East 18th Street

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East 18th Street is a historically significant thoroughfare in Kansas City, Missouri, known as a central artery of the 18th and Vine jazz and African American cultural district.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf street
thoroughfare
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans
associatedWithGenre blues
jazz
category African-American history in Missouri
Historic districts in Missouri
Jazz culture in Kansas City
Streets in Kansas City, Missouri
city Kansas City
country United States of America
culturalSignificance hub of African American business and nightlife in Kansas City
governingBody City of Kansas City, Missouri
hasCulturalDistrict 18th and Vine Historic District
hasEvent jazz festivals
hasHeritageDesignation historic district (local)
hasNearbyIntersection The Paseo
Vine Street NERFINISHED
Woodland Avenue NERFINISHED
hasPreservationEffort 18th and Vine redevelopment projects
hasPublicArt jazz-themed murals
hasStreetOrientation east–west
historicalRole center of Kansas City jazz scene in the early 20th century
knownFor African American cultural history
historic entertainment district
jazz heritage
linkedTo Kansas City’s Black history
Negro Leagues baseball history
locatedIn Kansas City, Missouri
notablePlaceOnStreet American Jazz Museum
Blue Room jazz club
Gem Theater
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
partOf 18th and Vine District
Kansas City jazz district
state Missouri
timePeriodOfProminence 1920s
1930s
1940s
tourism heritage tourism destination
transportationType urban street
urbanContext inner-city commercial corridor
zoningCharacter mixed commercial and cultural uses

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
18th and Vine Historic District
hasStreet

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