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*** [[Brother Bryan statue]]
*** [[Brother Bryan statue]]
* [[Magnolia Avenue]] intersection ([[Five Points South]])
* [[Magnolia Avenue]] intersection ([[Five Points South]])
** 1045: [[Storyteller fountain]], [[Highlands United Methodist Church]] (former site of [[Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market]])
** 1045: [[Storyteller fountain]], [[Highlands United Methodist Church]], former site of [[Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market]]
* [[11th Avenue South]] intersection (Five Points South)
* [[11th Avenue South]] intersection (Five Points South)
** 1100: [[Munger Building]] ([[Original Pancake House]], [[3000 Bar]], [[Starbucks]], former location of [[Planet Smoothie]], [[High Spirits of Five Points]])
** West side
** 1101-1105: [[Spanish Stores]]
*** 1100-1102: [[Munger Building]], [[Original Pancake House]], [[3000 Bar]], [[Starbucks]], former location of [[Planet Smoothie]], [[High Spirits of Five Points]]
*** 1101: [[Metroprime Steakhouse]] (former location of [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham]], [[Gorin's]], [[Joe Muggs Newssstand]], [[The Grape]], [[La Mesa]])
*** 1108: [[The Red Zone]] sport bar, former location of [[Prudential Insurance]], [[The Gap]], [[Quincy]] toys and [[Fire and Ice Improvisational Grill]]
*** 1105: [[Saloon]] (former location of [[Lifskitz Delicatessen]], [[Soca Clothing]], etc.)
*** 1110: under construction in 1964
** 1108: [[The Red Zone]] sport bar, (former location of [[Fire and Ice Improvisational Grill]], [[Quincy]] toys and [[The Gap]])
*** 1116: UPS Store, former location of [[A. Kimbell Business Machines]] (1964), [[Subzone]]
** 1116: UPS Store (former location of [[Subzone]])
*** 1124: [[Terrace Court Building]]
** [[Terrace Court Building]]
**** 1124: former location of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (1964)
*** 1124: [[Bailey's Pub]]
**** 1128: [[Dave's Pub]], former home of [[Stream of Consciousness Koffiehuis]]
*** 1128: [[Dave's Pub]] (former home of [[Stream of Consciousness Koffiehuis]])
**** 1130: former location of [[Birmingham Frame & Supply]] (1964)
** 1195: Chick-fil-A (formerly Shop-A-Snak Food Mart and Connie's Famous Foods, proposed location for [[Renaissance Plaza]], and Ruby Tuesday's)
** East side
*** 1101-1105: [[Spanish Stores]]
**** 1101: [[Metroprime Steakhouse]], former location of [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham]], [[Ionolite]] research, [[Gorin's]], [[Joe Muggs Newssstand]], [[The Grape]], [[La Mesa]]
**** 1105: [[Saloon]], former location of [[Lifskitz Delicatessen]], [[Soca Clothing]]
**** 1107: former location of [[Bun N'Bun]] restaurant (1964)
**** 1195: [[Chick-fil-A]], former location of Shop-A-Snak Food Mart and [[Connie's Famous Foods]], former proposed location for [[Renaissance Plaza]], and former location of [[Ruby Tuesday]]
* [[12th Avenue South]]/[[Highland Avenue]] intersection
* [[12th Avenue South]]/[[Highland Avenue]] intersection
** 1201: [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]]
** West side
*** [[Barber's clock]]
*** 1200: [[Mellow Mushroom]], former location of [[Johnston & Raburn]] accountants (1964)
*** [[Crush]] (former location of [[Uranus]], [[Bell Bottoms]], [[Louie Louie]] and [[Cadillac Cafe]])
*** 1204: former location of [[Alpha Portland Cement]] (1964)
** 1207: [[Pop's Neighborhood Grill]] (former location of [[Kohinoor]], [[Pyramids]], [[Curry in a Hurry]], [[Mancha's]] )
**** 1204a: former location of [[Municipal Service Co.]] bookkeeping service (1964)
** 1210: [[26]]
*** 1206: former location of [[Kaiser Refractories]] chemical division (1964)
** 1218: [[Ocean]] (formerly [[Herzing University|Electronics Computer Programming Institute/Herzing Institute]])
*** 1208: former location of [[Lehigh Portland Cement]] (1964)
** 1225: [[Ranelli's Deli]]
*** 1210: [[26]], former location of the [[Twelve Ten Building]], offices of [[Life Insurance Company of Virginia]] and [[Security Life Insurance Company of America]] (1964)
*** 1214: former location of the [[Portland Cement Association]] (1964)
*** 1218: [[Ocean]], former location of [[Herzing University|Electronics Computer Programming Institute]], [[Herzing Institute]]
*** 1224: former location of the [[Pure Oil Co.]]
** East side
*** 1201: [[Shepherd-Sloss Building]], former site of the rooftop [[Barber's clock]]
**** [[Crush]], former location of [[Uranus]], [[Bell Bottoms]], [[Louie Louie]] and [[Cadillac Cafe]]
*** 1207: [[Pop's Neighborhood Grill]], former location of [[Mancha's]], [[Pyramids]], [[Curry in a Hurry]], and [[Kohinoor]]
*** 1225: [[Ranelli's Deli]], former location of [[Five Points Standard Station]] (1964)
* [[13th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[13th Avenue South]] intersection
** West side
*** 1300: [[Dian Apartments]]
*** 1312: former location of the [[Bertha Williams]] residence (1964)
*** 1318-1328: [[Cobb Lane Apartments]]
*** 1330: former location of [[Sparks Tourist Home]] (1964)
** East side
*** 1301: [[Newton Manor]]
* [[14th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[14th Avenue South]] intersection
** 1400: [[Legacy Federal Credit Union]] headquarters
** West side
*** 1400: [[Legacy Federal Credit Union]] headquarters, former location of [[A & P Supermarket]] (1964)
** East side
*** 1401: former location of [[American Liberty Insurance Group]], U.S. Department of Labor offices (1964)
* [[15th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[15th Avenue South]] intersection
** 1501: [[Zydeco]] (formerly the "[[Phoenix Club building|City Club]]" for the [[Phoenix Club]]
** West side
*** 1500: [[Sue Ward residence]] (1964)
*** 1512: former location of the [[Avon Motel]] (1964)
** East side
*** 1501: [[Zydeco]], formerly the "[[Phoenix Club building|City Club]]" for the [[Phoenix Club]]
*** 1505: apartments
* [[16th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[16th Avenue South]] intersection
** 1600: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic (formerly included [[Birmingham Financial Federal Credit Union]])
** 1600: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic, formerly included [[Birmingham Financial Federal Credit Union]]


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{{Highway 31 Birmingham}}

Revision as of 22:27, 14 January 2015

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

Notable Locations (north to south)

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

The Alagasco Building in 2010
1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
Hillman Hospital, c. 1929
U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
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

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