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Gulf Power Building

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just to make mention of the old company office building
[[Image:GulfPowerBuilding.jpg|thumb|right|The Gulf Power building]]
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The '''Gulf Power Building''' is a five-story, 250,000 square foot office building located at One Energy Place (500 [[Bayfront Parkway]]) that serves as the main corporate headquarters for the [[Gulf Power Company]], which serves customers across Northwest Florida from the [[Perdido River]] to the [[Apalachicola River]]. More than 400 employees work in the building, adding to the economic vitality of [[downtown Pensacola]].
The company's offices were formerly located in a multi-story building was constructed in two sections between July [[1985]] and March [[1987]]. Gulf Power faced initial criticism of building their headquarters the 1950s on prime waterfront property in the historically sensitive [[HawkshawPace Boulevard]] neighborhood. Before construction began, a team just north of [[UWF]] archaeologists led by Dr. [[Judy Bense]] excavated the site and unearthed a wealth intersection of artifacts from a Native American culture (dubbed "[[DeptfordGarden Street]]") that date back to around 150 /[[Wikipedia:Common Era|CENavy Boulevard]].
The restaurant new building was constructed in two sections between July [[Norma's1985]] and March [[1987]] . The Gulf Power investment was placed in an economically depressed area of the city and since its construction, the neighborhood has a location on been transformed with two new parks (Veteran's Memorial Park and the first floor of the buildingMissing Childrens' Memorial) an upscale residential community (Aragon) and new restaurants.
Before construction began, Gulf Power worked with a team of [[UWF]] archaeologists to excavate the site for historical purposes. The team, led by Dr.Judy Bense, unearthed a wealth of artifacts from a Native American culture (dubbed "[[Deptford]]") that date back to around 150 [[Wikipedia:Common Era|CE]]. The project was awarded a U.S. Department of Interior award for public/private partnership to help preserve historic sites.
 
A restaurant -- "Three Sisters" -- operates a restaurant open to the public on the first floor of the building.
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