West Bottoms and The Wettest Block in the World
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9th Street between State Line and Genessee on 9th Street was known as “The Wettest Block in the World” fthe wettest block in the world following Kansas prohibition with 23/24 buildings on the north and south side of 9th Street being saloons or liquor stores.
Building at SW corner of 9th and State was constructed by Pabst Brewery in 1911. St Louis Ave and State Line, about a block south, was home to Joseph Schlitz Brewing depot.
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KC's West Bottoms was profiled in a September 29, 1907 article in the Chicago Inter Ocean newspaper
Sources
https://kcyesterday.com/articles/wettest-block
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Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept 29, 1907