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|direction_a=north
|former_names=York Street
|starting_terminus=[[Chase Street]]
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'''Florida Blanca Street''' , occasionally corrupted to '''Florida Blanco Street''', is a north-south street in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It runs from [[Chase Street]] southerly to [[Pensacola Bay|the Bay]], terminating in a cul-de-sac just north of [[Bayfront Parkway]]. ''Florida Blanca'' is Spanish for "white flower".
It is likely named for the [[Wikipedia:José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca|José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca]], the Spanish prime minister who prosecuted the war against Britain that [[Siege of Pensacola|returned Pensacola]] to [[Third Spanish period|Spanish rule]]. ==British Pensacola==In [[British Pensacola]], what is now Florida Blanca Street was called '''York Street'''.<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd17J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 17, 1882.</ref> ==References=={{reflist}} {{road-stub}}[[Category:Roads]] [[Category:North-south streets]]
