Avonwood Cleaners
Avonwood Cleaners was a dry-cleaning business formerly located on the 4600 block of 5th Avenue South near the border between Avondale and Crestwood.
Before it was a dry-cleaner, the building housed a plumber's office, a heating and air conditioning contractor, an electrician, and the offices of a textile union.
In 2006 the vacant building's roof collapsed, breaking out the front windows and leaving the dilapidated structure open to vagrants who have littered the front of the building with debris. The Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood association filed a request for the city to clean up the debris immediately and to begin the process of condemning and razing the structure. The city received a bid to survey the site for hazardous materials. Due to the city's inaction, on December 2, 2007 some local residents placed a hand-made sign on the front of the building reading, "Mr Langford: Tear Down This Building".
After hazardous materials were removed from the building, Tarrant's Tomlin Excavating & Demolition Company began demolition of the site on March 25, 2008.
References
- Coman, Victoria L. (March 25, 2008) "Demolition of Avonwood Cleaners in Birmingham begins." Birmingham News.
- Coman, Victoria L. (August 15, 2007) "Avonwood Cleaners site cleanup could take months." Birmingham News.