Florida Blanca Street
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Florida Blanca Street | |
Former names: | York Street |
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north end: | Chase Street |
south end: | Near Bayfront Parkway |
Florida Blanca Street, occasionally corrupted to Florida Blanco Street, is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola. It runs from Chase Street southerly to the Bay, terminating in a cul-de-sac just north of Bayfront Parkway.
It is likely named for the José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca, the Spanish prime minister who prosecuted the war against Britain that returned Pensacola to Spanish rule.
British Pensacola[edit]
In British Pensacola, what is now Florida Blanca Street was called York Street.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.