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=== [[Southside]] / [[Five Points South]] === | === [[Southside]] / [[Five Points South]] === | ||
* [[Powell Avenue]] (no outlet) | * [[Powell Avenue]] (no outlet) | ||
** | ** west side: | ||
*** [[Mini Storage of Birmingham]] | *** [[Mini Storage of Birmingham]] | ||
** | ** east side: | ||
*** [[Alabama Ballet Center for Dance]] | *** [[Alabama Ballet Center for Dance]] | ||
* [[1st Avenue South]]/[[Jones Valley Trail]] intersects, former [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] crossing | |||
** | * [[1st Avenue South]]/[[Jones Valley Trail]] intersects | ||
*** vacant lot | * [[Jones Valley Trail]], former [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] crossing | ||
*** [[Inline Electric Supply Co.]] | ** west side: | ||
** | *** 100: vacant lot | ||
*** [[ | *** 112: [[Inline Electric Supply Co.]] | ||
*** [[Eisys Inc.]] warehouse | ** east side: | ||
*** 101: [[2701 1st Avenue South]] (built 2005), [[Navigate Affordable Housing Partners]], former location of [[Goodwin, Mills & Cawood]] architects (2005–2020) | |||
*** 113: [[American Exhibition Services]] warehouse, former location of [[Eisys Inc.]] warehouse | |||
* [[2nd Avenue South]] intersects | * [[2nd Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side: | ||
*** [[Sunbelt Rentals]] equipment yard | *** 200: [[Sunbelt Rentals]] equipment yard | ||
*** [[Jeffcoat]] | *** 212: [[Jeffcoat Heating & Air Conditioning Service]] | ||
** | ** east side ([[Block 221]]): | ||
*** [[Mike's Washee Quickee]] | *** 201–211: vacant lot, former location of [[Washee Quickee Car Wash]] / [[Mike's Washee Quickee]] (closed 2020) | ||
**** 203: former location of [[Busy Bee Drink Stand]] ([[Addicus Davidson]] 1964) | |||
*** 213–231: vacant lot, former location of [[Albert Schilleci]] grocery (1925), [[Washee Quickee Car Wash]] / [[Mike's Washee Quickee]] (1953-2020) | |||
* [[3rd Avenue South]] intersects | * [[3rd Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side: | ||
*** 300: [[Iron Tribe]] | *** 300: [[Iron Tribe Fitness]] (2010-), former location of [[Harlo Paint Co.]] (1970),, [[Southern Engraving]] (2000), [[Greater Birmingham AMBUCS]] | ||
*** [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] on/off ramps from northbound lanes | |||
*** [[Marty's Transmissions]] | *** [[Marty's Transmissions]] | ||
** | *** | ||
** east side: | |||
*** parking lot | *** parking lot | ||
*** former location of [[RPA, Inc.]] | *** former location of [[RPA, Inc.]] | ||
* [[4th Avenue South]] intersects | * [[4th Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side: | ||
*** [[Southern Distributors]] | *** [[Southern Distributors]] | ||
** | *** 410: former location of [[Walter Ford]] furnished rooms (1957) | ||
*** [[Solutions Infusion Therapy]] | *** 412: former location of [[Buttram & Winfrey]] auto repairs (1946), [[United Engineers Inc.]] machinery (1957) | ||
*** [[Absco]] warehouse | *** 414: former location of [[Mason & Dullion]] plumbers (1957) | ||
*** 426: former location of [[Auto Electric & Carburetor]] warehouse (1970) | |||
** east side | |||
*** 401–411: [[Solutions Infusion Therapy]], former location of [[Harry G. Mouat & Co.]] warehouse (1970) | |||
*** 413–431: [[Artisan Flats]] (built 2023), former location of [[Absco]] warehouse | |||
* [[5th Avenue South]] intersects | * [[5th Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side | ||
*** [[Williams Machine & Welding Co.]] yard | *** [[Williams Machine & Welding Co.]] yard | ||
*** [[Impact Electric Co.]] | *** [[Impact Electric Co.]] | ||
** | *** 512: former location of [[Wagstaff Hardware Co.]] wholesale (1964–1970), [[C & H Mechanical Services]] (2000) | ||
*** vacant lot | **** 512A: former location of [[Engineering Associates of Alabama]] (1970) | ||
*** [[Peak Substation Services]] | *** 516: former location of [[Hudson Associates Inc.]] structural engineers (1970), [[Lambda Resource Center]] (1989), [[Sorensen Vare & Partners]] attorneys (2000) | ||
** east side | |||
*** 501–511: vacant lot | |||
*** 513–531: [[Peak Substation Services]] | |||
* [[6th Avenue South]] intersects | * [[6th Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side | ||
