[1] It connects the University of Missouri and Francis Quadrangle to the Boone County Court House and the Columbia City Hall.
The street is also home to the Tiger Hotel, the Guitar Building, and the offices of the Columbia Missourian.
Civic planning efforts have focused on in-fill development and beautification.
[4] In 2014, it became the center of a controversy over the decision to build single-use student housing despite mixed-use and ground floor retail being the focus of community planning.
[5] In 5 blocks, the street crosses two National Register of Historic Places districts.