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===[[Central City]]===
===[[Central City]]===
[[Image:Cyclists on 4th Ave.jpg|right|thumb|387px|1900 block of 4th Avenue North]]
[[Image:Cyclists on 4th Ave.jpg|right|thumb|387px|1900 block of 4th Avenue North]]
[[File:Southern Hotel 1909.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Southern Hotel at 4th & 20th]]
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
** North side
** North side ([[Block 60]])
*** 1900: former location of [[Trailways Bus Depot]] (site of [[Freedom Rides]] attack on [[May 14]], [[1961]])
*** 1900-1902: [[Trailways Bus Depot]] (site of [[Freedom Rides]] attack on [[May 14]], [[1961]])
*** 1904: former location of [[Bernardine Seay Accordion Center]] (1964)
**** 1900: former location of [[City Hall Lunch Room]] (1929)
**** 1902: former location of [[Martin Clothing Co.]] (1929)
*** 1904: former location of [[Dee Gun & Key]] (1929), [[Bernardine Seay Accordion Center]] (1964)
*** 1906: former location of [[Alabama Music Center]] (1964)
*** 1906: former location of [[Alabama Music Center]] (1964)
*** 1910: former location of [[City Gun & Key]] (1964)
*** 1910: former location of [[City Gun & Key]] (1964)
*** 1912: former location of [[Haverty Furniture]], [[Mutual Finance & Thrift]] (1964)
*** 1912: former location of [[Haverty Furniture]] (1929), [[Mutual Finance & Thrift]] (1964)
*** 1914-1916: former location of [[Louise Wooster]]'s brothel
*** 1914-1916: former location of [[Louise Wooster]]'s brothel
**** 1914: [[Forbes Building]], former location of [[Forbes Furniture Co.]] & [[E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co.]] (1912-1996), [[Alabama Barber College]]
**** 1914: [[Forbes Building]], former location of [[Forbes Furniture Co.]] & [[E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co.]] (1912-1996), [[Alabama Barber College]]
**** 1916: former location of [[Alabama Supply Co.]], [[Samuel E. Maples Auto Parking]] (1964)
**** 1916: former location of [[Alabama Supply Co.]], [[Samuel E. Maples Auto Parking]] (1964)
*** 1918: former location of [[Lassetter & Co.]] warehouse
*** 1918: former location of [[Ira Watts & Co.]] hardware (1929), [[Lassetter & Co.]] warehouse (1964)
*** 1920: former location of [[Horton & Biddle Cycle Company]] (1920s), [[Williams Music House]] (1964), [[Wuxtry]] (1980s)
*** 1920: former location of [[Horton & Biddle Cycle Company]] (1920s), [[Williams Music House]] (1964), [[Wuxtry]] (1980s)
**** 1920½: former location of [[Childress Printing Co.]] (1964)
**** 1920½: former location of [[Childress Printing Co.]] (1964)
*** 1922: former location of [[Austin Music Co.]] (1964)
*** 1922-1930: [[Clark Building]] (built 1908)
*** 1924: former location of [[Birmingham Club for Young Executives & Professionals]] (1964), [[Cane Break Supper Club]] (late 1960s) and [[Grundy's Music Room]] (1980-1992)
**** 1922: former location of [[Spivy & Johnson Portrait Co.]] (1929), [[Austin Music Co.]] (1964)
*** 1926-1930: [[Clark Building]]
**** 1924: former location of [[National Shoe Fixery]] (1929), [[Birmingham Club for Young Executives & Professionals]] (1964), [[Cane Break Supper Club]] (late 1960s) and [[Grundy's Music Room]] (1980-1992)
**** 1930: former location of [[Schwobilt Clothing]] (1964)
**** 1926: former location of [[Gregory & Blake]] insurance agents (1929)
 
