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~~'''~~{{Infobox road|marker_image=|road_name=DeLuna Alley~~'''~~|name_notes=|type=|route=|alternate_name=|maint=|length_mi=|length_round=|length_ref=|length_notes=|established=|decommissioned=|direction_a=north|starting_terminus=[[Intendencia Street]]|junction=|direction_b=south|ending_terminus=South of [[Intendencia Street]]|namesake=|map=|mapcode=<googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.410162" lon="-87.213882" zoom="17" width="288" height="200">6#B2758BC530.410421, ~~also called '''Cushman's Alley'''~~-87.21398830.410139, -87.213921</googlemap>}}'''~~De Reache~~ DeLuna Alley'''~~, and '''DeLuna Street''',~~ is a short, narrow City alley in [[downtown Pensacola]]. In its present form, it extends south from [[Intendencia Street]], just west of [[Jefferson Street]], for less than one block, behind [[Ragtyme Grille]]. Previously, the alley continued south and connected with [[Government Street]].

''Early Vital Records of Pensacola, Florida'' places the alley thusly:

:''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]]:

{{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.}}

Upon its establishment as as a city street in 1906, the street was 15½ to 16½ feet wide and permitted only one-way southbound traffic. Upon assuming ownership of the street, the City agreed not to construct sidewalks or allow the erection of utility poles on the street.<ref>Legal notice, ''Pensacola Journal'', March 31, 1906.</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==

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

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