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* [[1st Street North]] intersects
* [[1st Street North]] intersects
* [[2nd Street North]] intersects
* [[2nd Street North]] intersects
** 221: former location of [[Stacey Williams Co.]] food brokers & [[Yellow Label Syrup]] manufacturers (1964)
** 221: former location of [[Bennett Brokerage Co.]] (1941), [[Stacey Williams Co.]] food brokers & [[Yellow Label Syrup]] manufacturers (1941-1964)
** 230: former location of [[Mutual Service Station]] (1964)
** 230: former location of [[Mutual Service Station]] (1964)
* [[3rd Street North]] intersects (north only)
* [[3rd Street North]] intersects (north only)
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** 900: [[Dreams Imports]]
** 900: [[Dreams Imports]]
** 901: [[Adams Inn]]
** 901: [[Adams Inn]]
** 928-930: former location of [[Birmingham Electric Company]] roadway department (1941)
* [[I-65]] south onramp from [[10th Street North]]
* [[I-65]] south onramp from [[10th Street North]]
** 1006-1046: former location of [[Birmingham Transit Company]]'s [[4th Avenue Barn]]
** 1006-1046: former location of [[Birmingham Transit Company]]'s [[4th Avenue Barn]]
*** 1006: former location of [[Birmingham Electric Company]] stores (1941)
*** 1010: former location of [[Birmingham Electric Company]] transit department (1941)
*** 1030: former location of [[Birmingham Electric Company]] shops (1941)
* [[I-65]] crosses above
* [[I-65]] crosses above
* [[I-65]] north offramp at [[11th Street North]]
* [[I-65]] north offramp at [[11th Street North]]
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** 1200: [[America's First Federal Credit Union]] headquarters
** 1200: [[America's First Federal Credit Union]] headquarters
** 1227-1229: former location of [[David Tire Co.]] (1964)
** 1227-1229: former location of [[David Tire Co.]] (1964)
* [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] and [[St Louis & San Francisco Railway]] crossing
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]]
** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]]
** 1325: former location of [[True Vine Spiritualist Church]] (1941)
** 1328: former location of [[John Dumas Restaurant]] (1964)
** 1328: former location of [[John Dumas Restaurant]] (1964)
* [[14th Street North]] intersects
* [[14th Street North]] intersects
** 1410: former location of [[Arrow-Smith Co.]] heating contractors (1964)
** 1404-1410: former location of [[Banner Baking Co.]] plant (1941)
*** 1410: former location of [[Arrow-Smith Co.]] heating contractors (1964)
** 1417: former location of [[Points Building Co.]] (1964)
** 1417: former location of [[Points Building Co.]] (1964)
** 1417½ : former location of [[Bonanza's Metropolitan Social Club]] (1964)
** 1417½ : former location of [[Bonanza's Metropolitan Social Club]] (1964)
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** 1500: former location of [[Smith & Gaston Funeral Home]] (1964)
** 1500: former location of [[Smith & Gaston Funeral Home]] (1964)
** 1501: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 6]]
** 1501: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 6]]
** 1517: former location of [[Mirror Publishing Co.]] (1964), offices of ''[[The Birmingham Mirror]]''
** 1509: former location of [[Classy Hat Works]] manufacturers (1941)
** 1517: former location of [[Edward Burdett]] auto repair (1941), [[Mirror Publishing Co.]] (1964), offices of ''[[The Birmingham Mirror]]''
** 1518: former location of [[Dester Brooks Flower Shop]] (1964)
** 1518: former location of [[Dester Brooks Flower Shop]] (1964)
** 1520: former location of the [[Grand Theatre]] (1941)
** 1522: [[Gay Office Supply]], former location of [[Ann's Gifts and Ready To Wear]] (1964)
** 1522: [[Gay Office Supply]], former location of [[Ann's Gifts and Ready To Wear]] (1964)
** 1521: former location of [[Shotokan Karate]]
** 1521: former location of [[Shotokan Karate]]
** 1523: [[Xtensions]] hair salon
** 1523-1527: former location of [[Trico Coffee Company]] (1941)
** 1530: [[Metropolitan AME Zion Church]]
*** 1523: [[Xtensions]] hair salon
** 1530: [[Metropolitan AME Zion Church]] (1941-)
** 1531: [[Mrs B's on Fourth]]
** 1531: [[Mrs B's on Fourth]]
** former site of [[Brown Belle Bottling Company]]


