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* [[Interstate 65]] overpass (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]]) | * [[Interstate 65]] overpass (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]]) | ||
** former residence of [[Theophilus Jowers]] | |||
===[[Fountain Heights]]=== | ===[[Fountain Heights]]=== | ||
* [[13th Street North|13th Street]] intersection | * [[13th Street North|13th Street]] intersection |
Revision as of 19:59, 6 March 2014
First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.
Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.
U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.
In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.
The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park.
See also
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.
Smithfield
- Center Street North intersection (continues west as Cotton Avenue Southwest)
- 830: Rib-It-Up
- Interstate 65 overpass (between 10th Street North and 11th Street North)
- former residence of Theophilus Jowers
Fountain Heights
- 13th Street intersection
- 14th Street intersection (Catch-out Corner)
- 15th Street intersection
- 16th Street intersection
- 1630: former location of Babe's Hot Dogs
- 1631: former location of C. D. Kenney Coffee Company
- 17th Street intersection
- North side (Block 97)
- 1700: former location of Sinclair Filling Station
- 1710: Birmingham Police Headquarters (Birmingham Pledge mural), former location of McKesson-Doster-Northington, Inc. wholesale drugs
- 1714: former location of Boyd Manufacturing Company
- 1722: former location of Alabama Barber Supply
- 1728: former location of American Life Insurance Company of Alabama
- South side (Block 109A)
- 1701-03: former location of Lee Rodgers Garage
- 1705: former location of Watts-Newsome Company
- 1707-1709: former location of Alabama Paper & Metalware Company, and the He & She Scene, Club Asia, Club Heat, Club Rave nightclubs
- 1711: former location of McKelvey-Coats Furniture Co. warehouse
- 1713-15: former location Standard Oil gas & garage
- 1723: former location of Magic Palace
- 1725: former location of Birmingham Woodenware Company
- 1731: Center for Regional Planning and Design (Region 2020, Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies, Scenic Alabama) - formerly Young & Vann Supply Company's mill & mine warehouse
- North side (Block 97)
- 18th Street intersection
- North side (Block 98)
- 1808: former location of I. R. Hochstadter wholesale liquors, and a Chinese restaurant
- 1810: former location of State #12 Liquor Store
- 1812: former location of Majic City Barber Supplies
- 1814: former location of Shook & Fletcher Supply Company
- 1818: former location of Sokol Brothers department store
- 1820: former Tanner & Elledye saloon
- 1840: former location of O'Brien Opera House, Molton-Henley Retail Block
- South side
- 1801-03: former location of Alabama Grocery Company and Earle Brothers wholesale grocers
- 1801: former location of Alabama Appliance Company
- 1807: former location of Veltex Company
- 1809: S. J. Bennett Professional Building, former location of National Birmingham Garage (with Highland Cleaners and Roberts Electric
- 1811: former location of Bay Theatre
- 1817: former location of Matthews Electric Company
- 1827: Jemison Flats/Stallings Building (Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio), formerly the Lincoln Life Building/Chamber of Commerce Building. Former site of the Chalifoux Building
- North side (Block 98)
Central City neighborhood
- 19th Street intersection
- North side (Block 99)
- 1900: former location of men's suit store, Old Gold and lunch counter.
