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[[Image:University_Blvd,_looking_east.jpg|right|400px|thumb|University Boulevard looking east from the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Lister Hill Library in 2009. Photo by Robert Matthews]]
[[Image:University_Blvd,_looking_east.jpg|right|400px|thumb|University Boulevard looking east from the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Lister Hill Library in 2009. Photo by Robert Matthews]]
[[File:1979 University Boulevard.jpg|right|thumb|400px|University Boulevard looking east from in front of Campbell Hall in 1979. From UAB Archives]]
{{About|Southside avenue}}
{{About|Southside avenue}}
:''Not to be confused with [[University Avenue]] or [[Avenue H Ensley]].''
:''Not to be confused with [[University Avenue]] or [[Avenue H Ensley]].''
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== Notable locations ==
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}
[[Image:University_Blvd,_looking_west.jpg|right|300px|thumb|University Boulevard looking west from the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Lister Hill Library in 2015. Photo by Robert Matthews]]


===[[Glen Iris]]===
===[[Glen Iris]]===
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* [[Interstate 65]]
* [[Interstate 65]]
** Former site of [[Medical Center Inn]] and Waffle House
** Former site of [[Medical Center Inn]] and Waffle House
* [[11th Street South]] intersection


===[[Five Points South neighborhood]]===
===[[Five Points South neighborhood]]===
* [[6th Street South]] intersection (north only)
* [[6th Street South]] intersection (north only)
** 631: former location of [[Tennessee Packing Co.]] (1899)
* [[8th Street South]] intersection
* [[8th Street South]] intersection
* [[Interstate 65]] passes over (with access)
* [[Interstate 65]] passes over (with access)
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* [[12th Street South]] intersection
* [[12th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** North side
*** [[UAB Parking Lot 15A]], future site of [[UAB Collat School of Business building]]
*** [[UAB Collat School of Business building]] (built 2018), former site of [[UAB Parking Lot 15A]]
*** [[Blazer Pride Plaza]] (2018-)
*** [[UAB 13th Street pedestrian bridge]] (built 1975)
** South side
** South side
*** 1212: [[12th Street Deck]]
*** 1212: [[12th Street Deck]]
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side
*** 1300: [[Campbell Hall]]
*** 1300: [[Campbell Hall]] (1978-)
** South side
** south side
*** former location of [[Cameron Elementary School|Cameron School]] (1892-1940s)
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side
*** [[Hill University Center]]
*** [[Hill University Center]]
** South side
** south side
*** [[Heritage Hall]]
*** [[Heritage Hall]]
*** [[UAB Campus Green]]
*** [[UAB Campus Green]]
**** 1429: former location of [[Rena Lewis]]' restaurant (1942)
* [[15th Street South]] intersection (north only)
* [[15th Street South]] intersection (north only)
** North side
** North side
*** Parking lot
*** Parking lot
** South side
[[Image:School_of_Nursing,_2018_addition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|UAB School of Nursing building in 2018]]
** south side:
*** [[UAB Campus Recreation Center]]
*** [[UAB Campus Recreation Center]]
*** 1595: Former site of [[University Hall]] (1969–2002)
*** 1595: Former site of [[University Hall]] (1969–2002)
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side:
*** 1600: former location of [[Tried Stone Baptist Church]] (1954)
*** 1670: [[Volker Hall]]
*** 1670: [[Volker Hall]]
*** 1700: [[Lister Hill Library]]
*** 1700: [[Lister Hill Library]]
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** South side
** South side
*** 1665: [[Ryals Public Health Building]]
*** 1665: [[Ryals Public Health Building]]
*** 1675: [[UAB Nursing Building]]
*** 1675: [[UAB Webb Building]]
*** 1701: [[UAB School of Nursing Building]]
*** [[Unity Park]]
*** [[Unity Park]]
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
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* [[19th Street South]] intersection
* [[19th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** North side
*** [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]] (former location of [[Jefferson County Public Health Building]])
*** 1900: [[Tinsley Harrison Tower]]
*** 1912: former location of [[Public Health Building]] (built 1948, demolished 1980)
*** 1918: [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]], former location of [[St John's Methodist Church]] (1899-1941)
** South side
** South side
*** [[University Boulevard Parking Deck]]
*** [[University Boulevard Parking Deck]]
*** [[University Tower]] (unbuilt proposal from [[1960]], proposed at the intersection with 19th Street South)
*** [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham]]
*** [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham]]
*** 1913: former location of [[Wiseola Company]] (1905)
*** 1919: [[Cudworth Building]] (1964-present)
* [[20th Street South]] intersection
* [[20th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side:
*** 2010: [[UAB Town House]] (built 1953)
*** 2008: [[Westinghouse]] Xray Division (1957)
**** 2010: former location of [[Mrs Todd's]] restaurant (1953-), former location of [[Tracy's_Cafeteria]] (1983-2008)
*** 2010: [[Townhouse Park]] (2020–), former location of [[Town House|Townhouse Apartments]] (built 1953), [[Town House|UAB Town House]] (1985–2017)
** South side
**** 2010: former location of [[Mrs Todd's]] restaurant (1953-), former location of [[Tracy's Cafeteria]] (1983-2008)
*** 2020: former location of [[Baptist Book Store]] (1970)
** south side:
*** 2001: [[Wings Around the Clock]], former location of [[Robert Williamson]] (1919), [[Zoes (Southside)|Zoes]], [[Andrew's Sandwich Shop]] (–1993), [[New York Bagel Cafe]] (1996-2005), [[Starbucks Coffee]] (2005-2008)
*** 2005: former location of [[University Tanning Salon]] (1980s)
*** 2005: former location of [[University Tanning Salon]] (1980s)
*** 2007: [[Lucy's Coffee and Tea]], former location of [[Joe Overton]] commercial photographer (1948), [[Nickelodeon]] boutique
*** 2007: former location of [[Joe Overton]] commercial photographer (1948), [[Technical Space Agency]] (1969), [[Nickelodeon]] boutique (1970), [[Dr Pizza]] (1987), [[Lucy's Coffee and Tea]] (mid-1990s-2020)
*** 2009: [[University Tacos & Burritos]], former location of [[Pangea]] (1997), [[Becky's South]], [[University Grill]]
*** 2009: [[University Tacos & Burritos]], former location of [[Pangea]] (1997), [[Becky's South]], [[University Grill]]
*** 2021: former location of [[Booth's Steam Baths]] ([[E. W. Booth|E. W.]] & [[Marcella Booth]] 1915)
* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]]) intersection
* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]]) intersection
** North side
** north side:
*** 2100: [[Eyster Building]], former location of [[UAB Nursing Staff Development]]
*** 2116: [[Ridout's-Brown Service Southside Chapel]]
*** 2116: [[Ridout's-Brown Service Southside Chapel]]
** South side
** south side
*** 2101: former site of 1-story commercial building (demolished 2023), former location of [[Bradley & Bedsole Paint & Body Shop]], [[Martin Flowers]] ([[Ed Boylen|Ed]] & [[Pam Boylen]] 1997-2018)
*** 2111: former location of [[Dravo Basic Materials Co.]] (1986)
*** 2117: [[Baptist Church of the Covenant]]
*** 2117: [[Baptist Church of the Covenant]]
*** 2131: former location of [[Highland Ice Cream Co.]] (1926)
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection


