5th Avenue North

5th Avenue North is an east-west downtown street in Birmingham's northside. It ends at a drainage headwall for Valley Creek at 7th Street North to the west and becomes Messer Airport Highway to the east as it crosses below the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

The eastern end of 5th Avenue North downtown was once the principal entranceway into Birmingham by rail, as it was the site of the Birmingham Terminal Station. Many of Birmingham's early hotels were constructed along 5th Avenue heading west toward 20th street from the station.

The intersection of 5th Avenue North with 24th Street North is close to the geographical center of Birmingham. A large storm culvert extends from downtown to I-65 below 5th Avenue North.

There is a short, block-long strip of 5th Avenue North adjacent to Forest Hill Cemetery in Woodlawn and another dead-end section between Trotwood Park and I-59. A longer section of 5th Avenue North is located in East Lake between 73rd and 90th Streets. An unconnected short dead-end section can also be accessed by 91st Street North near Zion Memorial Gardens.

History

In 1945 electric lighting was installed on 5th Avenue North between Center Street and 19th street under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

In October 1958 5th Avenue North was converted into a four-lane thoroughfare by eliminating on-street parking from Bush Boulevard in the west to 41st Street in Avondale. The move was expected to increase the street's traffic-carrying capacity by 30 percent and was part of a traffic plan by which 1st and 5th Avenues would serve as cross-town thoroughfares while 2nd, 3rd and 4th would serve for bus traffic and as connectors to the downtown business district. The installation of new coordinated traffic signals and the removal of obsolete streetcar wires was part of the conversion.

5th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (eastbound) traffic was from 9th Street North to Red Mountain Expressway in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

• • 411: former location of Ernest Brantley restaurant (1928)
  • 700: former location of George Washington Grocery (1925)
  • 702: Bearings & Power Transmission
  • 708: National Seating & Mobility
  • 712: Element Garage (2014-)
  • 716: Your Mechanics
  • 808: Abanks Mortuary
  • 811: Long-Lewis Distribution Center
  • 812: former location of Standard Coffee Co. (1941)
  • 901: former location of L. C. L. Grill (1960)
  • 911: former location of American Paint Manufacturing Co. (1941)
  • 912-914: Paint House, former location of Premier Printing Co. (1941)
  • 913-915: Chase Bays (2018-), former location of Dixie Screen Print, Graphics Wearhouse
  • 916-918: former location of Magic City Food Products potato chip plant (1941)
  • 920-922: former location of Crandall Engineering Co. (1941)
  • 921: former location of Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory (1941)
  • 930: Xclusive Lounge (2017-), former location of PH Lounge (2008-2016)

Fountain Heights neighborhood

• I-65 crosses over
  • 1000: former location of Patio Restaurant & Lounge (1964)
  • 1030: former location of Mary Cobbs restaurant (1941)
  • 1105: former location of Samuel Acoff barber (1941)
  • 1107: Red Mountain Automotive Group
  • 1108-1110: former location of Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing (1941)
  • 1111: Tweety Pie Childcare Center, former location of H. R. White & Co. roofers (1941)
  • 1130: former location of Rachel Light grocery (1941)
  • 1135: former location of Joseph DeMarco grocery (1941)
  • 1201-1235: America's First Federal Credit Union building, America's First Federal Credit Union
    • 1235: former location of Wesley Stinson restaurant (1941)
  • 1230: former location of Jack's Coal & Transfer Co. (1941)
  • 1140: Alabama Jack Co.
  • 1300: former location of Caldwell-Watson Foundry Machine Co. (1926-1941)
  • 1301: Jim Burke Subaru, former location of James Pilato grocery (1941), Jim Burke Pontiac/Buick/GMC

• 14th Street North intersection
  • former location of Slater School (1888-1929)
  • 1401: former location of A. F. Dunker grocer (1887)
  • 1403: former location of George Earl wood dealer (1941)
  • 1409: Jim Burke Chevrolet/Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge

