1st Avenue North (Downtown): Difference between revisions

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* North side ([[Block 101]])
* North side ([[Block 101]])
** 2100: [[Landmark Center]] (built [[1915]] as [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Building]]), former site of [[Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell]] (1884), [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Co.]] (1902-1914)
** 2100: [[Landmark Center]] (built [[1915]] as [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Building]]), former site of [[Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell]] (1884), [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Co.]] (1902-1914)
** 2104: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1895-1903), [[R. P. McDavid Company]] radios & refrigerators (1937), [[Magic City Barber & Beauty Supply]] (1964)
** 2104-2106: former location of [[Alabama Dry Goods Co.]] (1925)
** 2106: former location of [[American Floor Covering Co.]] / [[Rug Mart]] (1964)
*** 2104: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1895-1903), [[R. P. McDavid Company]] radios & refrigerators (1937), [[Magic City Barber & Beauty Supply]] (1964)
** 2108-2110: former location of [[W. F. Orr]] livery stable (1884), [[Morris Greenhouses]], [[Doster-Northington Drug Co.]], [[Abernathy Furniture Co.]], [[Haverty Furnitrure Co.]] (1929), [[Alabama Gas Company]] billing office (1964)
** 2106-2110: former location of [[Doster-Northington Inc.]] laboratory supplies & surgical instruments (1925)
*** 2106: former location of [[American Floor Covering Co.]] / [[Rug Mart]] (1964)
*** 2108-2110: former location of [[W. F. Orr]] livery stable (1884), [[Morris Greenhouses]], [[Abernathy Furniture Co.]], [[Haverty Furnitrure Co.]] (1929), [[Alabama Gas Company]] billing office (1964)
** 2112: [[Birmingham Realty Annex]], [[Porter Billing Services]] / [[Capital Partners Leasing]], former location of [[Protective Life Insurance]] and [[Employers Insurance Company]]
** 2112: [[Birmingham Realty Annex]], [[Porter Billing Services]] / [[Capital Partners Leasing]], former location of [[Protective Life Insurance]] and [[Employers Insurance Company]]
** 2114-2116: former location of [[Gus Dugger Saloon]], photo studio, [[Birmingham Water Works Board]] (1929-1964)
** 2114-2116: former location of [[Gus Dugger Saloon]], photo studio, [[Birmingham Water Works Board]] (1929-1964)
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** 2103: former location of [[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1929), barber shop (1937), [[4-Way Finance Co.]] (1948), [[Merit Finance Co.]] (1964)
** 2103: former location of [[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1929), barber shop (1937), [[4-Way Finance Co.]] (1948), [[Merit Finance Co.]] (1964)
** 2105-2107: parking lot, former site of [[Bradford-Norton, Inc.]] millinery (1937) and [[Tillman-Levenson]]
** 2105-2107: parking lot, former site of [[Bradford-Norton, Inc.]] millinery (1937) and [[Tillman-Levenson]]
*** 2105: former location of [[Silverfield & Levin]] knit goods, shirts, ready-to-wear (1925)
** 2109: former location of [[McDavid, Terry & Garland]] real estate agents, [[Wood & Hawkins]] real estate / [[Morris Marb Shoes Co.]] (1929), [[Credit Service Corp.]] (1964)
** 2109: former location of [[McDavid, Terry & Garland]] real estate agents, [[Wood & Hawkins]] real estate / [[Morris Marb Shoes Co.]] (1929), [[Credit Service Corp.]] (1964)
** 2111: former location of [[Franklin & Parton]] real estate (1929), [[Typewriter Exchange]], [[Regal's Watch Repair]] (1964)
** 2111: former location of [[Franklin & Parton]] real estate (1929), [[Typewriter Exchange]], [[Regal's Watch Repair]] (1964)

Revision as of 18:49, 1 November 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

1890s view looking east down 1st Avenue, possibly from the Morris Block.

20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth

21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)

22nd Street intersection

23rd Street intersection

24th Street intersection

25th Street intersection