7th Avenue South

Seventh Avenue South (originally Avenue G) is an east-west corridor in downtown Birmingham, with its main section stretching from 14th Street South on the UAB campus to 32nd Street South in Lakeview. Three blocks, between 11th Street South and 14th Street South have been closed off to vehicles as part of UAB's campus master plan.

A short section west of I-65 is accessible from 8th Street South. Another short section east of the former Lakeview Park jogs between 34th and 36th Avenue South and between 39th and 40th Avenue South near Avondale Park. To the east of the park, 7th Avenue South extends beyond 47th Place South, then appears again in Crestwood North and between Dublin and Exeter Avenues north of Crestwood Boulevard in Gate City.

Parts of 7th Avenue South between 22nd and 32nd Streets South are included in the Southside Historic District. Between 34th and 47th Street South, 7th Avenue forms a boundary of the Avondale Park Historic District.

The section between 20th and 24th Street South was part of U. S. Highway 31 before the construction of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. The Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization's 2003 Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis envisioned adding light rail to the downtown section of 7th Avenue South.

7th Avenue, from 20th Street to Lakeview, is part of the route of Birmingham's annual Gay pride parade.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 7th Avenue South category.

Dates in parentheses indicate when the address was known to have been used, not necessarily the entire span of its use.

• 25: former location of People's Rest Home (1964)

Five Points South neighborhood

• 8th Street South intersection
  • 804: former location of Vulcan Painters (1964)
  • 809: former location of Justo Animal Clinic (1964)
  • 822: former location of Daniel Construction (1949-1964)
  • 825: former location of Birmingham Furnace & Roofing (1964)
• 9th Street South intersection
  • I-65
  • 902: former location of Ollie's Barbecue (1940-1964)
  • 905: former location of Acton Plumbing & Heating (1964)
  • 907: former location of Durham & Ozier Co. (1964)
  • 909: former location of Birmingham Building Co. (1964)
• 10th Street South intersection
  • 1001: former location of Alabama Terminix (1964)
  • 1013: former location of Canterbury Electric Co. (1964)
  • 1015: former location of Building Products, Inc. and B. G. Crabb plumbing contractors (1964)
  • 1028: former location of an office building housing George Meriwether manufacturer's representative, T. Spitler Co. structural engineers, and Williams Coal & Charcoal Sales (1964)
  • 1034: WBHM-FM
• 11th Street South intersection
  • 1100: UAB Practice Field, former location of McFarland Auto Supply (1964)
  • 1101: Dowdy Building
  • 1102: former location of Holy Nazareth Baptist Church of God (1964)
  • 1107: former location of Dowdy & Associates, Inc. heating equipment (1964)
  • 1109: former location of Central Sign & Advertising (1964), Dowdy Building (demolished 2018)
  • 1112-1114: former location of H. W. Peerson Drilling Supply Co. (1964)
• 12th Street South intersection
  • 1200-1212: Ullman Building (1970-), formerly Ullman School (1901-1937), Ullman High School (1937-1969)
  • 1201: UAB Lot 15A
  • 1211: former location of Carrie's Beauty Shop (1964)
  • 1220: Bell Auditorium (1970-), formerly Ullman High School auditorium (1957-1969)
• 13th Street South intersection
  • 1300: Bartow Arena
  • 1301: Campbell Hall
  • 1325: former location of South Side Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God (1964)
• 14th Street South intersection (road ends)
  • 1400: Cooper Green Parking Deck, former location of Southside Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (1964)
  • 1401: Hill University Center, former location of Greater Shiloh Baptist Church
• 15th Street South intersection (south only)
  • 1500: Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
  • 1501: Children's Hospital Parking Deck
• 16th Street South intersection (south only)
  • 1600: Children's of Alabama (Southeast Child Safety Institute/Regional Poison Control Center)
  • 1632: former location of Engel Day Treatment Center (demolished in 2015)
  • 1700: former location of Smolian Psychiatric Institute (demolished in 2015)
  • 1704: former location of Joseph Metzler groceries (1925), W. T. Tarrance pressing club (1927)
  • 1717: former location of Frank Spain Rehabilitation & Diagnostic Center (1964)
  • 1722: former location of Mackin Bros. Grocery (1925)
  • 1725: former location of Crippled Children's Clinic and Alacrafts Work Shop (1964)
  • 1730: Sparks Center
• 18th Street South intersection
  • 1800: former location of Dr Gus' Barbecue Gardens
  • 1801: Birmingham VA Medical Center
  • 1808: Boshell Building
  • 1820: Spain Wallace Building
• 19th Street South intersection
  • 1900: Jefferson Tower
  • 1901: Lyons Harrison Research Building & Research Bridge, former site of Greater Shiloh Baptist Church
  • 1919: former location of Charles H. Wehby Plumbing & Heating Company, former address of University of Alabama Medical Center
  • 1922: Roy R. Kracke Clinical Services Building
  • 1926: Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies (PCAMS)
  • 1930: Hillman Hospital
  • 1931: Dee's Dogs (hot-dog cart)
• 20th Street South intersection