• 15th Street North intersection
  • 1501-1503: former location of Birmingham Tobacco Co. wholesale (1941)
    • 1503: former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1926)
  • 1510: former location of A. G. Gaston Motel (1956), A. G. Gaston's Supper Club
  • 1513: former location of C.J. Wagner contractor (1887)
  • 1516-1518: former location of The Salvation Army social services and store (1925-1941)
    • 1518: former location of Paul Gilardoni residence (1905)
  • 1527-1530: A. G. Gaston Building (built 1960), former location of Booker T. Washington Business College / Booker T. Washington Burial Insurance Co. (1941-)

• 16th Street North intersection
  • North side (Block 44):
    • 1600-1630: Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park or West End Park)
  • South side (Block 63):
    • 1601-1607: Arthur D. Shores Law Center
      • 1601: former location of J D's Grocery (Mary DePiazzo 1958)
      • 1603-1605: former location of U. S. Postal Service garage (1941)
        • 1603: former location of Great A&P Tea Co. grocery store (1926)
        • 1605: former location of R. G. Snider Concrete Co. (1925)
      • 1607: former location of Shelley’s Record Mart (1963)
    • 1609-1631: Freedom Manor apartments ((addressed 1617, built 1986)
      • 1617: former location of Frank May, physician / Judie White chiropodist / Henry May coal dealer (1941)
      • 1623-1631: former location of Temple Emanu-El (1889-1914), Fifth Avenue Hotel (1920-1925), Gary Hotel / Gary Restaurant (1926-1952)
        • 1623-1625: former location of Consumers Electronic Co. (1926)
        • 1629-1631: former location of Aqua Lounge (H. T. Ward 1960s-1977)
          • 1629: former location of Alsop printing service (1924)
          • 1631: former location of Dixie Barbecue restaurant/confectioner (1941), Le Bistro Hickory House restaurant

• 17th Street North intersection
  • North side (Block 45):
    • 1700-1730: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 7 (built 1987)
      • 1700-1702: former location of John M. Hennessy men's clothes (1941)
        • 1700: former location of Birmingham Times (1970)
        • 1702: former location of O'Keefe & Lyons Electric Co. (1926)
      • 1704: City Action Partnership
      • 1712: Juanakee Adams, optometrist
      • 1714: former location of New Orleans Bakery / John Laloge (1887-1888)
      • 1716: Huggs & Kisses sick child care, former location of Church of the Nazarene (1926)
      • 1718-1722: former location of Birmingham Seminary (1904), DeSoto Hotel annex (1926)
        • 1720: former location of Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System truck rental (1941-1970)
        • 1722: former location of Ace Garage auto repair (1941)
      • 1724: former location of Central Presbyterian Church (1904), Western Union office (1970)
      • 1726: former location of Oriental Tea & Coffee Co. (1926-1941), Reid Distributing Co. (1970)
      • 1728: former location of Erie Leather Co. (1926), hotel lobby (1970)
      • 1730: former location of Bill's Place, Happy John Bollas Barbecue) restaurant (1920s-1960s), Music Center (1970)
  • South side (Block 62)
    • 1701-1729:
      • 1701-1713: Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse parking lot (1987-)
        • 1701: former location of Contos & Apostolakos restaurant (1928), Parkview Barbecue restaurant (1941)
        • 1705: former location of Sidney Paley service station (1941)
      • 1715-1731: Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse (built 1987), former site of Benjamin Roden residence (demolished 1913), Roden Hotel (never completed, demolished 1917), Hill's Food Store (1970), A & P, Adamson Ford

