U Street Corridor in Northwest is home to
Howard Theatre and
Lincoln Theatre, which hosted music legends such as Washington, D.C. natives
Duke Ellington,
John Coltrane, and
Miles Davis. Just east of U Street is
Shaw, which also served as a major cultural center during the
jazz age. Intersecting with U Street is
Fourteenth Street, which was an extension of the U Street cultural corridor during the 1920s through the 1960s. The collection of Fourteenth Street, U Street, and Shaw was the location of the
Black Renaissance in D.C., which was part of the larger
Harlem Renaissance. The area starting at Fourteenth Street downtown going north through U Street and east to Shaw boasts a high concentration of bars, restaurants, and theaters, and is among the city's most notable cultural and artistic areas.