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** 1615: former location of [[Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]] (1964)
** 1615: former location of [[Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]] (1964)
** 1616: former location of [[Pink Rose Cafe]] (1964)
** 1616: former location of [[Pink Rose Cafe]] (1964)
** 1617: [[Dawson's Burgers Wings & Fries]]
** 1618: former location of [[Central Barber Shop]] & [[Central Pressing Shop]] (1964)
** 1618: former location of [[Central Barber Shop]] & [[Central Pressing Shop]] (1964)
** 1619: former location of [[Carver Barber Shop]] & [[Carver Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1619: former location of [[Carver Barber Shop]] & [[Carver Beauty Shop]] (1964)
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** 1621: former location of [[Wheaten Printing Co.]] (1964)
** 1621: former location of [[Wheaten Printing Co.]] (1964)
** 1622: former location of [[Monroe's Steak House]] (1964)
** 1622: former location of [[Monroe's Steak House]] (1964)
** 1623: former location of [[Patton's Variety Shop]] & [[Patton's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1623: [[Yehman Caribbean Restaurant]], former location of [[Patton's Variety Shop]] & [[Patton's Beauty Shop]] (1964)
** 1623½: former location of [[LaPetite Lodge]] hotel (1964)
** 1623½: former location of [[LaPetite Lodge]] hotel (1964)
** 1624: former location of [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1964)
** 1624: former location of [[Fraternal Cafe]] (1964)
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** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]], former location of [[Stagg Billiard Parlour]], [[Masonic Auditorium]]
** 1630: [[Colored Masonic Temple]], former location of [[Stagg Billiard Parlour]], [[Masonic Auditorium]]
** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]], [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]
** 1631: [[Carver Theatre]], [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
* [[17th Street North]] intersects
** 1700: former location of [[James Luckie residence]]
** North side:
** 1701: [[New Deal Barber Shop]]
*** 1700: [[Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse]] secured parking, former location of [[James Luckie residence]], [[Stanley's Cafe]] (1964)
** 1702: former offices of ''[[The Progressive Farmer]]''
*** 1702: former offices of ''[[The Progressive Farmer]]''
** 1703-B: [[Miles Lounge]]
*** 1704½: former location of [[Blue Note Hotel]]
** 1705: [[Green Acres Cafe]]
*** 1710: former location of [[Peterman Barber Shop]]
** 1720: formerly [[Frolic Theatre]]
*** 1712: former location of [[Allright Parking]] lot (1964)
** 1721: [[Famous Theater]]
*** 1714: former location of [[Lounge Grill]] (1964)
** [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]] (former site of [[Brock's Drugs building]])
*** 1718: former location of [[New Home Billiard Parlour]] (1964)
*** 1718½: former location of [[New Home Hotel]]
*** 1720: former location of [[Frolic Theatre]], [[Tower Burger Snack Bar]] (1964)
**** 1720A: former location of [[Mac's Famous Shine Parlour]] (1964)
*** 1722: former location of [[Famous Shines & Billiard Parlour]] (1964)
*** 1724: former location of [[Green Acres Cafe|Green Acres Restaurant]] (1964)
*** 1726: former location of [[Big Bargain Outlet]] (1964)
*** 1728: former location of [[Famous Record Bar]] & [[Bomchel Watch Repair]] (1964)
*** 1730: former location of [[The Quality Store]] (1964)
** South side:
*** 1701: [[Urban Impact, Inc.]] former location of [[Dunbar Cafe]] (1964)
**** 1701B: [[New Deal Barber Shop]]
**** 1701C: former location of [[Utopia Cleaners]] (1964)
**** 1703A: [[Talk of the Town Barber & Style Shop]]
**** 1703B: [[Miles Lounge]]
*** 1705: [[Green Acres Cafe]], former location of [[OK Cleaning Co.]] (1964)
*** 1707-1709: [[Magnolia BBQ & Fish]]
**** 1707: former location of [[Hollywood Tea Room]] (1964)
**** 1709: former location of [[Dixie Shoe Hospital]] (1964)
*** 1711: [[Magic City Barber Shop]]
*** 1715: [[Alabama College of Barber Instruction]]
*** 1717: former location of [[Famous Theater]]
*** 1719: former location of [[Steamline Billiard Parlour]] (1964)
*** 1721: former location of [[Dixie Cafeteria]] (1964)
*** 1723: former location of [[Jones Valley Barber Shop]] (1964)
*** 1725: former location of [[Stag Shine Parlor]] (1964)
*** 1727: former location of [[Famous Harlem Shoe Shop]]
*** 1731: [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]] (former site of [[Brock's Drugs building]])
 
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
** 1809: former location of [[Mewbourne & Spain]] undertakers & embalmers
** 1809: former location of [[Mewbourne & Spain]] undertakers & embalmers

Revision as of 17:05, 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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