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18th and Vine – Downtown East, Kansas City

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1380: 61: 358:, Taylor promised in 2006 to develop his large Jazz District property into 42 homes plus a community center or museum in the castle, but was instead convicted of a Ponzi scheme defrauding Black churchgoers of millions of dollars and federally imprisoned. From 2016 to 2020, the city government, community, and corporate investors have conducted many proposals for rehabilitation of the historic blight, including a massive $ 150 million project pending a federal investigation into corruption. 1387: 163: 344:
The District has long suffered epidemic blight, with huge portions being juggled for decades between unproductive owners and their countless colossal visions and broken promises of rehabilitation. It has been the focus of more than $ 30 million of civic investment since the late 1980s, but the
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proposed a $ 46 million redevelopment of 96 acres of blight across the District but canceled in 2005 ahead of the global crash of 2008, selling much of it to KC native millionaire Ephren W. Taylor II who likened his invisible investments to the comic book antihero
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is a riff-based and blues-influenced sound developed in jam sessions in the neighborhood's crowded clubs. Many notable jazz musicians of the 1930s and 1940s lived or got started here, including
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were filmed there, and façades left from the movie remained on most of the dilapidated buildings until the end of the decade. Today, the 18th and Vine district includes the
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a more detailed history of jazz in this area that also references jazz songs that mention 18th & Vine
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Six blocks to the north, the former intersection of 12th Street and Vine is the subject of
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district's redevelopment has struggled. In 2001, the Kansas City area manager of
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
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Website for the Black Economic Union and the Historic Lincoln Building
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said 18th and Vine is America's third most recognized street after
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The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made
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National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri
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Roughly bounded by 18th St., Woodland Ave., 19th St., and
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encompassing 35 contributing buildings was listed on the
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Website for the Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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18th and Vine District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Paseo
Kansas City, Missouri
39°05′20″N 94°33′40″W / 39.08889°N 94.56111°W / 39.08889; -94.56111
MPS
18th and Vine Area of Kansas City MPS
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neighborhood
Kansas City, Missouri
jazz
African-American businesses
Basin Street
New Orleans
Beale Street
Memphis
52nd Street
New York City
Central Avenue
Los Angeles
Kansas City jazz
Charlie Parker
Emanuel Cleaver
Broadway
Hollywood Boulevard
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
Downtown Kansas City

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