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In its present incarnation, Aragon Street begins at [[Centros Street]] and travels east through the Aragon neighbourhood, terminating at [[Ninth Avenue]].
 
In its present incarnation, Aragon Street begins at [[Centros Street]] and travels east through the Aragon neighbourhood, terminating at [[Ninth Avenue]].
  
It is named for the [[Wikipedia:Aragon|Spanish region of the same name]].
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It is named for the [[Wikipedia:Aragon|Spanish region of the same name]]. Confusingly, prior to the renaming of streets in [[1906]], Aragon Street was named '''Spring Street''', which was and is also the name of [[Spring Street|a north-south street]].
  
 
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Revision as of 16:22, 4 September 2009

Aragon Street
West end: Centros Street
East end: South Ninth Avenue

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Aragon Street is a short east-west street in downtown Pensacola, in the neighbourhood of the same name.

In its present incarnation, Aragon Street begins at Centros Street and travels east through the Aragon neighbourhood, terminating at Ninth Avenue.

It is named for the Spanish region of the same name. Confusingly, prior to the renaming of streets in 1906, Aragon Street was named Spring Street, which was and is also the name of a north-south street.