21st Street South: Difference between revisions
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*** 107: former location of [[AIA Birmingham]] | *** 107-109: former location of [[George F. Wheelock Co.]] (1905) | ||
*** 109: [[Alabama Center for Architecture]], former location of [[Bare Hands]] | **** 107: former location of [[AIA Birmingham]] | ||
**** 109: [[Alabama Center for Architecture]], former location of [[Bare Hands]] | |||
*** 111: former location of [[Dixon-Ballog Glass Gallery & Studio|Dixon Glass Gallery & Studio]] | *** 111: former location of [[Dixon-Ballog Glass Gallery & Studio|Dixon Glass Gallery & Studio]] | ||
*** 121: former location of [[Madam E. Tolbert]]'s house | *** 121: former location of [[Madam E. Tolbert]]'s house |
Revision as of 10:32, 18 June 2015
21st Street South is a one-way north street running through Birmingham's Southside. The street begins as part of Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard, branching away from 20th Street South at 16th Avenue South and continuing downhill across Highland Avenue and University Boulevard as far as the middle of the Rainbow Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation. Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard continues north from there as the former 21st Street North.
Another one-block section of 21st Street South connects 20th and 21st Avenue South near Mountain Brook's English Village.
The southwest corner of Valley Avenue and 21st Street begins the Homewood city limits on the west side of the street. The Birmingham city limits continue south on the east side until a point approximately midway between Valley Avenue and Rosedale Drive, where they again abut the Homewood city limits.
History
Electric lighting was installed on 21st Street South between the viaduct and 7th Avenue South in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.
The section between 15th and 16th Avenue South was the first to be converted from two-way to one-way traffic in 1954. Southbound drivers were forced to take 15th Avenue to 20th Street South to continue toward Homewood.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 21st Street South category.
Addresses run from north to south.
- Railroad Reservation/Rainbow Viaduct (over Powell Avenue; road continues north as 21st Street North)
- 1st Avenue South intersection
- East side
- 101: Herrington Architects
- 105: former location of Greencup Books
- 107-109: former location of George F. Wheelock Co. (1905)
- 107: former location of AIA Birmingham
- 109: Alabama Center for Architecture, former location of Bare Hands
- 111: former location of Dixon Glass Gallery & Studio
- 121: former location of Madam E. Tolbert's house
- West side (Block 121)
- Cityville Block 121 (entire block)
- East side
- 2nd Avenue South intersection
- East side
- 201: former location of Western Auto
- 213: Flower Stems, former location of Marson and Company (-1949), Refrigeration Service Co., Inc. (1949-)
- 215: former location of Mrs Todd's Delicious Food (1949-1960s)
- West side
- 210: former location of Edwards Motor Company
- East side
- 3rd Avenue South intersection
- East side
- former location of Hanna Motor Co.
- 311: former location of Western Auto
- West side
- East side
- 4th Avenue South intersection
- East side
- 4th Alley South intersection
- former location of Schillinger's Brewery
- 407: former location of Harold Wall Motor Co. (1949)
- West side
- 414: High Note Lounge/Rock-N-Horse (former location of Gkika's Down the Street)
- 420: Bongo's Cantina Lounge (former location of Weldon Martin Rubber, Tom Williams Dodge, Magic City Brewery, Tiki Bob's Cantina and Bourbon Street Grill)
- East side
- 5th Avenue South intersection
- East side
- Kirklin Clinic Parking Deck (entire block)
- Wall Street Deli
- 539: Regions Bank branch
- Kirklin Clinic Parking Deck (entire block)
- West side: Kirklin Clinic (entire block)
- 500: former location of Pryor Motor Company
- East side
- 6th Avenue South intersection
- former location of First Christian Church
- East side
- 600: Regions Bank drive-through
- 611: Newk's
- Arby's
- West side
- 612: former location of Liberty Tire Company
- 7th Avenue South intersection
- former location of Steel City Oldsmobile
- East side
- former location of Waite's Fine Foods
- 715: Rocky's Pizza (former location of Doodles)
- 725: UAB Nursing Staff Development
- West side
- 728: Davita Village Health (former Roy Bridges & Company)
- Goodyear Tire Center (former Redmont Tire Company)
- University Boulevard intersection
- 18th Court South intersection
- West side
- 9th Avenue South (formerly Quinlan Avenue) intersection
- 10th Avenue South intersection
- Magnolia Avenue intersection
- West side
- 11th Avenue South/11th Court South intersection
- West side
- Highland Manor (former Sheraton Motor Inn, former site of the Highland Town Hall)
- West side
- Highland Avenue intersection
- East side
- West side
- 13th Avenue South intersection (west only)
- 14th Avenue South intersection
- 15th Avenue South intersection
- 16th Avenue South/20th Avenue South intersection
- East side
- West side
- ScooterCo
- 1609: Schwartz & McClure
- 1625: Cloud & Tidwell
- 17th Avenue South/Abbey Road intersection
- Abbey Road subdivision
- Manor Village apartments
- Warwick Drive intersection
- 1901: Kathy Long Skipper law offices (originally WILD-AM studios)
- 20th Avenue South intersection
- 2001: McDonald's (formerly Burger In A Hurry)
- Valley Avenue/20th Avenue South intersection (road continues south at 18th Street South Homewood)
U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham | ||
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North side | South side | |
Current route | Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway | Elton B. Stephens Expressway |
Previous routes | 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N | 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S |