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''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:2nd Avenue North|2nd Avenue North category]].
''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:2nd Avenue North|2nd Avenue North category]].


===[[Smithfield]] neighborhood===
===[[Smithfield neighborhood]]===
** 109: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 21]] ([[Elyton]])
* 109: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 21]] ([[Elyton]])
** 540: [[Birmingham Vending Company]]
* 540: [[Birmingham Vending Company]]
** 631: [[Dixie Neon]]
* 631: [[Dixie Neon]]
** 717: [[Collins Automotive]]
* 717: [[Collins Automotive]]
** 818: [[Real Records]]
* 818: [[Real Records]]
** 830: [[Metro Auto & Detail]]
* 830: [[Metro Auto & Detail]]
** 900: former location of [[Tootie's Cabaret]]
* 900: former location of [[Tootie's Cabaret]]
** 901: former location of [[K. U. Jones]] veterinary infirmary
* 901: former location of [[K. U. Jones]] veterinary infirmary
* [[Interstate 65]] underpass


===[[Fountain Heights]] neighborhood===
===[[Fountain Heights]] neighborhood===
* [[Interstate 65]] underpass
** 1200: [[Innovation Depot]]
** 1200: [[Innovation Depot]]
** 1300: [[ACME Building]] ([[Magic City Motor Scooters]], [[Acme Gallery]])
** 1300: [[ACME Building]] ([[Magic City Motor Scooters]], [[Acme Gallery]])
* Intersection of [[14th Street North]]
* [[14th Street North]] intersection
** [[Pizitz Tire Center]]
** [[Pizitz Tire Center]]
* Intersection of [[16th Street North]]
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
** 1600: former location of [[Papan's Royal Seafood]]/[[Royal Restaurant]]
** 1600: former location of [[Papan's Royal Seafood]]/[[Royal Restaurant]]
** 1608: former location of [[Southern Leather Company]], [[Lewis Kennedy]] studio, and [[J. Mark Gooch]] studio
** 1608: former location of [[Southern Leather Company]], [[Lewis Kennedy]] studio, and [[J. Mark Gooch]] studio
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***1729: former location of [[Channell Florist]]
***1729: former location of [[Channell Florist]]
***1731: former location of drug store
***1731: former location of drug store
* [[18th Street North|18th Street]] intersection
* [[18th Street North|18th Street]] intersection
** 1800: former site of [[Herman Saks & Sons]] clothiers
** 1800: former site of [[Herman Saks & Sons]] clothiers
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** 1821: [[Platinum of Birmingham]]
** 1821: [[Platinum of Birmingham]]
** 1828: IMAX Dome Theater of the [[McWane Science Center]], former site of [[Florence Hotel]], [[Louis Saks Clothing Company]], [[Melancon's]] and [[Newberry's]]
** 1828: IMAX Dome Theater of the [[McWane Science Center]], former site of [[Florence Hotel]], [[Louis Saks Clothing Company]], [[Melancon's]] and [[Newberry's]]
** original location of [[Pizitz|Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company]]
** original location of [[Pizitz|Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company]]


==[[Central City]] neighborhood==
===[[Central City neighborhood]]===
 
* [[19th Street North]] intersection (former site of [[Hudgins' fountain]])
* Intersection of [[19th Street North]] (former site of [[Hudgins' fountain]])
*** former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]]
*** former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]]
*** former studios of [[WBRC-AM]]
*** former studios of [[WBRC-AM]]
*** former location of [[Holiday's Fine Shoes]]
*** former location of [[Holiday's Fine Shoes]]
** North side ([[Block 86]])
** North side ([[Block 86]])
*** 1900: former location of the [[Peerless Saloon]]
*** 1900: former location of the [[Peerless Saloon]]
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*** 1924: former location of the [[Caheen Building]]
*** 1924: former location of the [[Caheen Building]]
*** 1928: [[Roden Block]], currently housing [[Hendon & Huckestein Architects]]. Former site of [[Liggett's]] drug store and soda fountain and [[Baker's Shoe Store]]
*** 1928: [[Roden Block]], currently housing [[Hendon & Huckestein Architects]]. Former site of [[Liggett's]] drug store and soda fountain and [[Baker's Shoe Store]]
* South side ([[Block 99]])
* South side ([[Block 99]])
*** 1901: former site of [[Hughes Drug Store]]
*** 1901: former site of [[Hughes Drug Store]]
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*** 1925: [[Pete's Famous Hot Dogs]], former location of [[Loventhal]] clothing store
*** 1925: [[Pete's Famous Hot Dogs]], former location of [[Loventhal]] clothing store
*** 1931: [[Webb Building]], former location of the [[Dude Saloon]]  
*** 1931: [[Webb Building]], former location of the [[Dude Saloon]]  
 
