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− | '''Luke's Alley''' was a one-block narrow street/alley in the [[Hawkshaw]] neighborhood. The alley was located between [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos Street]] and [[Ninth Avenue]] and ran between [[Aragon Street|Aragon]] and [[Chase Street]]s. | + | '''Luke's Alley''' was a one-block narrow street/alley in [[downtown Pensacola]]. The alley was located between [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos Street]] and [[Ninth Avenue]] and ran between [[Aragon Street|Aragon]] and [[Chase Street]]s, through what is now the [[Aragon|Aragon neighborhood]]. |
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− | During [[Prohibition]], the area was a notorious haven for bootlegging, and Luke's Alley was the site of "several homicides and uncountable raids on crap or dice games, liquor resorts, cutting affrays, and minor law infractions generally."<ref>Judith A. Bense, editor. ''Hawkshaw: Prehistory and History in an Urban Neighborhood in Pensacola, Florida''. UWF Office of Cultural and Archaeological Research, 1985.</ref>
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− | The buildings on Luke's Alley were demolished circa 1940 to make way for the [[Aragon Court]] housing development, now the site of the [[Aragon]] neighborhood. The alley was formally vacated by the City of Pensacola in [[1941]].<ref>Resolution dated 01/22/1941, City of Pensacola.</ref>
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