Grand Boulevard (Kansas City, Missouri)

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Grand Boulevard or Grand Avenue is a north/south street that in Kansas City, Missouri. Grand runs along the 200 east block in the Kansas City street grid system (2 blocks east of Main Street). In the Downtown and Crown Center areas of Kansas City it is an arterial route, continuing on the north as the Grand Ave. Viaduct passing through Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park and on the south intersecting with Main Street at about the 2800 South Block.

The street was renamed "Grand Boulevard of the Americas" from 3rd Street to 22nd Street in honor of the Organization of American States.^[1]

In some areas of the city, streets running along the same gridline are known as Warwick Boulevard.

[edit] Trivia

Sprint Center is located at 1407 Grand Boulevard.
Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park is near its starting point.
Hallmark Visitors Center is at 2450 Grand in Crown Center.
Arabia Steamboat Museum‎ is located at 400 Grand Boulevard.
The College Basketball Experience is connected to the Sprint Center.
Crown Center is located at 2450 Grand Boulevard near its ending point.
It passes from 12th Street to I-670 on Grand by the Power & Light District.
Hallmark Crown Center and Halls Crown Center are tenants in Crown Center.
UMB Bank is located up and down Grand and can be seen every couple blocks or miles.
UMB Bank headquarters are located at 1010 Grand. A few locations are 906 Grand, 1800 Grand, and 2401 Grand.
Grand Boulevard is used by majority of the KCATA's bus routes.
Intersects with U.S. 71, U.S. 40, I-70, I-670, I-35, and U.S. 24.