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''' | '''20th Street North''', also known as '''Birmingham Green''', is a north-south street in the center of downtown [[Birmingham]] which functions as Birmingham's "main street". | ||
20th Street begins at the northern end of [[20th Street South]] at the [[Railroad Reservation]]. From there it first crosses [[Morris Avenue], and then continues for seven blocks to [[Park Place]] where it is terminated by [[Linn Park]]. | |||
There are other short sections | Birmingham Green was a project covering those seven blocks which was completed in [[1973]]. The project involved removing utility lines below street level and tenhancing the street with tree planters, flower beds, and wide sidewalks. Parking on 20th Street is restricted mainly to loading zones. The $5 million cost was paid for by local business owners, as well as local and federal governments. | ||
The street in front of [[Birmingham City Hall]] on the west side of Linn Park is called '''Short 20th Street'''. It once continued past [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]] and the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] to the present site of the [[Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center]]. After the [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] bridge was built, this section was closed to traffic and eventually converted into a landscaped walk and fountain. There are other short sections of the street in [[North Birmingham]], north of [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] and near [[Finley Boulevard]]. | |||
==Notable Locations== | ==Notable Locations== | ||
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* [[Park Place]] intersection | * [[Park Place]] intersection | ||
**[[Linn Park]] | **[[Linn Park]] | ||
==References== | |||
* Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) ''Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976'' Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16. | |||
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Revision as of 14:52, 27 February 2007
20th Street North, also known as Birmingham Green, is a north-south street in the center of downtown Birmingham which functions as Birmingham's "main street".
20th Street begins at the northern end of 20th Street South at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses [[Morris Avenue], and then continues for seven blocks to Park Place where it is terminated by Linn Park.
Birmingham Green was a project covering those seven blocks which was completed in 1973. The project involved removing utility lines below street level and tenhancing the street with tree planters, flower beds, and wide sidewalks. Parking on 20th Street is restricted mainly to loading zones. The $5 million cost was paid for by local business owners, as well as local and federal governments.
The street in front of Birmingham City Hall on the west side of Linn Park is called Short 20th Street. It once continued past Municipal Auditorium and the Birmingham Museum of Art to the present site of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center. After the I-20/59 bridge was built, this section was closed to traffic and eventually converted into a landscaped walk and fountain. There are other short sections of the street in North Birmingham, north of Oak Hill Cemetery and near Finley Boulevard.
Notable Locations
- 2: Two North Twentieth building
- 17: Superior Bank
- 1st Avenue North intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth
- Woodward Building
- Empire Building (former site of Bank Saloon)
- Brown Marx Building (former site of First National Bank Building)
- John A. Hand Building
- 113: Cafe Dupont
- 121: New York Style Delicatessen
- 2nd Avenue North intersection
- 205: Roma's Italian Bistro
- 216: Quizno's Subs
- 301: Watts Building, Renasant Bank branch
- 313: Roly Poly Sandwiches
- 417: Regions Center
- 420: Wachovia Tower
- 505: Financial Center Building, Compass Bank branch
- Park Place intersection
References
- Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976 Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16.