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.
| Florida Blanca Street | |
| north end: | Chase Street |
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| south end: | Near Bayfront Parkway |
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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
In British Pensacola, what is now Florida Blanca Street was called York Street.[1]
References
- ↑ Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.