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Alcaniz runs one-way southbound between Cervantes and [[Alcaniz Wright Street]] a norths, where it becomes two-south street in downtown Pensacola. It currently runs between its northern terminus at way and widens until [[Cervantes Garden Street]] , at which point several southbound lanes branch off to its southern terminus at form the westbound span of Garden. Alcaniz Street continues southward through the [[historic district]] to Bayfront Parkway]].

Alcaniz runs one-way southbound between Cervantes and In [[Wright StreetBritish Pensacola]]s, where it becomes two-way and widens until what is now Alcaniz Street was called '''Charlotte Street''', for [[Garden StreetWikipedia:Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Queen Charlotte]].<ref>Robinson, at which point several southbound lanes branch off to form the westbound span of GardenBenjamin. Alcaniz Street continues southward through the [[historic districthttp://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd11J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']] to Bayfront Parkway.p. 11, 1882.</ref>

The road from Cervantes northward to East [[36th 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 in the historical district. The 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 concurred with keeping , the [[Escambia County Commission]] voted to additionally rename the portions of Alcaniz namein the unincorporated area from Leonard Street north to [[Barcia Drive]], splitting where the city limits resume. This led to the street so it honors both past 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 recent historythat south of Cervantes to the bay named Alcaniz.

One of their earliest appearances of the name Alcaniz is on the “[[Plan of PensacolaPintado plan]]” (18131812), which, as Dr. [[Bill Coker]] noted, is the first map of the downtown map area prepared by a municipal government for the City of Pensacola. The Spanish Constitution 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 [[John C. Pace Library|University of West Florida Library]]), shows the town of Pensacola from the water to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox Street|Palafox]], [[Tarragona Street|Tarragona]], and [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]]. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]], [[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 “Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street.

The name itself seems to come Alcaniz is Spanish in origin; it comes from Spain. One of the principal cities town of [[Wikipedia:Alcañiz|Alcañiz]] in [[Wikipedia:Teruel|Teruel (in the region of Province]], [[Wikipedia:Aragon|Aragon]]) is the town of Alcaniz, which may take its name from the plain, Alcaniz, where it is situated. (This is consistent with other Pensacola street names. 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]].)