Southside neighborhood

• 20th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2000: Kirklin Clinic Parking Lot, former location of the Auto Clinic (1964)
    • 2006: former location of Big Hearted Eddie/Wright Motor Co.
    • 2016: former site of Varsity Drive-In (1964)
  • South side
    • 2001: UAB administration building (formerly the Central Bank and Trust building)
    • 2031: Goodyear Tire Center, former site of Redmont Tire Company
• 21st Street South (Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard) intersection
  • former site of Steel City Oldsmobile
  • North side
    • 2100: Arby's, former location of Southside Baptist Church (1887), Sperry & Hutchinson Co. store (1964)
    • 2108: former location of Bon Marché cleaners and dyers, Sperry & Hutchinson Co. offices (1964), Antoine's restaurant (1980s)
    • 2110: former location of Termplan-Southside Inc. loan office (1964)
    • 2112: Mooyah restuaurant (opened 2014), former location of Commercial Credit Corp. financing (1964)
    • 2114: Chicken Salad Chick (opened 2014), former location of Redisco Inc. finance (1964)
    • 2115: Our Place
    • 2116-2120: Wehby Building
      • 2116: former location of Quan's Custom Uniforms
      • 2118: former location of Wehby Plumbing & Heating Co. (1964)
      • 2120: former location of Wells Plywoods, Dun & Bradstreet (1964)
    • 2124: former location of Universal CIT Credit Corp. (1964)
    • 2126: former location of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance (1964)
    • 2128: former location of Allstate Insurance Co. district service office (1964)
    • 2130: Taco Bell (opened 2014)
    • 2124: Award Center
  • South side
    • 2101-2113: The Waites apartments (built 2016)
      • 2101: former location of Waite's delicatessen (1930-1964), Phil's Grille (1990s), DaVita Dialysis
      • 2109: former location of Guardian Discount Co. (1964), Yellow Dog Saloon, Burly Earl (1976-2008), Stillwater Pub (2009-2016)
      • 2111: former location of Goodwin Engineers & Goodwin Realty (1964), La Cocina (1974- )
      • 2113: former location of Aalco Finance Co. (1964), Medusa Records
    • 2115: Our Place lounge, former location of Atlas Finance Co. (1964)
    • 2125: Hospitality Inn, formerly the Ranch House Motel (built 1952)
    • 2129: former location of Family Counseling Association of Jefferson County (1964)
    • 2131: former location of Stapleton's Fine Foods (1941-1952), A. R. Dearborn & Co. real estate (1964), Mediterranean Restaurant (1980s), Anthony's, Romeo's, Thai House
    • 2133: Chai's Oriental Food Store, former location of the Guaranty Acceptance Corp. (1964)
• 22nd Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2200: Third Presbyterian Church
    • 2208: former location of American Insurance Co. of Birmingham, American Discount Co. & A. D. C. Loan Plan of Birmingham (1964)
    • 2230: Pouncy Motor Company, former location of Vulcan Lincoln-Mercury used car lot (1964)
  • South side
    • 2201: Berthon's Cleaners (1964-)
    • 2205: former location of Associates Loan Co. and Emmco Insurance Services (1964)
    • 2207: former location of K. Stella Brown Realty (1964)
    • 2209: former location of Wheelock Glass Co. (1964)
    • 2211: former location of Cliff Baker Auto Service (1964)
    • 2217: former location of Alabama Public Auto Insurance Agency, Henjo Inc. real estate, Jason Venable and Ben H. Brown manufacturer's agents, Bruce Seibels & Co. insurance agents, Glen Falls Insurance Co., Atwell, Vogel & Sterling insurance investigators and Fowlker, McGriff & Seibels insurance agents (1964)
    • 2221: former location of Royal McBee Corp. business machines (1964)
    • 2227-2231: former location of the Flower Mart (1964)
• 23rd Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2300: Liberty Motors building (built 1957), UAB Studio Arts (2012-), former location of Vulcan Lincoln-Mercury, Bart Starr Lincoln-Mercury (1970s), Howard Garrett & Associates engineers (1985-), Michael Scott Kendrick physician, Independent Insurance Agents (2004-2010)
