Editing Zaragoza Street

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'''Zaragoza Street''' (alternately '''Zarragossa Street'''; see [[#Spelling|below]]) is an east-west street in [[downtown Pensacola]].  It is named for the [[Wikipedia:Zaragoza|Spanish city]] of the same name.

Zaragoza's western terminus is at [[M Street]];  from there Zaragoza travels easterly three blocks to [[Barrancas Avenue]]/[[J Street]], at which point it is interrupted for two blocks.  Zaragoza resumes at [[H Street]] and travels uninterrupted eight blocks to [[Clubbs Street]], at which point it is interrupted for three blocks.  Zaragoza resumes at [[de Villiers Street]] and travels one block to [[Reus Street]], where it is interrupted for two blocks.  Zaragoza resumes at [[Baylen Street]] and travels uninterrupted to its eastern terminus at [[Cevallos Street]].

From [[Tarragona Street]] east to its terminus at Cevallos, Zaragoza is one-way eastbound.

Zaragoza Street from [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] east is a prominent part of the [[Pensacola Historic Village]], featuring a number of historic homes as well as the [[Museum of Commerce]].

For a time during the 20th century, many referred to Zaragoza Street as '''Liberty Street''', though this was never an official designation.

==Spelling==
In various sources, Zaragoza has appeared spelled as ''Zarragossa'' or several other variants.  However, ''Zaragoza'' appears to be the spelling currently favoured by the [[City of Pensacola]]<ref>http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/pages.asp?pageID=1616&deptID=1226&parent=1570</ref>.

Some archaic sources, such as an [[1889]] code of ordinances of the [[Provisional Municipality of Pensacola]], used the spelling ''Sarragossa''.

The [[Escambia County Property Appraiser]] uses the spelling ''Zarragossa''.

Additionally, in older literature, it is not uncommon to see various alternate spellings, such as ''Zaragosa'' or ''Zarragosa''.

==British Pensacola==
In [[British Pensacola]], what is now Zaragoza Street was called '''Mansfield Street''' west of George Street ([[Palafox Street|Palafox]]) and '''Albemarle Street''' to the west.<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd17J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 17, 1882.</ref>

==Red-light district==
In the early twentieth century, the first block west of Zaragoza Street, between [[Palafox]] and [[Baylen Street|Baylen]], became the hub of a thriving [[red-light district]] and was known as "the Line," due to the row of adjacent bordello houses. Among them was the [[Hazel]] brothel owned by [[Mollie McCoy]].

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