• 18th Street North intersection
  • North side (Block 46)
    • 1800-1832: Robert S. Vance Federal Building (built 1921)
  • South side (Block 61)
    • 1801-1805: Federal Reserve Building (built 1924), Robertson Banking Company
    • 1807-1817: Federal Reserve Annex (built 1957), Urban Cookhouse
      • 1807: former location of Thomas Donald auto parking (1941)
      • 1811-1817: former location of Lellard Robinson auto parking (1941)
    • 1819-1831: One Federal Place (built 2002)
      • 1819: former location of Run-A-Ford Co. auto rental (1926-1941) / Delivery Service Co. (1941)
      • 1821: former location of Fraser's Garage (1926), Central Supply Co. barbers' supply (1941), Alabama Typewriter Co. (1970)
      • 1823: former location of Burnett Jewelry Co. (1941-1970), House of Exotics patio lounge
        • 1823½: former location of Industrial Life & Health Insurance Co. (1926), William Price and Randolph Hobbs attorneys / Birmingham Furniture Dealers Association (1941), luggage store (1970)
      • 1825-1827: former location of Quan You Laundry (1941)
      • 1829: former location of Mayer's Wall Paper & Frame Shop (1926), Excelsior Cafe (1928), Post Office Cafe (1941-1970)

Central City neighborhood

Jane Speed's Book Store at 1907 5th Avenue North, 1937-1940

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• 19th Street North intersection
  • former site of Pollock-Stephens Institute and Southern Safe & Fence Company
  • North side (Block 47):
    • 1900-1930:Regions Center (built 1972 as First National-Southern Natural Building
      • 1900-1902: former location of Randolph Cafe (1941), The Villa restaurant (1959)
      • 1904: former location of Ford Finance Co. (1959)
      • 1906: former location of Evins Realty Co. / Clay Finance Co. (1941)
      • 1908: former location of Wilson Photo Service (1941), Gray Finance Co. (1959)
      • 1910: former location of C. E. Leonard Mortgage Co. (1941-1959)
      • 1912: former location of Hutto-Scogin Realty Co. / Winter Realty Co. / Home Termite Co. / Illuminated Numbers Inc. (1941), Standard Loan Service (1959)
      • 1914: former location of F. C. Sherrod & Co. / Joseph H. Walker real estate (1941), Alabama Music Center (1959)
      • 1916-1918: former location of Jenkins Cab & Auto Co. / Red Top Cab Co. (1920-1926), Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System (1939-1959)
        • 1918: former location of George Farris restaurant (1928)
      • 1920-1922: former location of the Manly Building, R. F. Manly & Co. real estate & insurance (1926-1959)
        • 1920: former location of Apollo Club (1902)
      • 1930: former location of the E. W. Linn residence (1884), Southern Club (1926), U.S. Works Progress Administration (1941), American Red Cross (1959)

Krystal hamburger stand at 5th and 20th

• • South side (Block 60):
    • 1901-1907: parking lot
      • 1901: former location of Industrial Loan Corp. Inc. (1926), cigars/cafe/soda (1931, 1970), Theo's Grill (1956-1982)
      • 1903-1905: former location of DeSoto Hotel (1926-1970)
        • 1905: former location of book shop (1926-1931), Hotel DeSoto Barber Shop (1926-1941), books (1970), AristoCuts (1982)
      • 1907: former location of P & A Sales Co. / Service Electric Co. (1926-1931), Jane Speed's Book Store (1937-1940), Wilfred Naylor photo apparatus (1941), David Clayton bookkeeper (1959), H. & R. Block tax preparers (1970), Papa Nick's (1982)
    • 1909: Subway Restaurant (2010-), former location of hat cleaners (1931), Radio Service Co. (1941), Dixie Bookkeeping (1959), E. L. Baldwin & Associates (1959-1970), Cliff's Cleaners (1982), Fifth Avenue Coffee House (1996-2010)
      • 1909½ : former location of Wilson Studio (1926), Lyle & Gaston photo finishers (1941), Birmingham Club of the Deaf (1959)
    • 1911: former location of Alabama Typewriter Co. (1926), New Hat Cleaning Co. (1941), Dixie Sporting Goods (1948), Rollo's Bar B-Q (1982)
    • 1913: Chick Fil-A, former location of Bell Radio Corp. (1926), building equipment company (1931), Star Barbecue restaurant (1940-1943), Audio Hi Fidelity Co. (1959)
    • 1915-1917: Wells Fargo Tower parking deck (1986-)
      • 1915: former location of parking lot (1931), Oscar Downs restaurant (1941), DeMoes' Lunch Counter, the Alhambra Restaurant, The Pit restaurant (1959), The Fire Pit (1963-) and the Gold Torch restaurant and lounge (1972-1973), law office storage (1982)
      • 1917: former location of Saunders System Birmingham (1926), Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System (1934-1939), J. Howard Burke auto parking (1941), Feeny Jewelry Sales (1970), Bar B-Q King (1982)
    • 1919-1931: Wells Fargo Tower (built 1986 as SouthTrust Tower), former location of Williams-Henley building
      • 1919: former location of L. M. Smith & Corona Typewriters (1931), Alabama Terminix Co. (1941), Ben Chapman's Bowling Lanes and Lo-Mac Bowl (1950-1959)
      • 1921: former location of Southern Club (1904), Southern Bell (1926), Alabama Typewriter Co. (1931), L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc. (1941), Nuncie's Music (1945- 1983)
      • 1923: former location of Alabama Typewriter Co. (1941), Russell Photo Supply Co. (1959)
      • 1925: former location of National Distributors Co. / American Flag & Decorating Co. (1941), Blankinship-Porter Co. (1959)
      • 1927: former location of A. L. Hochstadter residence (1884), People's Finance & Thrift Co. (1926) Faulkner Novelty Co. (1931-1941), Carr's School of Floral Designing (1959), Carr Floral Co. (1970)
        • 1927½ : former location of Pruit's Shooting Gallery side (1941)
      • 1931: former location of Jacob Fies residence (1884), Krystal hamburgers (1970-1974), Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan branch (1974-1982)

