Lakeview

This article is about the Lakeview area of southside Birmingham. For the town in Tuscaloosa County, see Lake View.

Lakeview is an entertainment district located in southside Birmingham, centered on 29th Street South between Clairmont Avenue and extending north toward Pepper Place and west toward the Red Mountain Expressway.

Lakeview began as a streetcar suburb anchored by Lakeview Park, site of the first Iron Bowl.

Efforts to revitalize the Lakeview district were jump-started in 1986 when Bayer Properties purchased the Avon Building for a mixed-use redevelopment project anchored by the Bombay Café.

In 1999, the historic commercial area of Lakeview was appended to the city's Southside Historic District, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

• White, Judy Cole (c. 1987) "Lakeview's lure: The area strives to become what Five Points South used to be" The Birmingham News, via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• King, Pamela Sterne (2008) 50 Years and Counting: A History of Operation New Birmingham 1957-2007. Birmingham: Operation New Birmingham
• Paul, Donna (January 25, 2011) "Daughter of Birmingham Plans Revival" The New York Times

External links

• Friends of the Lakeview District on Facebook.com