Central Avenue Jazz Festival Central Avenue Jazz Festival The Central Avenue Jazz Festival is a yearly annual free jazz festival that takes place the last weekend in the month of July in the Southern section of Los Angeles. Central Avenue, after which the area is named, was in the 1930s and 1940s a vibrant center for jazz. At this time the infamous covenant line along Washington Boulevard demarcated the areas where African Americans were allowed to live. Even the giants of jazz music, such as Duke Ellington were allowed to play in Hollywood and other areas, but they could not stay there. They often
Washington Avenue (Albany, New York) De Witt in 1794. The Public Square at the intersection of Eagle Street, State Street, and Washington Avenue was originally the terminus of Washington Avenue. Over time the square was developed into the Capitol East Park and Academy/Lafayette Park. Prior to the completion of the Erie Canal Washington Avenue was part of the main route from New England to Central and Western New York. The avenue was at its commercial height when the canal was finished in 1823 and fell into decline. Washington Avenue from Quail Street to Manning Boulevard was constructed in 1895 as a speedway. Washington Avenue ended