• 20th Street North intersection
  • north side (Block 48):
    • 2000-2010: Financial Center (built 1982)
      • 2000-2002: former location of Molton Hotel (built 1914, demolished 1979)
        • 2000: former location of Eastern Air Lines ticket office (1959-1970)
        • 2002: former location of John Henley residence (1884), Badham & Co. clothiers (1925), Claudine Lawley Beauty Salon (1930s-1941), Delta Air Lines ticket office (1959-1970)
          • 2002A: former location of Mason's Barber Shop (1959)
    • 2004: former location of Black Cat Cafe (1925), T. G. Realty Co. (1941), Industrial Loan & Finance Co. (1941-1959), barber shop (1970)
    • 2006: former location of Montgomery's Inc. (1926), Howard Odorless Cleaners (1941), Neal's Antiques (1959), Industrial Loan Co. (1970)
    • 2008: former location of Gus Mayer (1926), Christian Science Reading Room (1941), Cliff's 1-Hour Valet cleaners (1959-1970)
    • 2010: former location of Henley & Co. real estate / James A. Going real estate / Smith Cullom Real Estate & Insurance Co. / Samuel Murphy (1941), Edna Cullom / Lucius Evins / Fulton Clark / Henley & Co. real estate & insurance (1959)
    • 2012-2024: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 5 (built 1983)
      • 2012: former location of Fifth Avenue Parking Lot (1941), Tutwiler Hotel Parking Lot (1959)
      • 2016: former location of the Oregon Hotel (1920), The Weatherly (1926), Mayflower Apartments (1941)
      • 2018-2020: former location of Motor Livery Co. (1926), Hertz Rent-a-Car (1934-1970)
      • 2022: former location of The Oyster Bar restaurant (1959-1970), General Gorgas Post No. 1 American Legions (1941)
      • 2024: former location of Fifth Avenue Shoe Shop (1923), Sherwood Moore real estate (1925), Humphrey Co. (1926)
      • 2026: former location of Jim Charlie laundry (1941), One Hour Cleaners (1959)
    • 2028-2030: parking lot, former location of Paramount Grill restaurant (1941)
      • 2028: former location of Birmingham Violin Shop / Wales Adding Machine Co. (1926), Roy Clay accountant (1959), laundry (1970)
      • 2030: former location of G. W. Hewitt residence (1884), Sanders Cafe (1926-1927), The Tut-Mont steakhouse & restaurant (1959-1970)

