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unusual facts about 23rd Street


23rd Street

23rd Street Grounds, a former Chicago, Illinois baseball park used during the late 19th century


Booth's Theatre

In 1869, Edwin Booth, then one of the world's most distinguished stage tragedians and arguably America's greatest Hamlet, opened his theatre, Booth's Theatre, in Manhattan on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue.


see also

23rd Street Ferry

23rd Street Ferry (Greenpoint), connecting East 23rd Street, Manhattan with Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint across the East River

23rd Street Ferry (Williamsburg), connecting East 23rd Street, Manhattan with Broadway, Williamsburg across the East River

Asia District, Oklahoma City

Anchored by the Gold Dome and Classen buildings at the intersection of Northwest 23rd Street and Classen Boulevard, and bordered by Oklahoma City University to the west and the Paseo Arts District to the east, the Chinatown district runs north along Classen Boulevard in central Oklahoma City from roughly Northwest 22nd Street up to Northwest 30th Street.

Franciscan Center of Baltimore

The Franciscan Center of Baltimore, founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore in 1968, is an emergency outreach agency located in the Baltimore neighborhood of Lower Charles Village, at 101 W. 23rd Street.

Interstate 676

It immediately crosses the Schuylkill River on the Vine Street Expressway Bridge and comes to an interchange with 23rd Street and 22nd Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway that has access to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Franklin Institute.

Kansas City Public Schools

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy - 2012 East 23rd Street (now combined with the high school)

KCWE

The two stations share studio facilities located on Winchester Avenue (along I-435) in the Swope Park Ridge-Winchester section of Kansas City, Missouri, KCWE's transmitter is located at the intersection of East 23rd Street and Topping Avenue in the city's Blue Valley section.

Pier 63

In the spring of 2007 the barge was relocated from 23rd Street to Pier 66a at 26th Street, on the Hudson River, and was renamed Pier 66 Maritime.

Richmond Greenway

An additional side project will add a bike lane/bike trail between the Richmond Greenway and the Ohlone Greenway at Potrero Avenue via 23rd Street, Carlson Boulevard, Cutting Boulevard, and Potrero.

Tekserve

In Sex and the City episode 408, My Motherboard. Myself, Aasif Mandvi was featured as a Tekserve employee attempting to recover data from Carrie Bradshaw's portable computer at the smaller 155 West 23rd Street location.

Vedado

23rd Street in Vedado is also the centerpoint of the city's gay scene in a country which now grants many rights to LGBT citizens.