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**** 1902: former location of [[Martin Clothing Co.]] (1929)
**** 1902: former location of [[Martin Clothing Co.]] (1929)
*** 1904-1906: former location of [[Arnold Clothing Co.]] (1941)
*** 1904-1906: former location of [[Arnold Clothing Co.]] (1941)
**** 1904: former location of [[Dee Gun & Key]] (1929), [[Bernardine Seay Accordion Center]] (1964)
**** 1904: former location of [[George Canakos]] restaurant (1910), [[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)
*** 1908: former location of [[Burson Gun & Key]] (1941)
*** 1908: former location of [[Burson Gun & Key]] (1941)
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*** 1912-1914: former location of [[Baird, Morris & Co.]] (-1887), [[C. M. Bolden & Co.]] "[[Kentucky Stables]]" livery stable (1887-)
*** 1912-1914: former location of [[Baird, Morris & Co.]] (-1887), [[C. M. Bolden & Co.]] "[[Kentucky Stables]]" livery stable (1887-)
**** 1912: former location of [[Haverty Furniture]] (1929), [[Lefty Cook's Cafe]] (1941), [[Mutual Finance & Thrift]] (1964)
**** 1912: former location of [[Haverty Furniture]] (1929), [[Lefty Cook's Cafe]] (1941), [[Mutual Finance & Thrift]] (1964)
**** 1914: [[Forbes Building]], former location of [[Forbes Furniture Co.]] & [[E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co.]] (1912-1996), [[John Broyles Furniture Co.]] (1941), [[Alabama Barber College]]
**** 1914: [[Forbes Building]] (built c. 1912), former site of [[J. C. Ashcraft]] restaurant (1910), former location of [[Forbes Furniture Co.]] & [[E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co.]] (1912-1996), [[John Broyles Furniture Co.]] (1941), [[Alabama Barber College]]
*** 1916: former location of [[Louise Wooster]]'s brothel, [[Alabama Supply Co.]], [[Joseph Damico]] auto parking (1941),  [[Samuel E. Maples Auto Parking]] (1964)
*** 1916: former location of [[Louise Wooster]]'s brothel, [[Alabama Supply Co.]], [[Joseph Damico]] auto parking (1941),  [[Samuel E. Maples Auto Parking]] (1964)
*** 1918: former location of [[Ira Watts & Co.]] hardware (1929), [[Lassetter & Co.]] picture frames (1941), warehouse (1964)
*** 1918: former location of [[Ira Watts & Co.]] hardware (1929), [[Lassetter & Co.]] picture frames (1941), warehouse (1964)

Revision as of 12:10, 24 June 2016

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

Birmingham City Hall in 1927
1900 block of 4th Avenue North
Southern Hotel at 4th & 20th
BPA Deck 3 addition (2009)