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[[Alcaniz Street]] is a one-way street that runs south from [[Cervantes Street]] to [[Bayfront Parkway]]. It runs one-way (south) between Cervantes and [[Wright]] Streets, where it becomes two-way, then widens until [[Garden Street]] (where several lanes branch off to the west), and finally continues through the [[historic district]] to Bayfront Parkway. The road north of Cervantes was formerly Alcaniz as well, but was renamed to [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard]] in 1997. The original proposal was to rename the entire street, but there was opposition from changing the name in the historical district. The City Council concurred with keeping the Alcaniz name, splitting the street so it honors both past and recent history.

==History==One of their earliest appearances of the name Some notable landmarks along Alcaniz is on Street include the “[[Plan of PensacolaCrowne Plaza Grand Hotel]]” (1813), which, as Dr. [[Bill Coker]] noted, is the first downtown map prepared by a municipal government for the City of Pensacola. The Spanish Constitution of 1812 first permitted the organization of democratically-elected city governments, and by 1813, Pensacola had a city government of a mayor and councilmen. The 1813 map, found in the Vicente Pintado Papers of the Library of Congress (copies at the [[University of West Florida Library]]), shows the town of Pensacola from the water to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox]], [[TarragonaCivic Center]], and [[Alcaniz]]. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia]], [[Zaragoza]], Gobierno ([[Government]]), and Church Street, although this latter is different than present-day [[Church Street]] in [[Seville Square]]. Gobierno on the 1813 map is “Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street.

==Spanish origins==One of their earliest appearances of the name Alcaniz is on the “[[Plan of Pensacola]]” (1813), which, as Dr. [[Bill Coker]] noted, is the first downtown map prepared by a municipal government for the City of Pensacola. The Spanish Constitution of 1812 first permitted the organization of democratically-elected city governments, and by 1813, Pensacola had a city government of a mayor and councilmen. The 1813 map, found in the Vicente Pintado Papers of the Library of Congress (copies at the [[University of West Florida Library]]), shows the town of Pensacola from the water to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox]], [[Tarragona]], and [[Alcaniz]]. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia]], [[Zaragoza]], Gobierno ([[Government]]), and Church Street, although this latter is different than present-day [[Church Street]] in [[Seville Square]]. Gobierno on the 1813 map is “Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street.  The name itself seems to come from a Spanish townSpain. One of the principal cities of Teruel (in the region of [[Aragon]]) is the town of Alcaniz, which may take its name from the plain, Alcaniz, where it is situated. (This is consistent with other Pensacola street names. Another Spanish province is [[Tarragona]] whose capital city, Tarragona, is traditionally where St. Paul founded the Christian church in Spain in A.D. 60. One of the major towns of Tarragona province is [[Reus]].)