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|direction_a=southSouth|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]]
|direction_b=northNorth|ending_terminus=[[Michigan Avenue]]/[[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 segment of [[US Highway 29]], which terminates at [[Cervantes Street]] 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 [[Plaza de Luna]] on [[Pensacola Bay]]. Its northern terminus is at Michigan Avenue, just north of [[Beverly Parkway]]/[[Brent Lane]], where the road splits into Pensacola Boulevard and Old Palafox Highway. Between Garden and [[Wright Street]] s there is a major north-south artery 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 serves as the dividing line for all the city's east[[9-west streets11 Homage to America]] memorial. Palafox During the summer months, the median is also used for the southernmost leg of U.S[[Palafox Market]]. ==Palafox Place==In [[Highway 291979]]. , the City of Pensacola renamed South Palafox (also known 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. Its southern terminus ==History==In [[British Pensacola]], Palafox was called '''George Street''', for [[Wikipedia:George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd11J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 11, 1882.</ref> The street is present on the [[Plaza de Luna1812]] at [[Pensacola BayPintado plan]], where it is labelled '''Calle de Palafox'''. Its northern terminus is at After a [[Michigan AvenueFebruary 3]], just north [[1892]] ordinance by the provisional municipality of Pensacola, the street was paved and [[Pensacola streetcar system|streetcar lines]] were placed by the [[Brent LanePensacola Terminal Company]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=WGE4AAAAIAAJ The Federal Reporter] intersection'', 1895.</ref> ==Images==<gallery>Image:PalafoxStreetcars.jpg|Streetcars on South Palafox Street, early 20th centuryImage:ParadePalafoxSanCarlos.jpg|Parade on Palafox Street, first half of 20th centuryImage:WharfFire.jpg|South Palafox Street, where [[1955]]. Smoke from wharf fire visible in background.Image:Palafox1960.jpg|Palafox Street from [[Jackson Street]] south to the road splits into [[Pensacola BoulevardBay|Bay]]; [[First Baptist Church]] (Highway 29) and prominently visible at bottom left. Circa [[Old 1960]].Image:Npalafox-1964.jpg|North Palafox HighwayStreet, [[1964]].</gallery>
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[[Category:Major thoroughfares]] [[Category:North-south streets]]