* [[16th Street North]] intersection
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
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*** 1600: former location of [[Infinity Club Connection]]
*** 1600: former location of [[Infinity Club Connection]]
*** 1612: former location of [[Jones & Jones Parking Service]] (1964)
*** 1612: former location of [[Jones & Jones Parking Service]] (1964)
*** 1616: former location of [[Pink Rose Cafe]] (1964)
*** 1616: former location of [[Annie Brown]] auto repair (1941), [[Pink Rose Cafe]] (1964)
*** 1618: former location of [[Central Barber Shop]] & [[Central Pressing Shop]] (1964)
*** 1618: former location of [[Central Shoe Shop]] (1941), [[Central Barber Shop]] & [[Central Pressing Shop]] (1964)
*** 1620: former location of [[Maizie's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1620: former location of [[Maizie's Beauty Shop]] (1941-1964)
*** 1620½: former location of [[Fraternal Hotel]] (1964)
*** 1620½: former location of [[Fraternal Hotel]] (1941-1964)
*** 1622: former location of [[Mabry Brothers]] mens' clothes (1929), [[Monroe's Steak House]] (1964)
*** 1622-1624: former location of [[Weekly Review]] (1941)
*** 1624: former location of [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1964)
**** 1622: former location of [[Mabry Brothers]] mens' clothes (1929), [[Monroe's Steak House]] (1964)
*** 1626: former location of [[Morris Cafe]] (1929)
**** 1624: former location of [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1964)
*** 1628: former location of parking lot (1929), [[Apex Cab Co.]] and [[Jackson Cab Co.]] (1964)
*** 1626: former location of [[Morris Cafe]] (1929), [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1941)
*** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]] (built 1922), former location of [[Stagg Billiard Parlour]], [[Ford & Campbell Jeweler]], [[Masonic Auditorium]]
*** 1628: former location of parking lot (1929), [[Floyd Wright]] confectioner (1941), [[Apex Cab Co.]] and [[Jackson Cab Co.]] (1964)
*** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]] (built 1922), [[Masonic Auditorium]]


** South side ([[Block 70]])
** South side ([[Block 70]])
*** 1601: former location of [[4th Avenue Service Station]] (1964)
*** 1601: former location of [[4th Avenue Service Station]] (1964)
*** 1603-1613: former location of [[Davis' Fourth Avenue Parking Lot]] (1964)
*** 1603-1613: former location of [[Davis' Fourth Avenue Parking Lot]] (1964)
*** 1615: former location of [[Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]] (1964)
**** 1611: former location of [[4th Avenue Service Station]] (1941)
*** 1615: former location of [[Brown Belle Bottling Company]] (1938-1950), [[Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]] (1964)
*** 1617: [[Dawson's Burgers Wings & Fries]]
*** 1617: [[Dawson's Burgers Wings & Fries]]
*** 1619: former location of [[Carver Barber Shop]] & [[Carver Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1619: former location of [[Hendrix Wallpaper Display]] (1941),  [[Carver Barber Shop]] & [[Carver Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1621: former location of [[Wheaten Printing Co.]] (1929-1964)
*** 1621: former location of [[Wheaten Printing Co.]], ''[[The Baptist Leader]]'' (1929-1964)
*** 1623: [[Yehman Caribbean Restaurant]], former location of [[Banner Printing Co.]] (1929), [[Patton's Variety Shop]] & [[Patton's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1623: [[Yehman Caribbean Restaurant]], former location of [[Banner Printing Co.]] (1929), [[Patton's Variety Shop]] & [[Patton's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1623½: former location of [[LaPetite Lodge]] hotel (1964)
*** 1623½: former location of [[LaPetite Lodge]] hotel (1964)
*** 1625: former location of [[Hill's Place Cafe]] (1929)
*** 1625: former location of [[Hill's Place Cafe]] (1929), [[Chism & Wright Beauty Shop]] (1941)
*** 1627: former location of [[Walton's Cafe]] (1929)
*** 1627-1629: former location of [[Walton's Cafe]] (1929-1941)
*** 1629: former location of [[Bellmeade Pressing Club]] cleaners & dyers (1925), [[C. O. Drive Barber Shop]] (1929)
**** 1629: former location of [[Bellmeade Pressing Club]] cleaners & dyers (1925), [[C. O. Drive Barber Shop]] (1929)
*** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]] (built 1934), [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]] (opened 1993), former location of [[Madam Greenly's Barber Shop]] (1929), [[Payne's Medical Clinic]] (1931)
*** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]] (built 1934), [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]] (opened 1993), former location of [[Madam Greenly's Barber Shop]] (1929), [[Payne's Medical Clinic]] (1931), [[Claudius Beauty Salon]] (1941)


[[File:New Deal Barber Shop.JPG|right|thumb|225px|The [[New Deal Barber Shop]] at 1701 4th Avenue North]]
[[File:New Deal Barber Shop.JPG|right|thumb|225px|The [[New Deal Barber Shop]] at 1701 4th Avenue North]]

Revision as of 11:38, 19 December 2015

Fourth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. It runs from Center Street in the west to 24th Street North in the east. From 9th to 24th Streets, the three- to four-lane street is one way westbound.

The road appears again as a two-lane residential street between Interstate 59 and Wahouma Park, west of 72nd Street. It is interrupted by the interstate between 75th and 77th Streets, but then continues from 77th to 88th Place, running between Lynn Park and East Lake Park.

Fourth Avenue runs through a few historic districts, including its own 4th Avenue Historic District (from 16th to 19th Street), the Civil Rights District, and the Loft District. In addition, the buildings at 1914, 1917, 1919, and 1930 are part of the Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District.

History

Fourth Avenue originally extended east to 26th Street North, but when the Birmingham Post Office was constructed in the early 1970s, it occupied the space where the street had run.

4th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from 24th Street North 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 4th Avenue North category.

Smithfield neighborhood

Fountain Heights

The New Deal Barber Shop at 1701 4th Avenue North
Mewbourne & Spain at 1809 4th Avenue North
The Fox Building at 1824-30 4th Avenue North

Central City

Birmingham City Hall in 1927
1900 block of 4th Avenue North
Southern Hotel at 4th & 20th
BPA Deck 3 addition (2009)