- 1902: former location of Marvin Hawkins Pen Store
- 1904: Corporate Realty Development
- 1906: former location of European Bakery
- 1908: former location of Linnehaw Jewelry Store
- 1910: former location of Lichter Department Store
- 1912: former location of Robertson Hardware Company
- 1914: former location of Standard Clothing Company
- 1916: former location of Alabama Home Furniture
- 1918: Alabama Gas Corporation building (Birmingham Gas Company), former location of John Westbrook's mercantile and lime kiln
- 1922: former location of Porter's Clothing and Bank for Savings and Trust, and Putta-Links indoor golf
- 1926: Toby's (formerly Top that Chick, Chris' Place Café Seven Seas Seafood and Empire Steak House)
- 1928: Empire Building (former site of Bank Saloon)
- South side
- 1901: former location of Morris Hotel (including Morris Tavern, Morris Jewelers, Woodward Billiard Parlor, Engel Realty)
- 1909-29: former location of Wheeler Business College
- 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of Allen Building (Mark Liyx Men's Clothes)
- 1913-17: former location of Britling Cafeteria No. 1
- 1921: former offices of the Evening Chronicle and Sunday Chronicle
- 1927: Woodward Building, (former location of MetroBank)
- North side (Block 99)
- 20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth
- North side (Block 100)
- 2000: Brown Marx Building (former site of National Bank of Birmingham building)
- 2010: former location of Fidelity Loan Company
- 2012: former location of R. A. Brown & Company
- 2014: former location of Zac Smith Stationery Company
- 2016: former location of Glidden Paints
- 2022: former location of Garber, Cook & Hulsey
- 2024: former location of Peddinghaus Studio
- 2026: former location of Birmingham Federal Savings and Loan
- 2030: former location of Sarris Grill, Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan and New City Church
- South side
- 2001: John A. Hand Building
- 2013: McAdory Building (former location of Wimberly & Thomas Hardware)
- 2015: Caldwell-Milner Building (former location of Batiste & Associates, Head's office supplies and Underwood Typewriters)
- 2017: former offices of Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects and location of Seals Piano Company, Mazer's Office & Store Equipment) Birmingham Rug & Linoleum and Simmons Electric)
- 2019-21: former site of Alverson Business College
- 2025: Skyline Lofts (former location of Reprint Company)
- 2027: Protective Life building (Commerce Center)
- North side (Block 100)
- 21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)
- North side (Block 101)
- 2100: Landmark Building (former location of PKA Architects), (former site of Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell, and Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building)
- 2104: former location of Birmingham Athletic Club (1895-1903) and R. P. McDavid & Company radios & refrigerators
- 2106-8: former location of Doster-Northington Drug Co.
- 2108: former location of Abernathy Furniture Co.
- 2112: former location of Protective Life Insurance and Employers Insurance Co.
- 2118: Birmingham Realty Company building
- South side
- 2101: Steiner Building (KPS Group), former location of Steiner Brothers Bank and barber shop (former site of William Nabers shop)
- 2105: parking lot, former site of Bradford-Norton, Inc. millinery and Tillman-Levenson
- 2107: former location of Tillman-Levenson
- 2111: former location of Jefferson Sea Food Café
- 2121: Body & Soul Fitness
- North side (Block 101)
- 22nd Street intersection
- 2200: Goodall-Brown Lofts/Wine Loft, former location of the Caldwell Hotel
- 2201: Transportation Building (Wee Care Academy)
- 2209: The Fanaei Building (formerly Slater Sales)
- 2213: former location of Steve Watson Restaurant
- 2215: Krewe on First bar
- 2226: former location of Europa
- 23rd Street intersection
- former location of the Winnie Davis Wigwam (1894)
- 2300: Fix Play Lofts
- 2301: Liberty House Lofts (Bancography, Literacy Council of Alabama)
- 2306: former location of Levine-Abelson Candy and Grocery Company
- 2310: Neighborhood Market
- 2312: Weld for Birmingham offices
- 2314: 2314 1st Avenue North building
- 2316-2318: The Avenues Lofts,
- 2321-2325: Wooster Lofts
- 2321: former location of Wood-Frutticher Grocery Co.