===[[Southside neighborhood]]===
===[[Southside neighborhood]]===
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side:
** South side
*** 2208: [[Retina Specialists of Alabama]] (2019-), former location of [[Kassouf & Company]] (-2016)
*** 2230: [[Easy Money]]
** south side:
*** 2201-2231: parking lot, owned by [[UAB Health System]] (2020), formerly owned by [[Southern Research]] (-2020)
* [[23rd Street South]] intersection
* [[23rd Street South]] intersection
** North side
** north side:
*** 2300: [[Express Oil Change]]
*** 2300: [[Express Oil Change]]
*** 2320: [[Houser Oil|University BP]]
*** 2320: [[Houser Oil|University BP]]
** South side
** south side:
*** [[Southtown Court]]
*** [[Southtown Court]]
* [[24th Street South]] intersection
* [[24th Street South]] intersection
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** South side
** South side
*** Southtown Court
*** Southtown Court
*** 2403: former location of [[Brown Bros]] grocery (1899)
* [[25th Street South]] intersection (north only)
* [[25th Street South]] intersection (north only)
** North side
** North side

Latest revision as of 14:39, 30 April 2024

University Boulevard looking east from the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Lister Hill Library in 2009. Photo by Robert Matthews
University Boulevard looking east from in front of Campbell Hall in 1979. From UAB Archives
This article is about Southside avenue. For other uses, see University Boulevard (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with University Avenue or Avenue H Ensley.

University Boulevard (originally Avenue H, then 8th Avenue South) is an east-west corridor in Birmingham's Southside community connecting Green Springs Highway to Clairmont Avenue. It stretches from 16th Avenue South through the Five Points South neighborhood and UAB campus, for which it is named, to 29th Street South. From Green Springs Highway to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, University Boulevard also makes up part of Alabama State Highway 149.

The majority of University Boulevard is five-lanes wide, including the center turn lane. Portions through the UAB campus feature a landscaped median.

University Boulevard acts as the border between the Glen Iris and Five Points South neighborhoods from 500 to 700 University Boulevard and again from the bottom of the Interstate 65 north exit ramp to 11th Street South. From the Elton B. Stephens Expressway to 29th Street, University acts as the border between the Southside and Highland Park neighborhoods.

It has the highest traffic count of any downtown street with an average daily count of 25,000 vehicles (between I-65 and the Elton B. Stephens Expressway).

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the University Boulevard category.
University Boulevard looking west from the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Lister Hill Library in 2015. Photo by Robert Matthews

Glen Iris

Five Points South neighborhood

UAB School of Nursing building in 2018

Southside neighborhood

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