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**** 2132: former location of [[Empire Hotel]] (built 1915, 1964), first offices of the [[Land Title Company]] (1951)
**** 2132: former location of [[Empire Hotel]] (built 1915, 1964), first offices of the [[Land Title Company]] (1951)
** South side ([[Block 75]])
** South side ([[Block 75]])
*** 2101: [[Downtown YMCA]] (built 1984), former location of [[Jefferson County Courthouse (1889)]] (built 1889, demolished 1937)
*** 2101: [[Downtown YMCA]] (built 1984), former location parking lot and filling station (1931)
*** 2119-2123: former location of [[St Paul's Parochial School]]
*** 2119-2123: former location of [[St Paul's Parochial School]]


* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
** 2200: former site of [[Birmingham News building (1917)]]
** North side ([[Block 57]])
** 2201: [[Birmingham News building (2006)]], former site of [[Reinhard Wilda residence]] and [[Holy Angels Academy]]
*** 2200: parking lot, former site of [[Birmingham News building (1917)]] (built 1917, demolished 2006)
** 2223: formerly [[Steppers & Walkers]], [[Ruby House]], and [[Charcoal Steak House]]
*** 2230: [[First Light]] shelter (2000-), former location of [[Granada Hotel]]
** South side ([[Block 76]])
*** 2201: [[Birmingham News building (2006)]], former site of [[Reinhard Wilda residence]] & [[Holy Angels Academy]], [[Uptown Parking Lot]] (1964)
*** 2221: former location of [[Dewberry Printing & Engraving Co.]] (1929)
*** 2223: former location of [[Ruby House]], [[Charcoal Steak House]] & [[Press & Radio Club]] (1964), [[Steppers & Walkers]]
*** 2233: former location of [[Brighton Development Co.]], [[Broadview Title Co.]], [[Collateral Investment Co.]], [[Collateral Mortgage Co.]], [[Colonial Land Co.]], [[Oakland Development Co.]], [[Business Investors Inc.]], [[Realty Investment Co.]] (1964)
 
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
** 2300: [[Stonewall Building]], former location of [[Birmingham Female College]] (1883-)
** North side ([[Block 56]])
** 2301: [[YWCA Building]] parking lot (former site of [[Wall Street Deli|Stand N' Snack]])
*** 2300-2310: [[Stonewall Building]] (formerly the [[Stonewall Building|Martin Office Building]]), built 1925), former location of [[Birmingham Female College]] (1883-), [[Alabama Limestone Co.]] (1931), [[Realty Brokers Inc.]] (1964)
** 2321: [[Fife's Restaurant]]
**** 2302: former location of [[Woodstock Typewriter Sales Co.]] (1931)
**** 2304: former location of [[Western Union]] (1931), [[Kime Carbon Co.]] (1964)
**** 2306: former location of [[Addressograph Co.]] (1931)
**** 2308: former location of [[Patterson Cigar Shop]] (1931), [[American Life Cigar & Soda Co.]] (1964)
**** 2310: building entrance
*** 2312-2330: vacant
**** 2316: former location of [[Rust Buildiing]], offices of [[Rust Engineering]] (1964)
** South side ([[Block 77]])
*** 2301: [[YWCA Building]] parking lot, former location of [[Wardy's Cafe]] (1929), [[State Farm Insurance Co.]] (1964), [[Wall Street Deli|Stand N' Snack]]
*** 2303: former location of [[Empire Parking Lot]] (1964)
*** 2313: former location of [[Southern United Life Insurance Co.]] & [[Menefee & Smith]] engineers (1964)
*** 2321: [[Fife's Restaurant]], former location of [[Atlas Sewing Center]] (1964)
*** 2335: former location of [[Downtown OK Rubber Welders]] (1964)
 
* [[24th Street North]] intersection (street ends)
* [[24th Street North]] intersection (street ends)
** 2519: formerly [[Home Baking Company]]
** [[Birmingham Post Office]] (1970s)
*** 2409: former location of [[Sloan Wholesale Products]] (1964)
*** 2417-2419: former location of [[Norman Tobacco & Candy]] wholesale (1964)
*** 2420: former location of [[Standard Distributors]] warehouse (1964)
**** 2420½: former location of [[A & A Rooms]] furnished rooms (1964)
*** 2421: former location of [[B & I Bargain Center]] grocery (1964)
*** 2422: former location of [[Standard Distributors]] store (1964)
 
* [[25th Street]] formerly intersected
*** 2508: former location of [[Brother Bryan's Rescue Mission]] (1964)
*** 2513: former location of [[Fuller Supply Co.]] (1964)
*** 2515-2521: former location of [[Home Baking Company]] (1964)
*** 2520½: former location of [[Julia Stone Rooming House]] (1964)
*** 2522: former location of [[Sheppard Furniture]] warehouse (1964)
*** 2527: former location of [[Mitchell's Barber Shop]] (1964)
*** 2531: former location of [[Crystal Lunch Room]] (1964)


[[Category:4th Avenue North|*]]
[[Category:4th Avenue North|*]]

Revision as of 20:25, 25 February 2015

Fourth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. It runs from Center Street in the west to 24th Street North in the east. From 9th to 24th Streets, the three- to four-lane street is one way westbound.

The road appears again as a two-lane residential street between Interstate 59 and Wahouma Park, west of 72nd Street. It is interrupted by the interstate between 75th and 77th Streets, but then continues from 77th to 88th Place, running between Lynn Park and East Lake Park.

Fourth Avenue runs through a few historic districts, including its own 4th Avenue Historic District (from 16th to 19th Street), the Civil Rights District, and the Loft District. In addition, the buildings at 1914, 1917, 1919, and 1930 are part of the Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District.

History

Fourth Avenue originally extended east to 26th Street North, but when the Birmingham Post Office was constructed in the early 1970s, it occupied the space where the street had run.

4th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from 24th Street North to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 4th Avenue North category.

Smithfield neighborhood

Fountain Heights

The New Deal Barber Shop at 1701 4th Avenue North
Mewbourne & Spain at 1809 4th Avenue North
The Fox Building at 1824-30 4th Avenue North

Central City

Birmingham City Hall in 1927
1900 block of 4th Avenue North
Southern Hotel at 4th & 20th
BPA Deck 3 addition (2009)
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