*** 600-602: [[Artomotive]] | *** 600-602: [[Artomotive Inc.]] ([[Frank Hamby]] 1994–2000) | ||
*** 604: [[ProAct Team]] | **** 600: former location of [[Southern Rubber Co.]] tires (1946), [[Brandino Brass|Brandino Sales Co.]] (1957), [[Automotive Industrial Supply Co.]] (1964–1970) | ||
**** 602: former location of [[Panter Tile & Marble Co.]] warehouse (1946), [[Alabama Marble Co.]] (1957), [[Georgia Marble Co.]] Alabama Division (1964), [[Wright's Letter Shop]] (1970) | |||
*** 604: [[ProAct Team]], former location of [[Alabama-Florida Machinery Co.]] (1970), [[Digital Prepress Services]] (2000) | |||
**** 604½: former location of [[Southern Tile Contractors Association]] (1957) | |||
*** 612: residence | *** 612: residence | ||
*** 620: [[Spike's Leather Club]], | *** 620: [[The Church Key]] (2023–), Joseph and Elizabeth Hunt (2003), former location of [[]], [[Cabbages & Kings]] (2005, 2006), [[Spike's Leather Club]] ([[Rod Caldwell]], [[Jeffrey Hall]] & [[Ivan Reyes]] 2016–January 2019), [[The Chapel]] ([[Rod Caldwell]], [[Jeffrey Hall]] & [[Ivan Reyes]] January–June 2019), [[Electra (nightclub)|Electra]] ([[Marsha Mims]] August 2020–) | ||
*** 630: [[ | *** 630: [[Humphrey's Dog Resort]] (2022–), former location of [[Standard Oil Co.]] filling station (1926), [[Bingham Standard Service Station]] (1964), [[7th Avenue Standard Service Station]] (1970), [[Battery Warehouse]], [[War House]] ([[T. C. Cannon residence]] –2019) | ||
** | ** east side | ||
*** 601-631:warehouses | *** 601-631: warehouses | ||
**** | **** 611: former location of [[White Dairy]] storage (1964), sales office (1970) | ||
**** 613: former location of [[White Dairy]] storage (1957), printing & advertising (1964), [[Modern Advertising Co.]] (1970) | |||
**** 615: former location of [[H. J. Hudson Plumbing & Heating Co.]] (1937), [[White Dairy]] office (1957), personnel (1964–1970) | |||
**** 621: former location of [[White Dairy]] (1938–1970) | |||
* [[7th Avenue South]] intersects | * [[7th Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side | ||
*** [[Al's on Seventh]], former location of [[East End Drug Co.]] (1926), [[East End Sundries]] (1964), [[Alabama Sales Inc.]] (1970), [[Lakeview Yacht Club]], [[Joe's on Seventh]] | *** 700: [[Al's on Seventh]], former location of [[East End Drug Co.]] (1926), [[East End Sundries]] (1964), [[Alabama Sales Inc.]] (1970), [[Lakeview Yacht Club]], [[Joe's on Seventh]] | ||
*** 712: former location of [[Thomas P. Smith]] trucking | |||
*** onramp to [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] northbound | *** onramp to [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] northbound | ||
** | ** east side | ||
*** [[St Vincent's DME Warehouse]] | *** 701: [[Gusty Gulas Group]], former location of [[St Vincent's DME Warehouse]] | ||
*** [[Burger King]] | *** 711: former location of [[Lewis Barber Shop]] ([[James A. Lewis]] 1937–1957) | ||
* [[University Boulevard]] | *** 713: [[Norman Walton]] physician | ||
*** 717–731: [[Burger King]], former location of [[St John's Evangelical & Reformed Church]] nursery (1957), [[St John's United Church of Christ]] (1964) | |||
* [[8th Avenue South]] formerly intersected | |||
** 800: former location of [[F. J. Evans Engineering Co.]] (1950–1970) | |||
** 810: former location of [[Fred W. Milton]] upholsterer (1937) | |||
** 812: former location of [[Polglaze & Basenberg]] civil engineers (1957–1970) | |||
* [[University Boulevard]] intersects (street ends) | |||
** [[St Vincent's Hospital]] | ** [[St Vincent's Hospital]] | ||
* [[9th Avenue South]] formerly intersected | |||
** 900: former location of [[Salvadore Barranco]] grocer (1937), [[Ella Strickland]] grocer (1946), [[A. J. Pow]] accountant / [[Alabama Contracting Co.]] strip miners / [[Stewart Holmes]] contractor (1957), [[Willcox & Allen Co.]] manufacturers' representative (1964) | |||
*** 900 rear: former location of [[Southern Toy Co.]] storage (1957) | |||
** 902: former location of [[Southern Toy Co.]] storage (1964) | |||
** 906: former location of [[Wayman Upholstering Shoppe]] ([[William Wayman]] 1946–1957), apartments ([[William Wayman]] 1964–1970) | |||
*** 906 rear: former location of [[Wayman Upholstering Shoppe]] (1964) | |||
* [[10th Avenue South]] (street resumes) | * [[10th Avenue South]] (street resumes) | ||
