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** 1419: former location of [[Contractors Association Inc.]] (1964)
** 1419: former location of [[Contractors Association Inc.]] (1964)
** 1421-1423: former location of [[Forniss Printing Company]] (1964), offices of ''[[Glare]]'' magazine
** 1421-1423: former location of [[Forniss Printing Company]] (1964), offices of ''[[Glare]]'' magazine
** 1427: former location of [[Edwards Chevrolet]] body shop (1964)
** 1427: [[Edwards Chevrolet]] body shop (1964-)
* [[15th Street North]] intersection
* [[15th Street North]] intersection
** 1500: former location of [[Smith & Gaston Funeral Home]] (1964)
** 1500: former location of [[Smith & Gaston Funeral Home]] (1964)
** 1501: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 6]]
** 1517: former location of [[Mirror Publishing Co.]] (1964), offices of ''[[The Birmingham Mirror]]''
** 1517: former location of [[Mirror Publishing Co.]] (1964), offices of ''[[The Birmingham Mirror]]''
** 1518: former location of [[Dester Brooks Flower Shop]] (1964)
** 1518: former location of [[Dester Brooks Flower Shop]] (1964)
** 1522: [[Gay Office Supply]], former location of [[Ann's Gifts and Ready To Wear]] (1964)
** 1522: [[Gay Office Supply]], former location of [[Ann's Gifts and Ready To Wear]] (1964)
** 1521: former location of [[Shotokan Karate]]
** 1523: [[Xtensions]] hair salon
** 1530: [[Metropolitan AME Zion Church]]
** 1530: [[Metropolitan AME Zion Church]]
** 1531: [[Mrs B's on Fourth]]
** 1531: [[Mrs B's on Fourth]]
** former site of [[Brown Belle Bottling Company]]
** former site of [[Brown Belle Bottling Company]]
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]]
** 1600: former location of [[Infinity Club Connection]]
** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]] ([[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]])
** 1601: former location of [[4th Avenue Service Station]] (1964)
** 1603-1613: former location of [[Davis' Fourth Avenue Parking Lot]] (1964)
** 1612: former location of [[Jones & Jones Parking Service]] (1964)
** 1615: former location of [[Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]] (1964)
** 1616: former location of [[Pink Rose Cafe]] (1964)
** 1618: former location of [[Central Barber Shop]] & [[Central Pressing Shop]] (1964)
** 1619: former location of [[Carver Barber Shop]] & [[Carver Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1620: former location of [[Maizie's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1620½: former location of [[Fraternal Hotel]] (1964)
** 1621: former location of [[Wheaten Printing Co.]] (1964)
** 1622: former location of [[Monroe's Steak House]] (1964)
** 1623: former location of [[Patton's Variety Shop]] & [[Patton's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1623½: former location of [[LaPetite Lodge]] hotel (1964)
** 1624: former location of [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1964)
** 1628: former location of [[Apex Cab Co.]] and [[Jackson Cab Co.]] (1964)
** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]], former location of [[Stagg Billiard Parlour]], [[Masonic Auditorium]]
** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]], [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
** 1700: former location of [[James Luckie residence]]
** 1700: former location of [[James Luckie residence]]

Revision as of 16:33, 22 February 2015

Fourth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. It runs from Center Street in the west to 24th Street North in the east. From 9th to 24th Streets, the three- to four-lane street is one way westbound.

The road appears again as a two-lane residential street between Interstate 59 and Wahouma Park, west of 72nd Street. It is interrupted by the interstate between 75th and 77th Streets, but then continues from 77th to 88th Place, running between Lynn Park and East Lake Park.

Fourth Avenue runs through a few historic districts, including its own 4th Avenue Historic District (from 16th to 19th Street), the Civil Rights District, and the Loft District. In addition, the buildings at 1914, 1917, 1919, and 1930 are part of the Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District.

History

Fourth Avenue originally extended east to 26th Street North, but when the Birmingham Post Office was constructed in the early 1970s, it occupied the space where the street had run.

4th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from 24th Street North to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 4th Avenue North category.

Smithfield neighborhood

Fountain Heights

Central City

1900 block of 4th Avenue North
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