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* [[13th Street South]] intersects
* [[13th Street South]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 129]]):
** north side ([[Block 129]]):
*** 1300: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1304: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1306: former location of residence (1911)
** south side ([[Block 154]]):
** south side ([[Block 154]]):
*** 1301: former location of [[Cain Awning]] (–2020)
*** 1301: former location of duplex residence (1911), [[Cain Awning]] (–2020)
*** 1325: [[J. J. Morley Enterprises]]
*** 1303: former location of duplex residence (1911)
*** 1313: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1315: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1317: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1319: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1321: former location of duplex residence (1911)
*** 1323–1325: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1325: [[J. J. Morley Enterprises]]
*** 1327: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1331: former location of duplex residence (1911)


* [[14th Street South]] intersects
* [[14th Street South]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 130]]):
** north side ([[Block 130]]):
*** [[Regions Field]] (built 2013), former location of [[UAB University Stores Warehouse]]
*** 1400–1430: [[Regions Field]] (built 2013), former location of [[UAB University Stores Warehouse]]
**** 1410: former location of office (1911)
** south side ([[Block 153]]):
** south side ([[Block 153]]):
*** 1401-1433: unnamed 228-unit apartment building (built 2020)
*** 1401-1431: [[The Palmer]] apartments (built 2020)
**** 1401: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1411-1415: former location of double Quonset hut
**** 1411-1415: former location of double Quonset hut
**** 1421: former location of [[Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] storage (1953)
**** 1421: former location of [[Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] storage (1953)
**** 1425: former location of [[Garfield Hill]] restaurant (1953)
**** 1423: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1425: former location of residence (1911), [[Garfield Hill]] restaurant (1953)
**** 1427: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1431: former location of residence (1911)


* [[15th Street South]] intersects
* [[15th Street South]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 131]]):
** north side ([[Block 131]]):
*** 1500-1530: former location of [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
*** 1500-1530: former location of coal yard (1911), [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
**** 1500-1516: [[Regions Field]] (built 2013)
**** 1500-1516: [[Regions Field]] (built 2013)
**** 1518-1530: [[Venue at the Ballpark]] (built 2016)
**** 1518-1530: [[Venue at the Ballpark]] (built 2016)
** south side ([[Block 152]]):
** south side ([[Block 152]]):
*** 1501: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Company]]
*** 1501–1517: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Company]]
*** 1521-1529: [[Watts Realty Building]]
**** 1501: former location of residence (1911)
**** Suite 101: [[Self Storage]]
**** 1503: former location of residence (1911)
**** Suite 102: [[Watts Realty]]
**** 1505: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1507: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1509: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1511: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1513: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1515 (1529): former location of residence (1911)
**** 1517 (1531): former location of residence (1911)
*** 1521-1531: [[Watts Realty Building]] / [[One City mural]]
**** 1527: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]] (1953)
**** 1527: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]] (1953)
**** 1529: former location of [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017), [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] / [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015)
**** 1529: former location of [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015) / [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] (2011–2015), [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017)


* [[16th Street South]] intersects
* [[16th Street South]] intersects
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** south side ([[Block 151]]):
** south side ([[Block 151]]):
** 1601-1631: [[James C. Lee Building]] (built 2019)
** 1601-1631: [[James C. Lee Building]] (built 2019)
*** 1601: former location of [[Children's Hospital]] physical plant
*** 1601–1621: former location of [[Children's Hospital]] physical plant
*** 1617: former location of [[Mid-South Design Inc.]] (building demolished in October 2017)
**** 1601: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1603: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1605: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1609: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1611: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1613: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1615: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1617: former location of duplex residence (1911), [[Mid-South Design Inc.]] (demolished October 2017)
**** 1619: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1621: former location of duplex residence (1911)
*** 1629–1631: former location of duplex residence (1911)


