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Palafox Street south of [[Garden Street|Garden]] is also known as '''Palafox Place''' and 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. The southern terminus of Palafox Street is at [[Plaza de Luna]] on [[Pensacola Bay]]. Its northern terminus is just north of [[Michigan Avenue]]/[[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]].
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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 of [[US Highway 29]], which terminates at Palafox and [[Garden 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 just north of [[Michigan Avenue]]/[[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'''. 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==
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 [[1812]] [[Pintado plan]], where it is labelled '''Calle de Palafox'''.
After a [[February 3]], [[1892]] ordinance by the provisional municipality of Pensacola, the street was paved and [[Pensacola streetcar system|streetcar lines]] were placed by the [[Pensacola Terminal Company]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=WGE4AAAAIAAJ The Federal Reporter]'', 1895.</ref>
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