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[[Alcaniz Street]] is a north-south street in downtown Pensacola. It currently runs between its northern terminus at [[Cervantes Street]] to its southern terminus at [[Bayfront Parkway]].
Alcaniz runs one-way southbound between Cervantes and [[Wright Street]]s, where it becomes two-way and widens until [[Garden Street]], at which point several southbound lanes branch off to form the westbound span of Garden. Alcaniz Street continues southward through the [[historic district]] to Bayfront Parkway.
The road from Cervantes northward to East [[Hart DriveLeonard Street]] was formerly named Alcaniz as well, but was renamed to [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]] on [[January 14]], [[2000]], after an effort led by [[Movement for Change]] President [[LeRoy Boyd]]. The original proposal was to rename the entire street, but there was opposition from changing the name in the historical district. The Furthermore, the northern limit was set at Leonard Street as the [[Pensacola city limits|city limits]] stop at that point before resuming several blocks later. After the action by the Pensacola City Council concurred with keeping , the [[Escambia County Commission]] voted to additionally rename the portions of Alcaniz namein the unincorporated area from Leonard Street north to [[Barcia Drive]], splitting where the city limits resume. This led to the street so it honors both past unusual circumstance where there is a short span from Barcia Drive northward which is still named Alcaniz; that from Barcia Drive south to Cervantes Street named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive; and recent historythat south of Cervantes to the bay named Alcaniz.
Some notable landmarks along Alcaniz Street include the [[Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel]], the [[Pensacola Civic Center]] and [[Seville Square]].
