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| − | '''Garden Street''' is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Pensacola. It serves as the | + | '''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. |
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| + | Under the British city plan drawn up in [[1763]] 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. | 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. | ||
| − | Historically, there was an incontiguous span of Garden that ran from [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos]] to [[12th Avenue]] at the bay | + | Historically, there was an incontiguous span of Garden that ran from [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos]] to [[12th Avenue]] at the bay<ref>As of [[1907]] Sanborn Fire Map [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/]</ref>. |
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| − | ==Notes | + | ==Notes== |
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| − | [[Category:Major thoroughfares | + | {{road-stub}} |
| + | [[Category:Major thoroughfares]] | ||