**** 1930: former location of [[Industrial Savings Bank]] (1929), [[Schwobilt Clothing]] (1964)
** South side ([[Block 73]])
** South side ([[Block 73]])
*** 1901: surface parking. former site of [[Market House]], [[First Birmingham City Hall|first]] and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)|second]] Birmingham City Halls
*** 1901-1915: surface parking. former site of [[Market House]], [[First Birmingham City Hall]] and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)|Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1901, demolished c. 1950)
*** 1907: former location of [[City Hall Shoe Rebuilders]] (1964)
**** 1901: former location of [[Levy Bros. Drugs]] (1929)
*** 1909: former location of [[Alabama Reweaving Co.]] (1964)
**** 1903: former location of [[McCain Tailoring Co.]] (1929)
*** 1911: former location of [[Community Finance & Thrift]] & [[Community Acceptance Co.]] (1964)
**** 1907: former location of [[Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop]] (1929), [[City Hall Shoe Rebuilders]] (1964)
*** 1913: former location of [[City Parking Deck]]
**** 1909: former location of [[Wright Office Equipment]] (1929), [[Alabama Reweaving Co.]] (1964)
*** 1915: [[Gus's Hot Dogs]], "[[Reading Room]]" mural by [[Patricia Martin]] on east side of building, former location of [[Chesterfield Co.]] loans (1964)
**** 1911: former location of [[City Hall Barber Shop]] (1929), [[Community Finance & Thrift]] & [[Community Acceptance Co.]] (1964)
*** 1917: parking lot, former location of [[Oliver Chalifoux]]'s music store, [[Meadows Shoe Store]] (1964)
**** 1913: former location of [[Birmingham Traffic Department]] (1929), [[City Parking Deck]]
*** 1919: former location of [[E-Z Finance Co.]] (1964)
**** 1915: [[Gus's Hot Dogs]], former location of [[Cozy Lunch Room]] (1929), [[Chesterfield Co.]] loans (1964)
*** 1927: parking lot, former location of [[Tom's Steak House]]
*** 1917-1933: parking lot
*** 1931: parking lot, former location of [[Southern Hotel|Linville]]/[[Southern Hotel]], [[Norton's Drug Store]], [[Lane's Drug Store]] and [[Hardy Shoe Store]], [[Shirley & Warr Optical]] (1964)
**** 1917: former location of [[Oliver Chalifoux]]'s music store (1929), [[Meadows Shoe Store]] (1964)
**** 1919: former location of [[E-Z Finance Co.]] (1964)
**** 1921-1933:  former location of [[Southern Hotel|Linville]]/[[Southern Hotel]] (built 1899, demolished 1964)
***** 1921: former location of [[Lowe's Cafe]] (1929)
***** 1923: former location of [[Burson Gun & Key Shop]] (1929)
***** 1927: former location of [[Tom's Lunch Room]] (1929), [[Tom's Steak House]]
***** 1929: former location of [[Schob Taylor Co.]] (1929)
***** 1931: former location of [[Lee's Smart Shoes]] (1929)
***** 1933: former location of [[Norton's Drug Store]] (1929), [[Lane's Drug Store]] and [[Hardy Shoe Store]], [[Shirley & Warr Optical]] (1964)


* [[20th Street North]] intersection
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
** North side
** North side ([[Block 59]])
*** 2000: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3]]
*** 2000: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3]]
*** 2010: former location of [[Alabama Auction Room]]
*** 2010: former location of [[Alabama Auction Room]]
** South side
** South side ([[Block 74]])
*** 2011: [[Regions Investment Company building]]
*** 2011: [[Regions Investment Company building]]
*** 2013: [[Hood-McPherson building]]
*** 2013: [[Hood-McPherson building]]

Revision as of 17:42, 25 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

The New Deal Barber Shop at 1701 4th Avenue North
Mewbourne & Spain at 1809 4th Avenue North
The Fox Building at 1824-30 4th Avenue North

Central City

1900 block of 4th Avenue North
Southern Hotel at 4th & 20th
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