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** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 201: [[Frank Nelson Building]], [[Birmingham School of Law]], [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
** 201: [[Frank Nelson Building]], [[Birmingham School of Law]], [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
** 203: former location of [[Flagg Bros. Shoe  Store]]
** 207: [[Za Za Trattoria]] (former location of [[Roma's Italian Bistro]])
** 207: [[Za Za Trattoria]] (former location of [[Roma's Italian Bistro]])
** 212: [[Iron Age building]]
** 212: [[Iron Age building]]
** 213: [[Cityscape Group]]
** 213: [[Cityscape Group]]
** 216: former location of [[Burt's Shoe Store]]
** 217: [[Sojourns]]
** 217: [[Sojourns]]
** [[218 20th Street North|218]]: Quizno's Sub, [[Seafood D'Lite]]
** [[218 20th Street North|218]]: Quizno's Sub, [[Seafood D'Lite]]
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** 221: [[MedTown Pharmacy]]
** 221: [[MedTown Pharmacy]]
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
** former location of [[Butler's Shoe Store]]
** 300: [[Blach's building]]
** 300: [[Blach's building]]
** 301: [[Watts Building]], [[Renasant Bank]] branch
** 301: [[Watts Building]], [[Renasant Bank]] branch
** 302: former location of [[Terreson's]] photo printing
** 302: former location of [[Terreson's]] photo printing
** 307: former location of [[Casino Restaurant]]
** 307: former location of [[Casino Restaurant]]
** 308: former location of [[Jarman Shoe Store]]
** 309: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 2
** 309: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 2
** 313: [[Roly Poly Sandwiches]]
** 313: [[Roly Poly Sandwiches]]
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** 321: [[Java and Jams]]
** 321: [[Java and Jams]]
** 325: former location of [[Busch's]] jewelers.
** 325: former location of [[Busch's]] jewelers.
** 330: former location of [[Hardy Shoe Store]]
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
** 400: former location of [[Cafe Italiano]]
** 400: former location of [[Cafe Italiano]]

Revision as of 10:43, 5 July 2009

looking south on 20th Street North in 2002
looking north on 20th Street North, c. 1910-11

20th Street North, also known as Birmingham Green, is a north-south street in the center of downtown Birmingham which functions as Birmingham's "main street".

20th Street begins at the northern end of 20th Street South at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue, and then continues for seven blocks to Park Place where it is terminated by Linn Park.

Birmingham Green was a project covering those seven blocks which was completed in 1973. The project involved removing utility lines below street level and enhancing the street with tree planters, flower beds, and wide sidewalks. Parking on 20th Street is restricted mainly to loading zones. The $5 million cost was paid for by local business owners, as well as local and federal governments.

The street in front of Birmingham City Hall on the west side of Linn Park, which is shifted west of the rest of 20th Street's path for this one block, is called Nina's Way (formerly Short 20th Street) in honor of Nina Miglionico. Twentieth Street previously resumed its path to the east between Municipal Auditorium and the Birmingham Museum of Art to the present site of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. After the I-20/59 bridge was built, this section was closed to traffic and eventually converted into a landscaped walk and fountain. There are other short sections of the street in North Birmingham, north of Oak Hill Cemetery and near Finley Boulevard.

Notable Locations (south to north)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street North category.

North Birmingham locations

References

  • Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976 Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16.

External links

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