** | ** west side | ||
*** [[Centennial Lodge]] | *** [[Centennial Lodge]] | ||
** | ** east side | ||
*** parking lot | *** parking lot | ||
* [[Hanover Circle]] (street ends, then resumes on either side of a grassed median) | * [[Hanover Circle]] (street ends, then resumes on either side of a grassed median) | ||
** [[Hanover Place Historic District]] | ** [[Hanover Place Historic District]] | ||
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*** [[Hillhouse residence]] (built c. 1913) | *** [[Hillhouse residence]] (built c. 1913) | ||
*** [[Goldman-Pearson residence]] (built c. 1913) | *** [[Goldman-Pearson residence]] (built c. 1913) | ||
* [[11th Avenue South]] intersects | * [[11th Avenue South]] intersects | ||
** | ** west side | ||
*** [[Claridge Manor Apartments]] (built 1924) | *** 1101: [[Claridge Manor Apartments]] (built 1924) / [[Claridge Manor Grill]] restaurant (1946), [[Claridge Dining Room]] (1957) | ||
*** [[Hanover Court Apartments]], formerly the [[Barnett Apartments]] (built 1915) | *** [[Hanover Court Apartments]], formerly the [[Barnett Apartments]] (built 1915) | ||
** | ** east side | ||
*** two-story apartment building (built 1947) | *** two-story apartment building (built 1947) | ||
[[Category:27th Street South|*]] | [[Category:27th Street South|*]] |
Latest revision as of 11:42, 24 February 2024
Twenty-seventh Street South (27th Street South) is a two-way north-south street in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood, running south from Powell Avenue to University Boulevard and then, somewhat haphazardly, from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 27th Street South category.
Southside / Five Points South
- Powell Avenue (no outlet)
- west side:
- east side:
- 1st Avenue South/Jones Valley Trail intersects
- Jones Valley Trail, former Seaboard Air Line Railroad crossing
- west side:
- 100: vacant lot
- 112: Inline Electric Supply Co.
- east side:
- 101: 2701 1st Avenue South (built 2005), Navigate Affordable Housing Partners, former location of Goodwin, Mills & Cawood architects (2005–2020)
- 113: American Exhibition Services warehouse, former location of Eisys Inc. warehouse
- west side:
- 2nd Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 200: Sunbelt Rentals equipment yard
- 212: Jeffcoat Heating & Air Conditioning Service
- east side (Block 221):
- 201–211: vacant lot, former location of Washee Quickee Car Wash / Mike's Washee Quickee (closed 2020)
- 203: former location of Busy Bee Drink Stand (Addicus Davidson 1964)
- 213–231: vacant lot, former location of Albert Schilleci grocery (1925), Washee Quickee Car Wash / Mike's Washee Quickee (1953-2020)
- 201–211: vacant lot, former location of Washee Quickee Car Wash / Mike's Washee Quickee (closed 2020)
- west side:
- 3rd Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 300: Iron Tribe Fitness (2010-), former location of Harlo Paint Co. (1970),, Southern Engraving (2000), Greater Birmingham AMBUCS
- Elton B. Stephens Expressway on/off ramps from northbound lanes
- Marty's Transmissions
- east side:
- parking lot
- former location of RPA, Inc.
- west side:
- 4th Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- Southern Distributors
- 410: former location of Walter Ford furnished rooms (1957)
- 412: former location of Buttram & Winfrey auto repairs (1946), United Engineers Inc. machinery (1957)
- 414: former location of Mason & Dullion plumbers (1957)
- 426: former location of Auto Electric & Carburetor warehouse (1970)
- east side
- 401–411: Solutions Infusion Therapy, former location of Harry G. Mouat & Co. warehouse (1970)
- 413–431: Artisan Flats (built 2023), former location of Absco warehouse
- west side:
- 5th Avenue South intersects
- west side
- Williams Machine & Welding Co. yard
- Impact Electric Co.