- 2323: formerly Cafe Lanetta
- 2325: Phillip Griffith Photography, former location of Reed Books
- 2329: Wooten Lofts
- 24th Street intersection
- 2400: United Trophy & Specialties
- 2401: Security Bonded Warehouse (former Royal Cup building)
- 2411: ABC Foodservice Equipment
- 2413: From Darkness to Light Biblical Counseling Ministries
- 2416: Johnson Lofts (Johnson D. C. & Co building)
- 2420: Mr Burch formal wear
- 2425: Dixie Fixtures
- 2429: Blackwell Furniture/BB's China and Glassware
- former location of A & P
- 25th Street intersection
- Red Mountain Expressway overpass (former site of Birmingham Farmer's Market)
- Carraway Boulevard intersection
North Avondale
- 2600-3400: 1st Avenue North Viaduct
- 2800-3100 blocks: Sloss Furnaces
- 3274: Classic Iron Works
- 3300: U.S. Pipe headquarters
- 3400: Concordia Club
- 3401: Sloss Docks
- 3600: Birmingham Water Works
- 3700: City Paper (City Ad Specialties, PaperWorks Outlet)
- 3921: M & M Barbecue
- 4265: Kingdom Kare
- 4418: former location of Mingotile
Woodlawn
- 4811: Bachus Engineering
- 4924: One Stop Environmental
- 5310: Woodlawn Post Office
- 5349: former location of The Red Nek/Wheeler Dealer
- 5416: Langner Building
- 5422: Dino's Hot Dogs
- 5428: Regions Bank
- 5434: Woodlawn United Methodist Church
- 5500: Woodlawn Masonic Temple/Woodrow Hall
- 5505: Boehm Buildings
- 5522: former location of Woodlawn Hardware Store
- 5523-25: Eastside Funeral Home, former Woodlawn City Hall (former location of C. L. Bromberg's, Morgan Bros., Ben Franklin Store, Woodlawn Library, Fabric Jungle)
- 5528: former location of Smiles for Keeps
- 5529: Sound & Page music hall
- 5530: Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop
- 5531: Former location of Alma White Cafeteria
- 5535: City Meats, formerly Mill's Restaurant
- 5601: Ken Del Building, former location of King's Catfish, Nick's Grill, Nick's Sundries
- 5620: Woodlawn High School
- 5701: Birmingham Fire Station No. 12
- 5704: St Benedict's Veterans Center, former location of Interfaith Hospitality House
- 5709: Woodlawn Library
- 5712: Grace Episcopal Church
- 5801: former location of A & P supermarket
- 5810: Bullet Iron Works
- 6000: Sky Inn
- 6013: Carver Apartments (vacant)
- 6021: Pacific Seafood
Wahouma/East Lake
- 6100-6300 blocks: Interstate 20 interchange
- 6200: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6230: former location of Rufus Cobb residence, Burk's Antique Shop
- 6434: former location of Miller's department store
- 6437: former location of Burger Chef
- 6449: Birmingham Fire Station #12
- 6514: former location of Bob's Trading Post
- 6712: Bama Motel
- 6800: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6805: Ensley's Seafood
- 6909: Contri Brothers
- 7303: Roadside Bar BQ
- 7405: George Bender residence
- 7501: former Big B Drugs
- 7532: former location of Andrew's Bar-B-Q
- 7600: former location of Rose's Bootery
- 7623: Estate Liquidators
- 7635: former location of Tucker's Barber Shop
- Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
- 7700: former location of Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners
- 7709: former location of Wood Bros. Feed Store
- 7713: former location of C. E. Franklin Coal Yard
- 7718: former location of Sligh Coal & Transfer Company
- 7833: former location of House of Honda
North East Lake/South East Lake
- 7901: St Barnabas School
- 8000-8200 blocks: Interstate 59 interchange
- 8000-8300 blocks: East Lake Park
- 8301: former location of Gibbs Drug Company
- 8302: former location of Ma Camp's Cafe
- 8325: American Legion Post 171
- 8400: Express Oil Change store #27 (East Lake),
- 8401: Bob's Discount Meats (former location of Southeastern Meats and Frostop drive-in)
- 8420: Anchor Motel
- 8429: Double Dog Dare
- 8443: former location of Little Orphan Annie restaurant
- 8500: Green Acres Cafe, East Lake location
- 8501: former location of Porter Landrum's Service Station
- 8506: El Girasol Mexican Tienda, former location of Lou-Jac Drive-In and El Palacio
- 8518: Electronic Repair Company
- 8629: SOS Lounge
- West Boulevard intersection (continues east as Parkway East)