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** 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
** 1600: former location of [[Infinity Club Connection]]
** 1600: former location of [[Infinity Club Connection]]
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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]] intersects
* [[17th Street North]] intersects
** North side:
** North side:
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* [[18th Street North]] intersection
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
** 1809: former location of [[Mewbourne & Spain]] undertakers & embalmers
** North side
** 1810: former site of [[Shnipper's]] clothing
*** 1800-1818: [[Central Parking System]] surface lot
** 1812: former site of a [[Piggly Wiggly]]
**** 1800: former location of [[Berman's Store]] No. 3 (1964)
** 1820-22: (inside [[One Federal Place]]) [[Continental Bakery]], formerly [[Mix]] & [[Restaurant G]]) former site of the [[Fox Building]] ([[Catanzano's Thrift Food Shop]]/[[Catanzano Bros.]] market)
**** 1804: former location of [[Bohemian Co.]] bakery (1964)
** 1821: former site of [[Hillman Hotel]]
**** 1810: former site of [[Shniper's 4th Avenue Clothing]] (1964)
**** 1812-1816: former site of [[Car Park Inc.]] parking lot (1964)
***** 1812: former site of a [[Piggly Wiggly]]
*** 1820-1830: [[One Federal Place]] (built 2002)
**** 1820: [[Continental Bakery]] (2014-), formerly [[Mix]] (2011-2013) & [[Restaurant G]] (2002-2006)
*** 1828-1830: former site of the [[Fox Building]] (built 1895, demolished 1981), [[John Fox's Sons Groceries]] (1895-1910)
**** 1828: former location of [[Bel-Air Finance Co.]] (1964)
**** 1830: former location of [[Catanzano's Thrift Food Shop]]/[[Catanzano Bros.]] market, [[Home Loan & Discount Corp]] & [[Famous Loan & Finance Co.]] (1964)
** South side
*** 1801: former location of [[Koplon's Korner]] clothes (1964)
*** 1803: former location of the [[Ansley Hotel]] (1964)
*** 1805: former location of [[Phillip's Jewelry Store]] (1964)
*** 1807: former location of [[Oscar Hyde Loans]] (1964)
*** 1809: former location of [[Mewbourne & Spain]] undertakers & embalmers, [[Uncle Sam's Pawn Shop]] (1964)
*** 1811: former location of [[Abel-Rose Merchandise Co.]] (1964)
*** 1813: [[Harambe]], former location of [[Boston Shoe Store]] (1964)
*** 1815: [[Wee Care Academy]], former location of [[Alabama Loan Co.]] pawnbrokers (1964)
*** 1817-1831: surface parking
**** 1817: former location of [[George's Cafe]] (1964)
**** 1819: former location of [[Coplon Loan & Jewelry Co.]] (1964)
**** 1821: former site of [[Hillman Hotel]], [[Hudson's Cut-Rate Store]] (1964)
**** 1829: former location of [[Hillman's Grill]] (1964)
 
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
* [[19th Street North]] intersection


Revision as of 17:54, 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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