- 512: former location of Wagstaff Hardware Co. wholesale (1964–1970), C & H Mechanical Services (2000)
- 512A: former location of Engineering Associates of Alabama (1970)
- 516: former location of Hudson Associates Inc. structural engineers (1970), Lambda Resource Center (1989), Sorensen Vare & Partners attorneys (2000)
- east side
- 501–511: vacant lot
- 513–531: Peak Substation Services
- west side
- 6th Avenue South intersects
- west side
- 600-602: Artomotive Inc. (Frank Hamby 1994–2000)
- 600: former location of Southern Rubber Co. tires (1946), Brandino Sales Co. (1957), Automotive Industrial Supply Co. (1964–1970)
- 602: former location of Panter Tile & Marble Co. warehouse (1946), Alabama Marble Co. (1957), Georgia Marble Co. Alabama Division (1964), Wright's Letter Shop (1970)
- 604: ProAct Team, former location of Alabama-Florida Machinery Co. (1970), Digital Prepress Services (2000)
- 604½: former location of Southern Tile Contractors Association (1957)
- 612: residence
- 620: The Church Key (2023–), Joseph and Elizabeth Hunt (2003), former location of [[]], Cabbages & Kings (2005, 2006), Spike's Leather Club (Rod Caldwell, Jeffrey Hall & Ivan Reyes 2016–January 2019), The Chapel (Rod Caldwell, Jeffrey Hall & Ivan Reyes January–June 2019), Electra (Marsha Mims August 2020–)
- 630: Humphrey's Dog Resort (2022–), former location of Standard Oil Co. filling station (1926), Bingham Standard Service Station (1964), 7th Avenue Standard Service Station (1970), Battery Warehouse, War House (T. C. Cannon residence –2019)
- 600-602: Artomotive Inc. (Frank Hamby 1994–2000)
- east side
- 601-631: warehouses
- 611: former location of White Dairy storage (1964), sales office (1970)
- 613: former location of White Dairy storage (1957), printing & advertising (1964), Modern Advertising Co. (1970)
- 615: former location of H. J. Hudson Plumbing & Heating Co. (1937), White Dairy office (1957), personnel (1964–1970)
- 621: former location of White Dairy (1938–1970)
- 601-631: warehouses
- west side
- 7th Avenue South intersects
- west side
- 700: Al's on Seventh, former location of East End Drug Co. (1926), East End Sundries (1964), Alabama Sales Inc. (1970), Lakeview Yacht Club, Joe's on Seventh
- 712: former location of Thomas P. Smith trucking
- onramp to Elton B. Stephens Expressway northbound
- east side
- 701: Gusty Gulas Group, former location of St Vincent's DME Warehouse
- 711: former location of Lewis Barber Shop (James A. Lewis 1937–1957)
- 713: Norman Walton physician
- 717–731: Burger King, former location of St John's Evangelical & Reformed Church nursery (1957), St John's United Church of Christ (1964)
- west side
- 8th Avenue South formerly intersected
- 800: former location of F. J. Evans Engineering Co. (1950–1970)
- 810: former location of Fred W. Milton upholsterer (1937)
- 812: former location of Polglaze & Basenberg civil engineers (1957–1970)
- University Boulevard intersects (street ends)
- 9th Avenue South formerly intersected
- 900: former location of Salvadore Barranco grocer (1937), Ella Strickland grocer (1946), A. J. Pow accountant / Alabama Contracting Co. strip miners / Stewart Holmes contractor (1957), Willcox & Allen Co. manufacturers' representative (1964)
- 900 rear: former location of Southern Toy Co. storage (1957)
- 902: former location of Southern Toy Co. storage (1964)
- 906: former location of Wayman Upholstering Shoppe (William Wayman 1946–1957), apartments (William Wayman 1964–1970)
- 906 rear: former location of Wayman Upholstering Shoppe (1964)
- 900: former location of Salvadore Barranco grocer (1937), Ella Strickland grocer (1946), A. J. Pow accountant / Alabama Contracting Co. strip miners / Stewart Holmes contractor (1957), Willcox & Allen Co. manufacturers' representative (1964)
- 10th Avenue South (street resumes)
- west side
- east side
- parking lot
- Hanover Circle (street ends, then resumes on either side of a grassed median)
- Hanover Place Historic District
- Newman-Crawford residence (built c. 1914)
- Hillhouse residence (built c. 1913)
- Goldman-Pearson residence (built c. 1913)
- Hanover Place Historic District
- 11th Avenue South intersects
- west side
- 1101: Claridge Manor Apartments (built 1924) / Claridge Manor Grill restaurant (1946), Claridge Dining Room (1957)
- Hanover Court Apartments, formerly the Barnett Apartments (built 1915)
- east side
- two-story apartment building (built 1947)
- west side