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:''Located one block east of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]], between [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]], about 100 feet west of and parallel to [[Jefferson Street|Jefferson]], which was not yet cut through.''
 
:''Located one block east of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]], between [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]], about 100 feet west of and parallel to [[Jefferson Street|Jefferson]], which was not yet cut through.''
  
==History==
 
 
Previously called '''Cushman's Alley''' or '''De Reache Alley''', it was established as a City street, called '''DeLuna Street''', by ordinance in [[1906]]:
 
Previously called '''Cushman's Alley''' or '''De Reache Alley''', it was established as a City street, called '''DeLuna Street''', by ordinance in [[1906]]:
 
{{cquote|''The thoroughfare ... now known as Cushman's Alley or Dereache Street, is hereby declared to be a street to be known as DeLuna Street, and the City hereby assumes full control of and obligations for the maintenance and use of the same as a street.|20px|20px|Legal notice, ''Pensacola Journal'', March 31, 1906.}}
 
{{cquote|''The thoroughfare ... now known as Cushman's Alley or Dereache Street, is hereby declared to be a street to be known as DeLuna Street, and the City hereby assumes full control of and obligations for the maintenance and use of the same as a street.|20px|20px|Legal notice, ''Pensacola Journal'', March 31, 1906.}}
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The name "Cushman's Alley" was derived from [[Cushman's Drug Store]].<ref>''Early Vital Records of Pensacola, Florida''.  West Florida Genealogical Society (1989).  Sidney P. Thomes, Editor.</ref>
 
The name "Cushman's Alley" was derived from [[Cushman's Drug Store]].<ref>''Early Vital Records of Pensacola, Florida''.  West Florida Genealogical Society (1989).  Sidney P. Thomes, Editor.</ref>
 
The alley is depicted, but not labelled, on the [[Sanborn Maps#1884|1884]] and [[Sanborn Maps#1892|1892 Sanborn Maps]], and depicted and labelled "De Reache St." on the [[Sanborn Maps#1903|1903 Sanborn Maps]].
 
 
==Images==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:Deluna-1896-koch.jpg|DeReache/Cushman's Alley, 1896
 
Image:JournalBuilding.PNG|DeLuna Street and [[Journal Building]], 1906
 
Image:Bedlam-TopOfTheTown-15East.jpg|DeLuna Alley and Bedlam ([[Journal Building]]), 2007
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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