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* [[15th Street North]] intersects
* [[15th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 38]]):
** north side ([[Block 38]]):
*** 1500: [[St Paul United Methodist Church]] (1896–, present building built 1904)
*** 1500–1506: [[St Paul United Methodist Church]] (built 1951)
*** 1503: former location of [[St Paul Methodist Church]] clinic (1953)
**** 1500–1502: [[St Paul United Methodist Church]] (built 1896, demolished 1903; built 1904, demolished 1920)
*** 1530: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] (1882–, present building built 1911)
**** 1504: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1506: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1508–1524: parking lot for [[St Paul United Methodist Church]]
**** 1508–1510: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1512–1514: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1516–1518: former location of duplex residence (1911)
**** 1520–1524: former location of residence (1911)
*** 1526: [[16th Street Baptist Church parsonage]] (built 1911)
*** 1528–1530: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] (1882–, present building built 1911)
** south side ([[Block 43]]):
** south side ([[Block 43]]):
*** [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] (built 1992)
*** 1501–1531: [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] (built 1992)
**** 1501: former location of drug store (1911)
**** 1503: former location of store (1911), [[St Paul Methodist Church]] clinic (1953)
**** 1505: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1507: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1509: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1511: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1515: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1517: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1519: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1521–1531: former location of vacant lot (1951)
***** 1521: former location of residence (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1525: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1527: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1529: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1531: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)


* [[16th Street North]] intersects
* [[16th Street North]] intersects
** north side:
** north side ([[Block 37]]):
*** 1600: former location of [[Night Owl Grill]] (1953), [[Jockey Boy Restaurant]] (1963)
*** 1600–1602: former location of two-story commercial building
*** 1602: former location of ''[[Birmingham Weekly Review]]'' (1953)
**** 1600: former location of [[Night Owl Grill]] (1953), [[Jockey Boy Restaurant]] (1963)
*** 1616: former location of [[Painters Union Local No. 5]] (1953)
**** 1602: former location of ''[[Birmingham Weekly Review]]'' (1953)
*** 1626: former location of [[Wolfe Distributing Co.]] vending machines (1953)
*** 1608: former location of residence (1951)
*** 1610: former location of residence (1951)
*** 1612: former location of residence (1951)
*** 1614–1616: former location of one-story brick meeting hall (built 1947), former location of [[Painters Union Local No. 5]] (1953)
*** 1620: former location of residence (1951)
*** 1624–1626: former location of [[Wolfe Distributing Co.]] vending machines (1953)
*** 1628–1630: former location of [[Birmingham Leather Co.]] (1953)
*** 1628–1630: former location of [[Birmingham Leather Co.]] (1953)
*** former site of [[West End Grammar School]]
** south side ([[Block 44]]):
** south side ([[Block 44]]):
*** [[Kelly Ingram Park]]
*** [[Kelly Ingram Park]]


* [[17th Street North]] intersects
* [[17th Street North]] intersects
** north side:
** north side ([[Block 36]]):
*** 1700: former location of [[Henley School]] (1953)
*** 1700–1704: former location of [[West End Grammar School]] / [[Henley School]] (built 1883)
*** 1706: former location of [[Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1920)
*** 1706: former location of [[Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1920)
*** 1710–1728: [[Alabama Power Building]] (built 1925)
*** 1720–1730: [[Alabama Power Building]] (built 1925)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 1715: former location of [[Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.]] district traffic office / [[Western Electric Co.]] area supervisor
*** 1715: former location of [[Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.]] district traffic office / [[Western Electric Co.]] area supervisor

Revision as of 13:41, 10 July 2020

Sixth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as 6th Avenue West. The main section ends at Carraway Boulevard in the east, although additional segments can be found further east, particularly in East Lake.

Between 9th Street North and Carraway Boulevard, 6th Avenue is one way westbound and three lanes wide. At the east end, off-ramps from Interstate 20/59, both east- and westbound exit in line with 6th Avenue. An Interstate 65 south off-ramp ends at 6th Avenue feeding into 10th Avenue North while an I-65 north on-ramp splits from 11th Avenue North just north of 6th Avenue.

History

Electric lights were installed on 6th Avenue North from 17th to 25th Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

6th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from Red Mountain Expressway 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 6th Avenue North category.
  • 15th Street North intersects
    • north side (Block 38):
    • south side (Block 43):
      • 1501–1531: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (built 1992)
        • 1501: former location of drug store (1911)
        • 1503: former location of store (1911), St Paul Methodist Church clinic (1953)
        • 1505: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1507: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1509: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1511: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1515: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1517: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1519: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1521–1531: former location of vacant lot (1951)
          • 1521: former location of residence (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1525: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1527: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1529: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1531: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
  • 25th Street North intersects
    • north side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
    • south side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
To north:
I-20/59 		Interstate 65 southbound exits
6th Avenue North 		To south:
4th Avenue South
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