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
* Intersection of [[20th Street North]]
** former site of [[Odeon Two Theater]]
** former site of [[Odeon Two Theater]]
** 2000: former location of [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
** 2000: former location of [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
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** 2029: former location of [[Sanitary Market]]
** 2029: former location of [[Sanitary Market]]
** 2031: former studio of [[A. C. Oxford]]
** 2031: former studio of [[A. C. Oxford]]
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
* [[21st Street North]] intersection
** 2101: [[Florentine Building]] ([[Vulcan Loan & Discount]]), former site of the [[Jefferson County Bank Building]]
** 2101: [[Florentine Building]] ([[Vulcan Loan & Discount]]), former site of the [[Jefferson County Bank Building]]
** 2105: former location of [[Tunkle's Grill]]
** 2105: former location of [[Tunkle's Grill]]
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** 2125: [[Metro Bar|Magic City Metro Bar]] (formerly [[Metro Bar|Metro Bistro]])
** 2125: [[Metro Bar|Magic City Metro Bar]] (formerly [[Metro Bar|Metro Bistro]])
** 2135: former site of skating rink
** 2135: former site of skating rink
* Intersection of [[22nd Street North]]
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
** former location of [[Yielding's|Yielding Brothers]]
** former location of [[Yielding's|Yielding Brothers]]
** 2201: [[Storkland Furniture]]
** 2201: [[Storkland Furniture]]
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** 2223-25: former [[W. S. Brown]] mercantile building, former site of [[The Casino]] theater
** 2223-25: former [[W. S. Brown]] mercantile building, former site of [[The Casino]] theater
** 2226: [[Athens Building]]/[[Athens Flatts]]
** 2226: [[Athens Building]]/[[Athens Flatts]]
* Intersection of [[23rd Street North]]
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
** 2301: [[Mamanoes Grocery Shop]] (formerly [[Service Seed and Plant Company]] and [[Gypsy Market]])
** 2301: [[Mamanoes Grocery Shop]] (formerly [[Service Seed and Plant Company]] and [[Gypsy Market]])
** 2306: [[What's on 2nd]] (formerly [[Gallery 2306]], [[Lamar's Gallery]])
** 2306: [[What's on 2nd]] (formerly [[Gallery 2306]], [[Lamar's Gallery]])
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** 2329: [[Charm]]
** 2329: [[Charm]]
** 2341: former site of [[AEC Recycling Center]]
** 2341: former site of [[AEC Recycling Center]]
* Intersection of [[24th Street North]]
* [[24th Street North]] intersection
** 2400: former location of [[Star Super Market]]
** 2400: former location of [[Star Super Market]]
** 2412-14: [[Gallery Lofts]], former location of the [[Standard Casket Manufacturing Company]] offices and showroom)
** 2412-14: [[Gallery Lofts]], former location of the [[Standard Casket Manufacturing Company]] offices and showroom)
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** 2428: former location of [[Old Stable Club]]
** 2428: former location of [[Old Stable Club]]
** 2431: former location of [[Motlow Distilling Company|Jack Daniel Distributing Company]]
** 2431: former location of [[Motlow Distilling Company|Jack Daniel Distributing Company]]
* Intersection of [[25th Street North]]
* [[25th Street North]] intersection
** passes under [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]]
** [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] underpass
* Intersection of [[Carraway Boulevard]]
* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection
** north side: Elton B. Stephens Expressway north off-ramp
** North side: Elton B. Stephens Expressway north off-ramp
** 2601: former location of [[Nuncie's Music]]
** 2601: former location of [[Nuncie's Music]]
* East of downtown
** 3420: [[Thomas School]]/[[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
** 7721: former location of [[John Ray's Supper Club]]


* Address unknown: [[R. H. Roberts' Hardware]], former location of [[Birmingham Art Association]]
===[[North Avondale]]===
* 3420: [[Thomas School]]/[[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
 
===[[Woodlawn]]===
 
===[[Wahouma]]===
* 7721: former location of [[John Ray's Supper Club]]
 
=== Unknown addresses ===
* [[R. H. Roberts' Hardware]], former location of [[Birmingham Art Association]]


[[Category:2nd Avenue North|*]]
[[Category:2nd Avenue North|*]]

Revision as of 13:22, 8 February 2012

1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in 2006

2nd Avenue North (or Second Avenue North, formerly just 2nd Avenue) is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The street is so named from Center Street in the west (where it becomes Tuscaloosa Avenue), continuously through downtown, to 29th Street North, after which it dead ends.

Sections of 2nd Avenue North reappear between 32nd and 35th Streets, between 47th and 52nd Streets, between 53rd and 54th Streets, and again east of Trotwood Park between 71st and 78th Streets. A short stub of 2nd Avenue North runs toward East Lake Park from 80th Street near I-59, then resumes between 85th and 86th Streets near Roebuck.

The area surrounding 2nd and 3rd Avenue North near the Alabama and Lyric Theatres is considered the heart of Birmingham's Theater District. The section between 22nd and 25th Streets is part of the City Center Loft District, utilized for the annual ArtWalk festival.

The area north of 2nd Avenue between 11th and 14th Streets was once known as Baconsides, and was particularly hard hit by the 1873 cholera epidemic. 2nd Avenue North is the setting for the fictional "Olympia Gym" in the novel and film, Stay Hungry.

The section of 2nd Avenue between 20th and 24th Street is part of the Downtown Birmingham Historic District. Until the mid-1980s, Red Mountain Expressway terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp.

MAX Transit Route 1 and MAX Transit Route 3 take 2nd Avenue westward to Elyton.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 2nd Avenue North category.

Smithfield neighborhood

Fountain Heights neighborhood

Central City neighborhood

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma

Unknown addresses

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