a center of the arts, dining, and music scenes in Western Pennsylvania. ==Notable places== *[Doughboy Square](/source/Doughboy_Square) - Butler St. and Penn Ave. *[Pennsylvania National Bank Building](/source/Pennsylvania_National_Bank_Building) - 3400 Butler St. *[Pittsburgh Wash House and Public Baths Building](/source/Former_Pittsburgh_Wash_House_and_Public_Baths_Building) - 3495 Butler St. *[Arsenal Middle School](/source/Arsenal_Middle_School) - 220 40th St. at Butler *[Naser's Tavern](/source/Naser's_Tavern) - 4025–4029 Butler St. *[Boys' Club of Pittsburgh](/source/Boys'_Club_of_Pittsburgh) - 212 45th St. at Butler *[Allegheny Cemetery](/source/Allegheny_Cemetery), including the [Butler Street Gatehouse](/source/Butler_Street_Gatehouse) - 4734 Butler St. *[Hunter Saw & Machine Company](/source/Hunter_Saw_%26_Machine_Company) - 5648–5688 Butler St. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{HALS |survey=PA-34 |id=pa4190 |title=Butler Street, from Stanton Avenue to Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA |data=17}} Category:Historic American Landscapes Survey in Pennsylvania Category:Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh) Category:Streets in Pittsburgh --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Butler Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Street) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Street?action=history)). 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