• • south side (Block 59):
    • 2001-2011: Viva Health building (built 1976 as First Alabama Bank Building) former location of Mortimer Jordan residence (1884), Tutwiler Hotel (built 1913, demolished 1974)
      • 2009: former location of Mrs. L. M. Peacock Boarding House (1887)
    • 2013: former location of Hammel Furniture Co. (1926), La Paree restaurant (1940-2003)
    • 2015: Miami Fusion Café (2017-), former location of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (1926), Bender's Antique Shop (1930s-1941), Mary Ball Candies (1949-1970), Cameo Cafe (1990s-2000s)
    • 2017: former location of Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co. (1925-1926), James Sign Co. (1941), Fred Sington Sporting Goods (1948-1970)
      • 2017½: former location of F. M. Osment Paper Company (1949)
    • 2019: former location of the Domestic Electric Company (1926), ABC Liquor Store (1941) Standard Jewelry Co. (1959), ABC Store (1970)
    • 2021-2023: former location of Southern Store Fixture Co. (1926), Orum Young auto repair (1941), Auto Storage & Rental Co. (1941-1959), Avis Auto Rental (1970)
    • 2025-2031: former location of Fifth Avenue Car Park (1959)
      • 2025: former location of Mary Ball Candy Kitchen (1941)
        • 2025½ : former location of Alabama Dental Laboratory (1941)
      • 2027-2035: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3 extension (built 2009), former location of Birmingham Parking Authority Lot B
        • 2027: former location of Southern Barbers' Supply Co. / Beauty Parlor Supply Co. (1926)
        • 2029-2031: former location of Dixie Incandescent Lamp Co. / Releef Products Co. (1926)
          • 2029: former location of Fifth Avenue Lunch restaurant (1941), Christian Science Reading Room
          • 2031: former location of Spiro Rassas barber shop (1941)
            • 2031½ : former location of Richard Williams attorney (1941)
        • 2033: former location of All-American Cafe (1923), Fifth Avenue Hat Cleaning Co. (1941)
        • 2035: former location of Greenwood Bros. (1926), Nicholas Triantos restaurant (1941) Nick's Barbecue Stand (1959)

• 21st Street North intersection
  • north side (Block 49):
    • 2100-2104: parking lot (1970-)
      • 2100: former location of Joseph Rinaldi soft drinks (1941)
      • 2102: former location of E. L. K. Burton (1941)
      • 2104: former location of K. C. Waffle House (1925), Birmingham Engraving Co. (1930-1941), L. G. Balfour Co. jewelers (1941-1949), Frank Chambers Engraving Co. (1949)
    • 2106-2108: former location of E. T. Shaw & Son undertakers and embalmers (1909-1914)
      • 2108: former location of Sullivan Machinery Co. (1926), Ross Trotter nuts (1941), Mehr's Music Store & Novelty Shop
    • 2110: former location of the Try-Me Bottling Company (1925-1926), Lamar Davis Body Co. (1941)
    • 2112-2114: former location of Alabama Auction Room (1970-2004)
    • 2116: former location of Oliver Motor Co. (1926), Hotel Garage parking & auto service (1930s-1941), American Rent-A-Car (1970)
    • 2120: former location of Margaret Pearson (1941)
    • 2122-2124: former location of Wansley Battery Service (1923-1926)
      • 2122: former location of Bowron & Hendon auto supplies (1941)
    • 2126-2128: former location of Whitman's 5th Avenue Garage (1926), Fifth Avenue Garage (1941)
    • 2130: former location of Mercier's Cafe (1926), Studebaker Birmingham and Superior Engraving Company, Top Value Stamps redemption store (1970), McCain Uniforms
  • south side (Block 58):
    • 2101-2105: Redmont Hotel (built 1925), former location of J. W. Sears residence (1884), First Christian Church (built 1890s, rebuilt 1903, demolished 1924)
    • 2107-2109: Age-Herald Building (built 1910)
      • 2107: former location of Magic City Barber Shop (1941), Evans Motion Picture Co. (1946)
      • 2109: former location of Exchange Club of Birmingham (1941), Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1 (1970), The Book Nook (1977)
    • 2111: former location of Adroit Cleaners (1941)
    • 2113: former location of Redmont Storage (1941)
    • 2117-2119: former location of residence (built 1890s), Ridout's Funeral Home (1923-1926), Brother Bryan Mission (1977), demolished
      • 2117: former location of Nadyne Brown / Juanita Johnson chiropractors (1941)
      • 2119: Cash Connection payday advance loans (2011-), former location of William Vaughn auto parking (1941), Western Union Telegraph (1957)
    • 2125: former location of Scholze Plumbing & Heating Co. (1941), Paris Bookstall adult books (1969)
      • 2125½: former location of Savoy Hotel (1926)
    • 2127-2133: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 4 (built 1984)
      • 2127: former location of Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board field office (1941)
      • 2129: former location of Hale & Davis electric fans (1923), Birmingham Shoe Manufacturing & Repair Co. (1926)
      • 2131-2133: former location of Savoy Cafe (1926), Allen's Cafe (1928), Beverly Restaurant (1941-1953), Dino's Restaurant (1959-1960), Bryan's Restaurant (1960-1964)
        • 2133: former location of The Mystic River (1884), Jack's Drug Co.

