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Garden Street's western terminus is at Under the British city plan drawn up in [[Pace Boulevard1763]] in West Pensacola; west of that intersection the roadway continues as by [[Navy BoulevardElias Durnford]], each individual building lot in the city was issued a companion piece of ground along what was then the northern border of the town. Garden Street travels east from Pace Boulevard into the heart These lots were cleared, and each family tried to grow a portion of downtown Pensacola and terminates at [[Alcaniz Street]] near [[St. Michael's Cemetery]]its food supply. For the entirety A thoroughfare developed along this long row of its length gardens and was fittingly called Garden Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]].
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'''Garden Street''' is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Pensacola. It serves as the dividing line for all the city's north-south streets.
Garden Street's western terminus is at [[Pace Boulevard]] in West Pensacola; west of that intersection the roadway continues as [[Navy Boulevard]]. Garden Street travels east from Pace Boulevard into the heart of downtown Pensacola and terminates at [[Alcaniz Street]] near [[St. Michael's Cemetery]]. For the entirety of its length Garden Street carries [[US Highway 98|US 98 Business]]. Garden Street is four-laned for its entirety, however, between [[A Street]] and [[Alcaniz Street]] its east and west spans are separated by a median.
Historically, there was an incontiguous span of Garden that ran from [[Cevallos Street|Cevallos]] to [[12th Avenue]] at the bay<ref>As of [[1907]] Sanborn Fire Map [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/]</ref>.