* [[17th Street South]] intersects
* [[17th Street South]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 133]]):
** north side ([[Block 133]]):
*** 1700: former location of [[Ingersoll-Rand Co.]] machinery (1953)
*** 1700–1730: [[Hilton Garden Inn-Downtown Birmingham]] / [[Home2 Suites by Hilton-Birmingham Downtown]] (built 2017)
*** 1704: former location of [[Rudolph Brinskelle]] plumbing (1953)
**** 1700: former location of [[Ingersoll-Rand Co.]] machinery (1953)
*** 1726: Former site of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant, [[Wimberly & Thomas Hardware Co.]] garage (1953)
**** 1704: former location of [[Rudolph Brinskelle]] plumbing (1953)
**** 1718–1720: former location of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant (1911)
**** 1722–1728: former location of [[Payne Chapel AME Church]] (1911), [[Wimberly & Thomas Hardware Co.]] garage (1953)
***** 1726: former location of [[Fuel & Electric Systems]] (2008)
** south side ([[Block 150]]):
** south side ([[Block 150]]):
*** 1701: former location of [[White Motor Co.]] trucks (1953)
*** 1701–1709: [[UAB Parking Lot 33]], former location of 1-story commercial building (2008)
**** 1701: former location of [[White Motor Co.]] trucks (1953)
*** 1711: former location of [[Jefferson Body Co.]] auto bodies (1953)
*** 1711: former location of [[Jefferson Body Co.]] auto bodies (1953)
*** 1717:
*** 1719: former location of [[BSR Screen Printing & Sportswear]]
*** 1723–1731: [[Wells Fargo Bank]] drive-in (2009–), former location of [[St Mark's School]] (1892-1940) / [[St Mark's Episcopal Church]] (1911), [[Wachovia]] drive-in (built 2008)


* [[18th Street South]] intersects
* [[18th Street South]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 134]]):
** north side ([[Block 134]]):
*** former location of [[St Mark's School]] (1892-1940)
*** 1800–1814: parking lot
*** 1814: former location of [[Ath. Candylas]] (1907)
**** 1814: former location of [[Ath. Candylas]] (1907)
*** 1820-1826: [[HABD Building]], [[Housing Authority of the Birmingham District]] offices, former location of [[Wood Chevrolet]] (1953-1976)
*** 1816-1830: [[HABD Building]], [[Housing Authority of the Birmingham District]] offices, former location of [[Wood Chevrolet]] (1953-1976)
** south side ([[Block 149]]):
** south side ([[Block 149]]):
*** 1801-1805: [[Taziki's|Taziki's Mediterranean Café]] (2008-)
*** 1801-1805: [[Taziki's|Taziki's Mediterranean Café]] (2008-), former location of [[Schaeffer Eye Center]]
**** 1805: former location of [[J. G. Lowery]] contractor (1887), [[E. P. Hogan residence]] (1910)
**** 1805: former location of [[J. G. Lowery]] contractor (1887), [[E. P. Hogan residence]] (1910)
*** 1807: retail building (built 2018), [[Vapors Smoke Shop]] (2019-)
*** 1807: retail building (built 2018), [[Vapors Smoke Shop]] (2019-)
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** north side ([[Block 135]]):
** north side ([[Block 135]]):
*** 1900-1930: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2016), [[Publix]] supermarket (2017-)
*** 1900-1930: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2016), [[Publix]] supermarket (2017-)
**** 1900: proposed [[Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham]]
**** 1912: [[Carlstedt Company]], former location of Mrs [[P. E. Porter]] boarding house (1899), [[Smith & Young Co.]] wholesale florist (1953)
**** 1912: [[Carlstedt Company]], former location of Mrs [[P. E. Porter]] boarding house (1899), [[Smith & Young Co.]] wholesale florist (1953)
**** 1916: former location of [[Brunson Motor Co.]] used cars (1953)
**** 1916: former location of [[Brunson Motor Co.]] used cars (1953)

Revision as of 13:09, 12 May 2021

3rd Avenue South (originally Avenue C) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. It continues U. S. Highway 78 westbound from Crestwood Boulevard (via an angled section of 5th Avenue South) through Avondale and into the City Center. Beginning at 36th Street the avenue is one-way westbound with three lanes of traffic.