    • 2310: former location of Vulcan Lincoln-Mercury service department (1964)
    • 2314: former location of Magic City Auto Service (1964)
    • 2316-2318: former location of Birmingham Trust National Bank branch
      • 2316 Children's Medical Group
    • 2320-2322: Southern Life & Health Insurance building (1954), also known as the Agency Building, former offices Southern Life & Health Insurance and Winston-Salem Broadcasting Corp. and studios of Jemison Broadcasting Company's WSGN-AM
    • 2330: former location of Still Tire Shop (1927), Plaid Stamp Store (1964)
    • 2331: former location of W. B. Emond & Son grocery (1925)
  • South side
    • 2301: former location of Smackys bar & deli (1986)
    • 2307: former location of Southside Transmission Co. (1964)
    • 2311: L & M Automotive, former location of Alabama Auto Trimming (1964)
    • 2319-2321: former location of 7th Avenue Car Wash (1964), One Minute Car Wash
    • 2325: former location of Persian Rug Cleaners (1964)
    • 2327: former location of Birmingham Trust National Bank charge plan office (1964)
    • 2329: former location of Domit's Market (1946), Fidelity Acceptance Corp. (1964)
    • 2331: former location of Lollar's Cameras
• 24th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2400: former location of Peck & Hill Antiques, formerly Peck & Hills Furniture (1964)
    • 2408-2010:[Birmingham Breadworks]], former location of New Sunshine Laundry & Cleaners, Barber Pure Milk Co. (1964)
    • 2424: former location of Sleep World (1984)
    • 2424-2430: Hanna Antiques, former location of W. F. Green Motors Dodge dealer, Try-Me Bottling Company (1964)
  • South side
    • Birmingham Veterans Administration Primary Care Annex (2015-)
    • 2401: former location of Steel City Olds, Indurall Paint Center (1964)
    • 2403-2411: former location of Peck & Hills Furniture warehouse (1964)
    • 2415: former location of W. F. Green Motors Dodge/Plymouth (1941), Steel City Oldsmobile (1964- ), Jim Burke Jaguar/Subaru/Isuzu/Saab
    • 2419: former location of Barber Pure Milk Co. ice cream division (1964)
    • 2421: former location of Barber Pure Milk Co. warehouse (1964)
    • 2423: former location of Likis Audio
    • 2425-2427: former location of C & S Auto Parts (1964)
    • 2431: former location of Murray's Restaurant (1964)
• 25th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2500: former location of Highland Ice Cream Co. (1926), Festival Cinema (1970)
    • 2508: Lackey Floral Co., former location of Horst's Flowers (1964-1970)
    • 2524: former location of Sam Daidone Auto Service (1964)
    • 2526: Louise Brooks residence
    • 2530: former location of The Pate Company plumbers (1964)
  • South side
    • 2501: former location of Cruse Cigar Company, A. H. Cather Publishing Co. (1964-2016)
    • 2503: Advanced Computer Engraving
    • 2505: L'Atelier, former location of Alabama Materials Corp. school equipment (1964-1970)
    • 2507: former location of Thompson Electric Co. (1964), Alabama Plate & Negative Service (1970)
    • 2509: former location of Iron Art (1964-1970)
    • 2515-2527: residences
• Elton B. Stephens Expressway overpass (former route of 26th Street South)
  • North side
    • 2600: former location of Avenue G Service Station (1964)
    • 2612: Aabco Rents, former location of Albert Bluttman Interiors (1964), First National Bank charge retail credit division (1970)
    • 2616: former location of Minn-Honeywell Regulator Co. (1964), Hale & Co. dry goods (1970), Hand in Paw
    • 2620: former location of UAB Dietetics Warehouse (1988)
    • 2630: War House, former location of Bingham Standard Service Station (1964), 7th Avenue Standard Service Station (1970), battery warehouse
  • South side
    • 2601: former location of Fifty Minit Cleaners (1964)
