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| − | '''Florida Blanca Street''', occasionally corrupted to '''Florida Blanco Street''', is a north-south street in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It runs from [[Chase Street]] southerly to [[Pensacola Bay|the Bay]], terminating in a cul-de-sac just north of [[Bayfront Parkway]]. | + | '''Florida Blanca Street''', occasionally corrupted to '''Florida Blanco Street''', is a north-south street in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It runs from [[Chase Street]] southerly to [[Pensacola Bay|the Bay]], terminating in a cul-de-sac just north of [[Bayfront Parkway]]. |
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| + | It is likely named for the [[Wikipedia:José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca|José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca]], the Spanish prime minister who prosecuted the war against Britain that [[Siege of Pensacola|returned Pensacola]] to [[Third Spanish period|Spanish rule]]. | ||
==British Pensacola== | ==British Pensacola== | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 9 April 2009
| Florida Blanca Street | |
| north end: | Chase Street |
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| south end: | Near Bayfront Parkway |
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Florida Blanca Street, occasionally corrupted to Florida Blanco Street, is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola. It runs from Chase Street southerly to the Bay, terminating in a cul-de-sac just north of Bayfront Parkway.
It is likely named for the José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca, the Spanish prime minister who prosecuted the war against Britain that returned Pensacola to Spanish rule.
British Pensacola
In British Pensacola, what is now Florida Blanca Street was called York Street.[1]
References
- ↑ Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.