US 78 turns north off of 3rd Avenue at 24th Street, continuing west along 8th Avenue North toward Arkadelphia Road. 3rd Avenue South proceeds through Midtown Birmingham, becoming an onramp to I-65 North after it crosses 12th Street South.

The avenue picks up again in Titusville as 3rd Avenue Southwest, a two-lane residential street running between Omega Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

In Woodlawn and East Lake additional sections of 3rd Avenue South can be found. One runs for less than a block off of 59th Street South south of Georgia Road. Another picks up at 61st Street South and runs into the I-20 right of way just past 64th Street South. It picks up at 64th Place South on the other side of the interstate and continues to 67th Street South, where it ends in the turn a block shy of the Cascade Plunge. On the other side of the proposed Druid Hollow Park 3rd Avenue continues as a residential street between 70th Street South and 86th Street South. The alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in this area is promoted as a Musician's Hollow by the East Lake Arts District.

MAX Transit Route 17 runs along parts of 3rd Avenue South in Avondale.

History

3rd Avenue South was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic from 32nd Street to 14th Street in August 1955. The west-only traffic pattern was extended to I-65 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 3rd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

  • 10th Street South formerly intersected
    • north side (Block 280)
      • former location of "scattered lumber piles" (1911)
    • south side (Block 279)
      • former location of 2nd Presbyterian Church (1896)
      • 1001: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1003: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1005: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1007: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1009: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1011–1013: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1017: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1019: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1023: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1025: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1029–1031: former location of duplex residence (1911)
  • 11th Street South intersects (north only)
    • north side (Block 269)
    • south side (Block 270)
      • former location of 11th Street Baptist Church (1900)
      • 1101–1103: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1105: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1107: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1109: former location of "Methodist Episcopal Church (Negro)" (1911), apartment building
      • 1111: former location of apartment building
  • I-65 (access to northbound lanes)
  • 12th Street South intersects
    • north side (Block 246):
      • 1200–1230: University Park Business Center
        • 1200: former location of store (1911)
        • 1202: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1204–1206: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1208–1210: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1218: former location of residence (1911), Avenue C Garage auto repairs (1953)
        • 1226: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1228: former location of Bridget O'Neill boarding house (1900), duplex residence (1911)
        • 1230: former location of store (1911)
    • south side (Block 245):
      • 1201–1229: proposed site for The Marshall student apartments (2022)
        • 1201–1203: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1205–1207: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1209–1211: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1217½: former location of George Cross ice dealer (1953)
      • 1219–1231: former location of parking lot, proposed location for University House
        • 1227: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1229: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1231: former location of duplex residence (1911)
  • 13th Street South intersects
    • north side (Block 129):
      • 1300: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1304: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1306: former location of residence (1911)
    • south side (Block 154):
      • 1301: former location of duplex residence (1911), Cain Awning (–2020)
      • 1303: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1313: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1315: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1317: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1319: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1321: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1323–1325: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1327: former location of residence (1911)
      • 1331: former location of duplex residence (1911)
  • 16th Street South intersects
    • north side (Block 132):
    • 1600: Red Mountain Theatre Co. arts campus, former location of Wittichen Chemical Co. warehouse (1953), Wittichen Supply Company
    • south side (Block 151):
    • 1601-1631: James C. Lee Building (built 2019)
      • 1601–1621: former location of Children's Hospital physical plant
        • 1601: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1603: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1605: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1609: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1611: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1613: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1615: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1617: former location of duplex residence (1911), Mid-South Design Inc. (demolished October 2017)
        • 1619: former location of duplex residence (1911)
        • 1621: former location of duplex residence (1911)
      • 1629–1631: former location of duplex residence (1911)

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park/East Avondale

East Avondale

South Woodlawn

South East Lake

Locations on 3rd Avenue Southwest