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* [[Railroad Reservation]]
* [[Railroad Reservation]]
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
** 1: former location of [[U. S. Tire Service]] (c. 1938)
** 1: former location of [[U. S. Tire Service]] (c. 1938)
** 2: [[Two North Twentieth]] building (former [[Relay House]], [[Linn's Park]], and [[L & N Station]])
** 2: [[Two North Twentieth]] building (former [[Relay House]], [[Linn's Park]], and [[L & N Station]])
** 3: former location of [[Elyton Land Company]]
** 3: former location of [[Elyton Land Company]]
** 9: [[Taylor Building]], headquarters for [[Superior Bank|Superior Mortgage Corporation]]
** 9: [[Taylor Building]], headquarters for [[Superior Bank|Superior Mortgage Corporation]]
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
** 17: [[John A. Hand Building]], headquarters for [[Superior Bank]]
** 17: [[John A. Hand Building]], headquarters for [[Superior Bank]]
** [[Woodward Building]], headquarters for [[First American Bank]]
** [[Woodward Building]], headquarters for [[First American Bank]]
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* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 212: [[Iron Age building]]
** [[214 &endash; 218 20th Street North]]
*** 214: [[Brick & Tin]], formerly [[Busch's Jewelry]]
*** 216: Quizno's Sub, former location of [[Burt's Shoe Store]]
*** 218: [[Seafood D'Lite]]
** 220: [[Farley Building]] ([[Classic Basket]])
** 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]]
** 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]]
** 214: [[Brick & Tin]], formerly [[Busch's Jewelry]]
** 213: [[Cityscape Group]]
** 213: [[Cityscape Group]]
** 216: Quizno's Sub, former location of [[Burt's Shoe Store]]
** 217: [[Sojourns]], formerly Orange Julius
** 217: [[Sojourns]], formerly Orange Julius
** [[218 20th Street North|218]]: [[Seafood D'Lite]]
** 219: [[Bon Ton Hatters]], formerly Thom McAn shoes
** 219: [[Bon Ton Hatters]], formerly Thom McAn shoes
** 220: [[Farley Building]] ([[Classic Basket]])
** 221: [[MedTown Pharmacy]]
** 221: [[MedTown Pharmacy]]
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection

Revision as of 21:50, 14 March 2010

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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