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**** 1802: former location of [[Clothing & Shoe Store]] (1929), [[Paint & Hardware]] (1937), [[Car Park Inc.]] (-1964)
**** 1802: former location of [[Clothing & Shoe Store]] (1929), [[Paint & Hardware]] (1937), [[Car Park Inc.]] (-1964)
**** 1804-1806: former location of [[Pandora Cafeteria]] (1929), [[Sears Roebuck & Co.]] parking & auto accessories (1937)
**** 1804-1806: former location of [[Pandora Cafeteria]] (1929), [[Sears Roebuck & Co.]] parking & auto accessories (1937)
***** 1806: former location of [[Traveler's Home]] hotel (1887)
**** 1808: former location of [[I. R. Hochstadter]] wholesale liquors, [[Chinese Restaurant]] (1937)
**** 1808: former location of [[I. R. Hochstadter]] wholesale liquors, [[Chinese Restaurant]] (1937)
**** 1810: former location of [[ABC Store #12]] (1937)
**** 1810: former location of [[ABC Store #12]] (1937)
**** 1812: [[Amway Batts Distributing Co.]], [[Batts Services]] (2007), former location of [[T. P. Raley]] (1929), [[Majic City Barber Supplies]] (1937)
**** 1812: [[Amway Batts Distributing Co.]], [[Batts Services]] (2007), former location of [[T. P. Raley]] (1929), [[Majic City Barber Supplies]] (1937)
*** 1814: former location of [[Central Loan Office]] (1929), [[Shook & Fletcher Supply Company]] (1937-1964)
*** 1814: former location of [[Central Loan Office]] (1929), [[Shook & Fletcher Supply Company]] (1937-1964)
*** 1816: former location of [[B & B Store]] (1929), parking lot (1937)
*** 1816: former location of [[Belmont Hotel]] (1887), [[B & B Store]] (1929), parking lot (1937)
*** 1818-1822: former location of [[Sokol's|Sokol Brothers]] furniture (1937), [[Sokol's]] (1949), [[Spencer Furniture]]
*** 1818-1822: former location of [[Sokol's|Sokol Brothers]] furniture (1937), [[Sokol's]] (1949), [[Spencer Furniture]]
**** 1820: former location of [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon, [[Sokol Brothers]] clothing (1937)
**** 1820: former location of [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon, [[Sokol Brothers]] clothing (1937)

Revision as of 14:41, 1 June 2015

1st Avenue North (Downtown) is the section of 1st Avenue North running through downtown Birmingham's Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods, between 13th and 26th Streets. The street is also part of U.S. Highway 11.

In the downtown area, 1st Avenue North has a 100-foot right of way, 20 feet wider than the typical street. It carries two lanes of traffic in each direction with a central turn lane and parallel parking at each curb.


Locations

1st Avenue North continues west through Smithfield to Center Street, continuing as Cotton Avenue Southwest

Fountain Heights

13th Street intersection

14th Street intersection

16th Street intersection

17th Street intersection

18th Street intersection

Central City neighborhood

19th Street intersection

20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth

21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)

22nd Street intersection

23rd Street intersection

24th Street intersection

25th Street intersection