Vine Street is the name of an important street in Kansas City, Missouri. The street is a major thoroughfare in the city's African-American community. The neighborhood of 18th Street and Vine today is the home of the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Six blocks to the west, the former intersection of 12th Street and Vine has been immortalized in the Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song, "Kansas City." Vine Street no longer intersects with 12th Street, as a housing project now stands at the site. The city, however, has since erected a street sign in a park near the housing project to mark the spot where 12th Street once crossed Vine.
The Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song, "Love Potion #9," whose lyrics contain a reference to "34th and Vine" also likely refers to Vine Street in Kansas City. Vine Street and 34th Street in Los Angeles are not in the same neighborhood, but the two streets in Kansas City used to intersect.
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