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Image:PalafoxStreetcars.jpg|Streetcars on South Palafox Street, early 20th century
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|direction_a=South
|former_names=George Street<br/>Calle de Palafox
|starting_terminus=[[Pensacola Bay]]
|junction=[[Main Street]]<br/>[[Garden Street]]<br/>[[Cervantes Street]]<br/>[[Fairfield Drive]]<br/>[[Pace Boulevard]]<br/>[[Brent Lane]]
|namesake=[[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]]
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'''Palafox Street''' is a major and historic north-south artery in Pensacola. It serves as the dividing line for all the city's east-west streets. Palafox is also the southernmost leg segment of [[US Highway 29]], which terminates at Palafox and [[Garden Cervantes Street]]s in downtown Pensacola. Palafox Street is named for [[Wikipedia:José de Palafox y Melzi|José de Palafox y Melzi]], a Spanish nobleman and military hero.
The southern terminus of Palafox Street is at [[Plaza de Luna]] on [[Pensacola Bay]]. Its northern terminus is at Michigan Avenue, just north of [[Michigan AvenueBeverly Parkway]]/[[Brent Lane]], where the road splits into [[Pensacola Boulevard]] (US 29) and [[Old Palafox Highway]].
Between Garden and [[Wright Street]]s there is a median separating the northbound and southbound lanes, where tracks of the [[Pensacola streetcar system]] formerly ran. The median has since been landscaped and is home to [[Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza]] and the [[9-11 Homage to America]] memorial. During the summer months, the median is used for the [[Palafox Market]].
==Palafox Place==
In [[1979]], the City of Pensacola renamed South Palafox Street between [[Garden Street|Garden]] and [[Government Street]]s as '''Palafox Place'''. <ref>Ordinance #63-79, City of Pensacola.</ref> This section of Palafox is one of Pensacola's most bustling retail districts, although its significance has waned in recent years as retailers have moved out toward shopping centers and malls.
==History==
==Images==
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Image:Palafox1960PalafoxStreetcars.jpg|Streetcars on South Palafox Street from [[Jackson Street]] south to the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]]; [[First Baptist Church]] prominently visible at bottom left. Circa [[1960]]., early 20th century
Image:ParadePalafoxSanCarlos.jpg|Parade on Palafox Street, first half of 20th century
Image:WharfFire.jpg|South Palafox Street, [[1955]]. Smoke from wharf fire visible in background.
Image:Palafox1960.jpg|Palafox Street from [[Jackson Street]] south to the [[Pensacola Bay|Bay]]; [[First Baptist Church]] prominently visible at bottom left. Circa [[1960]].
Image:Npalafox-1964.jpg|North Palafox Street, [[1964]]
</gallery>
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[[Category:Major thoroughfares]] [[Category:North-south streets]]
