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Kansas City
Boulevards, barbecue and a grid that finally makes sense.
Name the lit road
Roads
Highways
Boulevards
AdmiralAdmiral BoulevardArmourArmour BoulevardBentonBenton BoulevardBroadwayBroadway BoulevardMLK BlvdDr. Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardCleaver IIEmanuel Cleaver II BoulevardGillhamGillham RoadGrandGrand BoulevardGregoryGregory BoulevardLinwoodLinwood BoulevardMainMain StreetMeyerMeyer BoulevardSwope PkwySwope ParkwayPaseoThe PaseoVan BruntVan Brunt BoulevardWard PkwyWard Parkway
Arterials
12th St12th Street18th St18th Street31st St31st Street39th St39th Street47th St47th Street51st St51st Street63rd St63rd Street75th St75th Street79th St79th Street85th St85th Street95th St95th StreetAntiochAntioch RoadBlue RidgeBlue Ridge BoulevardIndependence AveIndependence AvenueJohnson DrJohnson DriveMission RdMission RoadNallNall AvenueOakOak StreetProspectProspect AvenueQuiviraQuivira RoadRainbowRainbow BoulevardRoeRoe AvenueState LineState Line RoadTroostTroost AvenueTruman RdTruman RoadWornallWornall Road
Streets
22nd St22nd Street27th St27th Street43rd St43rd Street55th St55th Street59th St59th Street67th St67th Street9th St9th StreetBaltimoreBaltimore AvenueCampbellCampbell StreetClevelandCleveland AvenueHolmesHolmes RoadIndianaIndiana AvenueLamarLamar AvenuePennsylvaniaPennsylvania AvenueRockhillRockhill RoadSummitSummit StreetSwitzerSwitzer RoadWalnutWalnut StreetWyandotteWyandotte Street
Landmarks
18th & Vine Jazz DistrictNightlife · 18th & VineBerkley Riverfront ParkPark · River MarketBoulevard Brewing Co.Entertainment · West SideBrookside Shopping DistrictShopping · BrooksideCity MarketMarket · River MarketCountry Club PlazaShopping · Country Club PlazaCrown CenterShopping · Crown Center & Union HillGEHA Field at Arrowhead StadiumStadium · Truman Sports ComplexKansas City City HallCivic · Downtown LoopKansas City Power & Light DistrictNightlife · Downtown LoopKansas City Zoo & AquariumPark · Swope ParkKauffman Center for the Performing ArtsEntertainment · Downtown LoopKauffman StadiumStadium · Truman Sports ComplexKessler Park & Cliff DrivePark · Historic NortheastLoose ParkPark · Country Club PlazaNational WWI Museum and MemorialMuseum · Crown Center & Union HillNelson-Atkins Museum of ArtMuseum · Country Club PlazaOak Park MallShopping · Overland ParkRockhurst UniversityCampus · Country Club PlazaStarlight TheatreEntertainment · Swope ParkT-Mobile CenterEntertainment · Downtown LoopThe RoasterieEntertainment · West SideThe Shops of Prairie VillageShopping · Prairie VillageUMKC Volker CampusCampus · Country Club PlazaUnion StationTransit · Crown Center & Union HillUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterCampus · RosedaleWaldoShopping · WaldoWard Parkway CenterShopping · WaldoWest BottomsMarket · West BottomsWestportNightlife · Westport
Districts
18th & VineHistoric jazz and Negro Leagues district east of the Crossroads.BrooksideLeafy neighbourhood shops around 63rd and Brookside Blvd, just north of Meyer.Country Club PlazaSpanish-style shopping district at 47th & Main. The city's orientation anchor.Crown Center & Union HillUnion Station, the WWI Museum hill and the Hallmark complex.Downtown LoopThe freeway-ringed core: Power & Light, City Hall, the arena and the Crossroads below it.Historic NortheastEast of downtown along Independence Ave, up on the bluff above the river.Hyde ParkGrand old houses between Armour and 39th, either side of Gillham Rd.MidtownThe belt between Westport and Crown Center — Hyde Park, Armour and Linwood.Overland ParkJohnson County's largest city — a grid of numbered streets and mile-spaced arterials.Prairie VillageFirst ring of Johnson County suburbs, immediately west of State Line.River MarketNorth of the loop, on the river. City Market, lofts and the streetcar's north terminus.RosedaleKansas-side neighbourhood around KU Med, just across State Line from Westport.Swope ParkEnormous southeast park holding the Zoo and Starlight Theatre.Truman Sports ComplexArrowhead and Kauffman, side by side out east at I-70 & I-435.WaldoSouth-side pocket where Wornall meets 75th.West BottomsThe river flats below the downtown bluff — stockyards, brick warehouses, antique shops.West SideHillside neighbourhood west of downtown above the I-35 trench.WestportNightlife blocks around 39th & Broadway, one mile north of the Plaza.
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