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'''Garden Street''' is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Pensacola. It serves as the dividing line for all the city's north-south streets.
Under the British city plan drawn up in around [[17631764]] by [[Elias Durnford]], each individual building lot in the city was issued a companion piece of ground along what was then the northern border of the town. These lots were cleared, and each family tried to grow a portion of its food supply. A thoroughfare developed along this long row of gardens and was fittingly called Garden Street.
Garden Street's western terminus is at [[Pace Boulevard]] in West Pensacola; west of that intersection the roadway continues as [[Navy Boulevard]]. Garden Street travels east from Pace Boulevard into the heart of downtown Pensacola and terminates at [[Alcaniz Street]] near [[St. Michael's Cemetery]]. For the entirety of its length Garden Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]]. Garden Street is four-laned for its entirety, however, between [[A Street]] and [[Alcaniz Street]] its east and west spans are separated by a median.