    • 2609: former location of ABC Store #11 (1964)
      • 2609½: former location of Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board field office
    • 2621: John H. Williams residence
    • 2623: former location of Southside Heating & Cooling Co. (1964)
    • 2625: former location of Wadell E. Kabase butcher & grocery (1925), L. P. Harless Co. storage (1964)
    • 2627-2631: Al's On Seventh, former location of Lakeview Yacht Club, Joe's on Seventh
      • 2627: former location of E. H. McBee Jr radio sales (1927), L. P. Harless Co. fire equipment distributors (1964), Appliance Service Center (1970) and the Jefferson County Civil Defense siren
      • 2631: former location of East End Sundries (1964), Alabama Sales Inc. (1970)
• 27th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2708: Triad Isotopes
    • 2720: former location of Merrill Refrigerator & Radio Service (1964-1970)
    • 2722: former location of Rozar's Paint Service (1964-1970)
    • 2724: former location of Ada's Flowers & Gifts (1964)
    • 2726-2728: former location of Baird Bearing & Parts Co. (1964-1970)
    • 2732: Southern Diagnostic Laboratories
  • South side
    • 2701: former location of Birmingham Appliance & Radio Co. (1964)
    • 2703: former office location of Paul Ellison accountant (1964)
• 27th Place South begins
  • • 2705: former location of AAA Paint Supply (1964)
    • 2707-2709: former location of Chain Saw & Tool Supply Co. (1964)
    • 2709: Tin Roof, former location of TC
    • 2717: office building: Alabama Environmental Council, Salon Picasso's, former location of United Electronics Laboratory (1964-1970), Green Central Station
    • 2721: former location of Union Bankers & Insurance Co. (1964-1970)
      • 2721½: former location of United Electronics Laboratory classrooms (1970)
    • 2723: former location of State Farm Insurance (1964), Hooper-Holmes Bureau (1970)
      • 2723½: former office of C. O. Ketcham public accountant (1964-1970)
    • 2725-2729: former location of Birmingham Trust National Bank banking department (1964)
      • 2725A: former location of United Electronics Laboratory classrooms (1970)
      • 2715½: former location of Alabama Association of Credit Executives (1970)
    • 2731: former site of 700 28th Street South, home of Neuromascular Solutions massage therapy, Beautiful South Real Estate, and the law office of Carl West (demolished 2015)
• 28th Street South intersection
  • North side:
    • 2800-2824: 29 Seven apartments and retail, former location of Riteway Drive-Inn (1964-1970), Chaos, the 729 Club, Southside Cafe and Norton's Florist
    • 2808: former location of Kent Electric Supply Co. (1970) Long's Electronics (1978)
    • 2826: former location of Royal Antique Shop (1927), Ben's Dog House restaurant (1964-1970)
    • 2830: former location of Eli's Barbecue/Eli's Drive-In (1946-1958), Ed Salem's Drive-In No. 3 (1958-), Sharble's Drive-In (1964-1970). WSGN-AM's "Sky Castle" broadcast booth was in the parking lot.
  • South side:
    • 2801-2807: former location of Porter-Cable Machinery Co. (1964), J. A. McGwier & Sons Machinery (1970)
    • 2801: Mojo Pub & Grill (2015-), former location of Los Angeles (-2008), Café de Paris (2008-2013)
    • 2807: The Oasis
    • 2811: Jack Brown's Beer and Burgers, former location of Heating Service Co. (1964), Adco Boiler Co. (1970), Sol y Luna
    • 2815-2817: former location of Universal Distributing Co. book distributors (1964)
      • 2815: former location of Kwik Fifty Minute Cleaners (1970)
    • 2819-2829: Avon Theater building (built 1927)
      • 2819-2829: Red Mountain Church, former location of the Avon Theater (1927-1960)
        • 2825: former location of Graphicsouth commercial artists (1970)
      • 2827: former location of Cain & Hatcher Cake Shop (1964-1970)
      • 2829: former location of Straight Furrow Productions (1984-1990), Vazda studios (-2006)
