East 63rd Street Corridor

CTL-E-0235 · Address · corridor · 20th century–present

Verified evidence grade of this record

East 63rd Street, documented as a Black nightlife and entertainment corridor extending into Woodlawn; no fixed numerical boundaries asserted.

The record

Also known as: 63rd Street

Sources

Beachwood Reporter: 63rd Street
City of Chicago — Chicago Landmark designation (63rd Street Bathing Pavilion, South Lake Shore Dr and 63rd St), Individual Landmarks, data.cityofchicago.org (harvested 2026-10-02) (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0235 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: MUSIC-001, PLACE-001.
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Segregated bus station, Durham, N.C., 1940 (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI)Photo: Jack Delano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Chicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City — the historically segregated Black beachPhoto: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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