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Downtown Sacramento is the central business district of the city of Sacramento, California, United States. Downtown is generally defined as the area south of the American River, east of the Sacramento River, north of Broadway, and west of 16th Street.[1] The central business district is generally defined as north of R Street, south of H Street, east of the Sacramento River, and west of 16th Street.[2]

Government

Streets

The streets in downtown Sacramento use a numbered and lettered grid system. These lettered streets run north and south, and numbered streets are oriented as west and east. The exceptions to this include Capitol Mall and Capitol Avenue, which are equivalent of M Street; Front Street located in Old Sacramento, which is equivalent to 1st Street; Broadway, which is equivalent to Y Street, and Alhambra Boulevard, which is equivalent to 31st Street.

Downtown, looking east from West Sacramento

Major features

Included within downtown is the

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament located at 11th and K Streets. It is the largest historical cathedral west of the Sacramento River
. Homeless Haven in the River District has a large homeless population.

Pedestrian malls

Main article: K Street (Sacramento)

K Street, the city's former main shopping, dining, and entertainment street, was closed to all automobile traffic in 1969 as it was converted into a pedestrian mall. 42 years later on November 12, 2011, K Street was reopened to automobile traffic, but only for four blocks between 8th and 12th Streets. It remains off limits to vehicles between 7th and 8th Streets, 12th to 13th Streets, and the alignment that runs through the present-day Downtown Commons.[5] In November 2012, the K Street Mall was rebranded as "The Kay", and now functions as a shopping area.[6]

Two half-block long

pedestrian malls still exist in downtown, on 11th Street between J-K Alley and The Kay, and from The Kay to K-L Alley.[7]

Transportation

See also: Transportation in the Sacramento metropolitan area

The

U.S. Route 50 all converge into the downtown area, while Interstate 80
bypasses downtown to the north.

Theatres

Near the convention center are the

Memorial Auditorium
, at 16th and J Streets, holds many performances from comedy acts, traveling bands, and speakers. The Assembly Music Hall, located at 10th and K Streets, is a 200-seat venue, offering musical comedies in an upscale setting with table service.

Notable residents

  • Jim Beall - California State Senator
  • Jerry Brown - Former Governor of California had a unit in the Elliott Building
  • Edward Hernandez
    - California State Senator
  • Henry Stern - California State Senator

References

  1. ^ "Map of Communities in Sacramento County" (PDF). Saccounty.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Central City Community Plan Map" (PDF). Cityofsacramento.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "California's 6th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
  4. ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Sacramento businesses, shoppers, celebrate return of cars to K St. | news10.net". Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "K Street becomes "The Kay"". Fox40.com. October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sign denoting the 11th Street Mall at L Street in Downtown Sacramento". Google Maps/Google Street View. October 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2024.


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