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{{cleanupInfobox Road|marker_image=<table style="background: transparent;"><td>[[Image:Businesssign.png|52px]]<br/>[[Image:US 98.png|52px]]</td><td>[[Image:Fsr291.png|100px]]</td></table>|road_name=Alcaniz Street|name_notes=|type=|route=[[US Highway 98|US 98 BUS]]<br/>[[Florida State Road 291|Florida 291]]|alternate_name=|maint=|length_mi=|length_round=|length_ref=|length_notes=|established=|decommissioned=|direction_a=north|former_names=Charlotte Street|starting_terminus=[[Cervantes Street]] ([[US Highway 90|US 90]]/[[US Highway 98|US 98]])|junction=[[Wright Street]]<br/>[[Gregory Street]]<br/>[[Garden Street]]|direction_b=south|ending_terminus=[[Bayfront Parkway]]|namesake=|map=|mapcode=}}[[Alcaniz Street]] is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola. It currently runs between its northern terminus at [[Cervantes Street]] to its southern terminus at [[Bayfront Parkway]].

Alcaniz runs one-way southbound between Cervantes and [[Alcaniz Wright Street]] is a ones, where it becomes two-way street that runs south from and widens until [[Cervantes Garden Street]] , at which point several southbound lanes branch off to [[Bayfront Parkway]]form the westbound span of Garden. The road north of Cervantes was formerly Alcaniz as well, but was renamed to Street continues southward through the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevardhistoric district]] in 1997. The original proposal was to rename the entire street, but there was opposition from changing the name in the historical district. The City Council concurred with keeping the Alcaniz name, splitting the street so it honors both past and recent historyBayfront Parkway.

==History==One of their earliest appearances of the name Alcaniz is on the “In [[Plan of British Pensacola]]” (1813), whichwhat is now Alcaniz Street was called '''Charlotte Street''', as Dr. for [[Bill CokerWikipedia:Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Queen Charlotte]] noted.<ref>Robinson, is the first downtown map prepared by a municipal government for the City of PensacolaBenjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl. The Spanish Constitution edu/UFDC/?m=hd11J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of 1812 first permitted the organization of democratically-elected city governments, and by 1813, Pensacola had a city government of a mayor and councilmen. The 1813 map, found in the Vicente Pintado Papers of the Library of Congress (copies at the [[University of West Florida Library'']]), shows the town of Pensacola from the water to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox]], [[Tarragona]], and [[Alcaniz]]p. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia]]11, [[Zaragoza]], Gobierno ([[Government]]), and Church Street, although this latter is different than present-day [[Church Street]] in [[Seville Square]]. Gobierno on the 1813 map is “Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street1882. </ref>

The road from Cervantes northward to East [[Leonard Street]] was formerly named Alcaniz as well, but was renamed to [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] on [[January 14]], [[2000]], after an effort led by [[Movement for Change]] President [[LeRoy Boyd]]. The original proposal was to rename the entire street, but there was opposition from changing the name itself seems in the historical district. Furthermore, the northern limit was set at Leonard Street as the [[Pensacola city limits|city limits]] stop at that point before resuming several blocks later. After the action by the Pensacola City Council, the [[Escambia County Commission]] voted to come additionally rename the portions of Alcaniz in the unincorporated area from Leonard Street north to [[Barcia Drive]], where the city limits resume. This led to the unusual circumstance where there is a short span from Barcia Drive northward which is still named Alcaniz; that from Barcia Drive south to Cervantes Street named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive; and that south of Cervantes to the bay named Alcaniz. Some notable landmarks along Alcaniz Street include the [[Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel]], the [[Pensacola Civic Center]] and [[Seville Square]]. ==Spanish townorigins==One of their earliest appearances of the name Alcaniz is on the [[Pintado plan]] (1812), which, as Dr. [[Bill Coker]] noted, is the first map of the downtown area prepared by a municipal government for the City of Pensacola. One The Spanish Constitution of 1812 first permitted the principal cities organization of Teruel (democratically-elected city governments, and by 1813, Pensacola had a city government of a mayor and councilmen. The 1813 map, found in the region Vicente Pintado Papers of the Library of Congress (copies at the [[AragonJohn C. Pace Library|University of West Florida Library]]) is , shows the town of Alcaniz, which may take its name Pensacola from the plainwater to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox Street|Palafox]], [[Tarragona Street|Tarragona]], and [[AlcanizStreet|Alcaniz]]. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]], where it [[Zaragoza Street|Zaragoza]], Gobierno ([[Government Street|Government]]), and Church Street, although this latter is different than present-day [[Church Street]] in [[Seville Square]]. Gobierno on the 1813 map is situated“Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street. (This  The name Alcaniz is consistent with other Pensacola street namesSpanish in origin; it comes from the town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]] in [[Wikipedia:Teruel|Teruel Province]], [[Wikipedia:Aragon|Aragon]]. Another Spanish province is [[Wikipedia:Tarragona (province)|Tarragona]] , whose capital city, [[Wikipedia:Tarragona, |of the same name]] is traditionally where St. Paul founded the Christian church in Spain in A.D. 60. One of the major towns of Another town in Tarragona province Province is [[Wikipedia:Reus|Reus]].) ==Florida State Road 291 carriage==Alcaniz Street carries the southbound half of [[Florida State Road 291]] between [[Cervantes Street|Cervantes]] and [[Gregory Street]]s, as well as Florida 291's northbound span for one block, between [[Gregory Street|Gregory]] and [[Wright Street]]s. At [[Wright Street|Wright]], Florida 291 northbound heads east on Wright for one block, then turns north onto [[Davis Street]]. ==US 98 Business carriage==Alcaniz Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]] southbound for two blocks, between [[Gregory Street|Gregory]] and [[Garden Street]]s, as well as [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]] northbound for one block, between [[Garden Street|Garden]] and [[Chase Street]]s. ==References=={{reflist}} [[Category:Roads]] [[Category:North-south streets]]