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=== [[Fountain Heights]]/[[Druid Hills]] ===
=== [[Fountain Heights]]/[[Druid Hills]] ===
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects:
** [[Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex]]
** west side:
** former location of Bayliss Machine & Welding (1935-1970)[http://www.baylissmachine.com/about-us.html]
** former location of Bayliss Machine & Welding (1935-1970)<!--http://www.baylissmachine.com/about-us.html-->
** 914: former locationn of [[Forney Coleman]] restaurant (1928)
** 900–916: parking lot
*** 914: former location of [[Forney Coleman]] restaurant (1928)
** 918: [[Euro Auto Repair]]
** 918: [[Euro Auto Repair]]
* [[10th Avenue North]] intersection (west only)
** 920–930: [[Designer Checks Building]] / [[Main Street Birmingham]]
** former location of [[Jenkins Lumber Company]] lumber yard and mill
** east side:
** 1000: former location of [[W. R. Wood]] groceries (1925), [[Contri's Grocery]] (1926–December 24, 1969)
*** 901–931: [[Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex]]
** 1008: former location of  [[Yellow Cab]] Company of Birmingham (1957)
 
** 1020: former location of [[Tradetype Service]] type composers (1959)
* [[10th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)
** 1040: [[9th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (former [[BTNB BJCC branch]]), former location of [[Baker Bros.]] grocery (1925)
** west side:
** 1000–1030: [[BJCC Orange Parking Lot]], former location of [[Jenkins Lumber Company]] lumber yard and mill
*** 1000: former location of [[W. R. Wood]] groceries (1925), [[Contri's Grocery]] (1926–December 24, 1969)
*** 1008: former location of  [[Yellow Cab]] Company of Birmingham (1957)
*** 1020: former location of [[Tradetype Service]] type composers (1959)
** 1040: [[9th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church]], former location of [[Baker Bros.]] grocery (1925), [[BTNB BJCC branch]]
 
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersects
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
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*** [[Social Security Building (1974)]]
*** [[Social Security Building (1974)]]
*** 1127: former location of [[Julia Davis (restaurateur)|Julia Davis]] restaurant (1928)
*** 1127: former location of [[Julia Davis (restaurateur)|Julia Davis]] restaurant (1928)
* [[F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive]] intersects (east only)
* [[F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive]] intersects (east only)
** west side:
** west side:
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** east side:
** east side:
*** [[Arthur Shores Park]]
*** [[Arthur Shores Park]]
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersects (east only)
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersects (east only)
** west side:
** west side:
*** [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] continues
*** [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] continues
** east side:
** east side:
* [[13th Court North]] intersects (west only)
* [[13th Court North]] intersects (west only)
** west side:
** west side:
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** east side:
** east side:
** 1333: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic / [[Northside Dental Clinic]] (2008–), former location of [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]]
** 1333: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic / [[Northside Dental Clinic]] (2008–), former location of [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]]
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects
** former location of [[Bellevue Academy]]
** former location of [[Bellevue Academy]]
** 1400:
** 1400:
** 1412: [[Bible Based Outreach Ministry]]
** 1412: [[Bible Based Outreach Ministry]]
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersects
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersects
** 1517: [[Uptown Apartments]]
** 1517: [[Uptown Apartments]]

Revision as of 13:05, 5 July 2023

19th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.

19th Street begins at the northern end of 19th Street South, in a tunnel underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north all the way to 16th Avenue North. There are additional sections of the street in North Birmingham from 21st to 37th Avenue North.

The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's Civil Rights District between 3rd and 8th Avenue North. It also serves as the border of the Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods south of 9th Avenue North and Fountain Heights and Druid Hills north of 9th Avenue.

A 1907 train accident occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and 9th Avenue North. A notable early balloon ascent took place near the intersection with 1st Avenue North in 1891. The street is included on the route of the annual Veterans Day parade.

19th Street was one of the city's earlier "whiteways" to have electric lighting. The lighting was upgraded and extended past 6th Avenue as far as 8th Avenue North in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

In 1981-1982 major landscaping was done to the first few blocks to designs by architect Pedro Costa. The intent was to create a pedestrian-friendly boulevard to help revitalize languishing commercial activity along the street, but the extended construction period had the unintended effect of further harming business traffic. In 1985 Operation New Birmingham formed a "19th Street Taskforce" to identify specific improvements that could be made to mitigate the problem. Students from Auburn University's landscape architecture and planning programs participated in design charettes to sketch out proposals.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 19th Street North category.

Fountain Heights/Central City neighborhood

Morris Avenue intersection

1st Avenue North (U. S. Highway 11) intersection

2nd Avenue North intersection

Birmingham Transit Co. bus on the 200 block of 19th Street North

3rd Avenue North intersection

4th Avenue North intersection

1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street

5th Avenue North intersection

6th Avenue North intersection

Park Place intersection (east only)

7th Avenue North intersection (west only)

Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard intersection

View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor A. O. Lane's residence on the left.

Passes under Interstate 20/Interstate 59

Fountain Heights/Druid Hills

North Birmingham

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