19th Street North: Difference between revisions
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** former site of [[O'Brien Opera House]] | ** former site of [[O'Brien Opera House]] | ||
** 109: former location of [[WJLD-AM]] studio | ** 109: former location of [[WJLD-AM]] studio | ||
** 111: [[Ideal Building]] (former location of [[Ideal Department Store]] and [[Standard Furniture]]) | ** 111: [[Ideal Building]] (former location of [[Ideal Department Store]], [[Tillman-Levenson Furniture]], and [[Standard Furniture]]) | ||
* Intersection with [[2nd Avenue North]], former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]] | * Intersection with [[2nd Avenue North]], former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]] | ||
** former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]] | ** former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]] | ||
Revision as of 23:39, 6 June 2010
19th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.
19th Street begins at the northern end of 19th Street South, in a tunnel underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north all the way to 16th Avenue North. The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's Civil Rights District between 3rd and 8th Avenue North. There are additional sections of the street in North Birmingham from 21st to 37th Avenue North.
A 1907 train accident occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and 9th Avenue North. A notable early balloon ascent took place near the intersection with 1st Avenue North in 1891. The street is included on the route of the annual Veterans Day parade.
Notable locations
- Railroad Reservation
- former site of Linn's Park
- former location of Relay House
- Intersection with Morris Avenue
- Intersection with 1st Avenue North (U. S. Highway 11)
- former downtown terminus of the Highland Avenue Railroad
- former site of O'Brien Opera House
- 109: former location of WJLD-AM studio
- 111: Ideal Building (former location of Ideal Department Store, Tillman-Levenson Furniture, and Standard Furniture)
- Intersection with 2nd Avenue North, former location of Hudgins' fountain
- former site of the Klothes Shoppe
- former location of WBRC-AM radio studios
- former location of Vaudette Theater
- former location of Weather Forecast Office Birmingham
- former location of Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company
- former location of Louis Saks Store
- former location of Hughes Drug Store
- former location of the Peerless Saloon
- 200: McWane Science Center (with Linear Motion on the exterior)
- 211: former location of Chalifoux-LaPointe Music Company
- 213-215: Taylor Lofts (formerly housed Hirsch's Millinery and Three Sisters)
- 214-224: formerly Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Department Store
- east end of the Alabama Walk of Fame
- Intersection with 3rd Avenue North
- former site of the Wright Building, once used for Birmingham Free School
- former location of first Birmingham Post Office
- former location of the Florence Hotel
- west side of Block 73
- 301: Kress Building
- 9-11 Memorial Walk
- Fox Building
- former location of Taft's uniform shop
- former location of A & P supermarket
- Intersection with 4th Avenue North
- former site of Birmingham City Hall and Birmingham City Hall (1901)
- One Federal Place, former location of Restaurant G
- former site of Magnolia Place (William H. Morris residence)
- 412: former location of Middlebrooks Electric
- Intersection with 5th Avenue North
- Intersection with 6th Avenue North
- Intersection with Park Place
- Intersection with 7th Avenue North
- "Today to Tonight" mural
- Intersection with 8th Avenue North
- 801: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 2
- Passes under Interstate 20/Interstate 59
- Intersection with 9th Avenue North
- North Birmingham