    • 2831-2835: Avon Building (built 1926)
      • 2831: Dragonfly Salon, former location of Kwik Cleaners (1985), Hala Hair & Make-Up Design
      • 2833-35: Heat pizzeria, former location of the Exclusive Furniture Shop, Bombay Café, Rare Martini
• 29th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2900-2912: Metropolitan in Lakeview apartments (built 2017)
      • 2900: former location of Eli's Barbecue, Carlisle Realty Co. (1964), The Outer Focus nightclub (1970)
      • 2902: former location of Miller's Barber Shop (1964), Ben's Barber Shop (1970)
      • 2904: former location of Margie's Beauty Salon (1964), Raggedy Ann's Beauty Salon (1970)
      • 2906: former location of Stephen's Flower Shop (1964), Lakeview Sandwich Shop (1970), Shenanigans sandwich shop
      • 2912: former location of Alabama Heart Association (1964), Computa-Date Corp. (1970)
    • 2916: J. Mason Dillard & Co. insurance adjusters (1970-), former location of Pratt Electric Co. (1964)
    • 2918: Dobbins-Harville Realty, former location of Alabama Painting & Decorating Co. (1964-1970) / Ben H. Dorroh realty & Insurance (1970)
    • 2920-2930: Metropolitan in Lakeview apartments (built 2017)
      • 2920: former location of Law Engineering Testing Co. and Alabama Testing Laboratories (1964), P. & S. X-Ray Co. (1970)
      • 2922: former office location of Wilmot C. Douglas & Associates architects (1964-1970)
      • 2930: former location of Jack Yauger & Co. steel products (1964), Benedict Baggs Co. / Veenschoten & Co. manufacturers' agents (1970)
  • South side
    • 2901: Avon Place parking lot, former location of Hand's Service Station (1964-1970)
    • 2907: former location of Old South Antiques (1964)
    • 2911: ABC Store No. 11, former location of State ABC Board field office (1970)
    • 2929: Sidebar, formerly a dry cleaner, The Barking Kudu
    • 2933: former site of Holy Innocents Hospital
• 30th Street South intersection
  • North side:
    • 3000: Formworks architects, former location of W. P. Pickard meats & groceries (1925), Joan Apartments (1964), Birmingham Building Co. (1970)
    • 3004: Truitt Insurance & Bonding, former location of Davis, Speake & Thrasher architects (1964-1970)
    • 3008: former location of Whirlpool Corp. wholesale appliances (1964-1970)
    • 3016: former location of Ford Myatt & Ebaugh Inc. real estate / Garber Insurance Agency / Independent Insurance Agents / Hawkins Insurance Agency / Lazarus Insurance Agency (1970)
    • 3020: former location of Cleage Construction Co. (1970)
    • 3028: offices of the Red Mountain Theatre Company, former location of the Okonite Company wire manufacturers (1964-1970)
  • South side:
    • 3001: former location of Alabama Business Equipment Co. (1970)
    • 3005: former location of A. C. Keily photography studio (1964-1970)
    • 3015: former location of Frank Kay Clinic psychiatrists (1964-1970), Charles Herlihy psychiatrist (1970)
    • 3021: former location of Photocopy Warehouse (1964), Ram Tool & Supply Co. (1970)
    • 3021: Brasfield & Gorrie headquarters office
• 31st Street South intersection
  • 3100: former location of Richardson Construction Co. (1964-1970)
  • 3105: Dorm Decor showroom
  • 3109: former location of A. H. Cather Publishing, Cruse Cigar & Candy Co. / Auto Vend Co. (1970)
  • 3110: former location of Vulcan Electric Distributors (1970)
  • 3117: former location of Southside Church of God (1964-1970)
  • 3130: former location of S & C Grocery (1964)
• 32nd Street South intersection (road ends)

Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood

• 3424: New Pilgrim Tower assisted living apartments
• 3501: Southern Banknote

East Avondale neighborhood

• 4716: former site of Avondale Presbyterian Church, Mount Lebanon Baptist Church

Unknown addresses

• former site of Reynolds Historical Library
• Big-Hearted Eddie's Used Cars
• McCrory Building Company