• 22nd Street North intersection
  • north side (Block 50):
    • 2200-2206: former location of First Baptist Church parking lot (1970)
      • 2200: former location of Terminal Tire & Battery Co. filling station (1941)
      • 2204: former location of W. F. G. Young physician (1887)
    • 2212: former location of Dixie O'Bryant (1941)
    • 2218: former location of J. E. Hanger Inc. artificial limbs (1926-1941)
    • 2220: former location of Southern Development Co. (1926), White Way Cleaning Co. (1941)
    • 2222: former location of Abernathy Electric Supply (1926-1941), Tarrant Drug Co. (1930s), Blue Note Lounge (1960s)
    • 2224: former site of Owen-Richards Co. (1926), White Way Barber Shop (1941), Downtowner Motor Inn/National 9 Inn
    • 2226: former location of Birmingham Safe & Lock Co. (1926), Joseph Lytle signs (1941)
    • 2228: former location of Benton's Market grocery (1941)
    • 2230-2232: former location of James Going residence (1880s), Don's Old Fashioned Barbecue (1923), Jesse Weatherly restaurant (1941)
  • south side (Block 57):
    • 2201-2233: Extra Space Storage (2017-), former location of Birmingham News production building (built 1980), Advance Central Services Alabama (-2017)
      • 2201: former location of Tarrant Drug Co. (1926)
      • 2203: former location of Joseph A. Powell barber shop (1941)
      • 2205: former location of Lee Charlie laundry (1941)
      • 2209: former location of Southern Plumbing & Heating Co. (1926)
      • 2211: former location of Bert Stone restaurant (1941)
      • 2213: former location of the Seagrave Corp. (1926), Atlas Printing & Engraving Co. (1941)
      • 2217: former location of Martha Harrison dress maker (1887)
      • 2225-2227: former location of Whitfield Hotel (1926)
      • 2229: former location of Whitfield Delicatessen (1926)
      • 2231: former location of Nelson Drug Co. (1926)
      • 2233: former location of Howell's Used Car Exchange (1941)

• 23rd Street North intersection
  • Park Place Apartments
  • north side:
    • 2300-2322: Bankhead Towers (built 1926 as the Bankhead Hotel)
      • 2300: former location of Bankhead Drug Co. (1941)
      • 2302: former location of Birmingham Broadcasting Co. / WBRC-AM (1941)
      • 2304: former location of Bankhead Barber Shop (1941)
    • 2324: Dannon Project
    • 2320: former location of W. C. Vice Undertaking Co. (1926)
  • south side:
    • 2301-2303: former location of Fifth Avenue Hotel (1891)
      • 2301: former location of Snow White Laundry (1941), China Clipper Restaurant (1945)
      • 2303: former location of Dixie Vacuum Cleaner Service (1941)
        • 2303½: former location of Fifth Avenue Hotel (1941)
    • 2305: Jessie's Place
    • 2309: former location of Bankhead Parking Lot (1941)
    • 2311: former site of Gulas Restaurant & Lounge
    • 2319: former location of Happy John Bollas drive-in restaurant (1928-1969)
    • 2321: former location of American District Telegraph Co. plant (1941)
    • 2323: former location of Pentecostal Church Mission (1941)
    • 2325: former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1926), Myers Electric Co. (1941)
    • 2327: former location of Charles Wheelock residence (1884), Themis Cochran barber shop (1941), Elite Barbecue (Evangelo Sarantos 1958)
    • 2329-2331: former location of Gregory Aralois restaurant (1941)

• 24th Street North intersection
  • north side:
    • 2400-2430: Park Place Apartments (built 2004), former location of Central City Housing Project / Metropolitan Gardens (built 1940, demolished 2002)
    • 2400: former location of Birmingham General Hospital (1926)
    • 2412: former location of Birmingham General Hospital nurses' home (1926)
  • south side:
    • 2401: former location of Twenty-Fourth Street Garage (1941)
    • 2431-2433: former location of Subway Lunch Room (1926), New Subway Cafe (1937-1940), Liberty Cafe (1941)

• 25th Street North intersection
  • north side:
    • 2500–2530: Park Place Apartments (built 2004), former location of Central City Housing Project / Metropolitan Gardens (built 1940, demolished 2002)
    • 2500: former location of Cash Register Exchange (1926)
    • 2502: former location of St Clair Hotel (1920–1926)
    • 2526: former location of Yellow Cab Co. (1926)
    • 2528: former location of Terminal Hotel (1909–1926)
  • south side:
    • 2501: former location of Arlington Hotel (1926)
    • 2523: former location of Tremont Barber Shop (1941)
      • 2523½: former location of Tremont Hotel (1926), Alamo Hotel (1941)
    • 2525: former location of Cosmas Bros. restaurant (1926–1941)
    • 2531: former location of Reliance Hotel (1910)

• • street continues through 5th Avenue North tunnel and becomes Messer Airport Highway
  • former site of Birmingham Terminal Station (built 1909, demolished 1969)
  • former location of Magic City sign (1926–1952)
• 26th Street North passes above
  • 2600: former location of Gus Jebeles' shop

Woodlawn neighborhood

• • 6227: GBHS Animal Care & Control, former location of BJC Animal Control

North East Lake neighborhood

• • 7309: former location of Mrs Ollie Bullock interior decorator (1941)
• 75th Street North intersects
  • 7500: former location of Airport Service Station (1941)
  • 7502–7504: Airport Inn (1941–)
• 76th Street North intersects
  • 7631: H & B Automotive
  • 7632: Magic City Stop'N'Go (2013–), former location of Modern Market Jr (–2013), Birmingham Dining Southern Cuisine (2013–2015)
• Oporto Madrid Boulevard intersects
  • 7700: East Lake Superette (2012-), former location of Texaco Super Deli (1990-2012)
  • 7701: OK Tire Center
  • 7932: former location of McNaron Coal Yard (1941)
  • 8000-8002: former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1941)
  • 8001: former location of Malcolm Drug Co. (1941)
  • 8003: former location of Luke J. Sewell grocery (1941)
  • 8004: former location of Mrs Willie Gruber beauty shop (1941)
  • 8010: former location of Buster Allison building contractor (1941)
  • 8436: former location of Eighty-Fifth Street Baptist Church (1941)
  • 8501: former location of Rhone Byrd building contractor (1941)
  • 8514: former location of Byrd Apartments (1941)
  • 8631: former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1941)
  • 8700: former location of Lake Highland Service Station (1941)
  • 8701: former location of Jack Ray grocery (1941)
  • 8717: former location of Cobb Flower Shop (1941)

References

• "Fun facts, historical tidbits and tips to find your way around Birmingham from traffic engineer John Garrett." (January 2, 2007) Birmingham News
• "Fifth Avenue Becomes Through-Street" (October __, 1958) Birmingham News