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===[[4th Avenue South]]===
===[[4th Avenue South]]===
[[File:1977 The Strip ad.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1977 advertisement for "The Strip"]]
:''start of [[UAB]] campus''
:''start of [[UAB]] campus''
[[File:1977 The Strip ad.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1977 advertisement for "The Strip"]]
* West side
* West side
** 400-428: [[UAB Proton Center]] (2019-), former site of the [[Parliament House]] hotel (1964-2008), [[UAB Parking Lot 55]] (2008-2017)
** 400-428: [[UAB Proton Center]] (2019-), former site of the [[Parliament House]] hotel (1964-2008), [[UAB Parking Lot 55]] (2008-2017)
*** 400-406: [[The Brunswick]] Hotel (1887)
*** 400-406: [[The Brunswick]] Hotel (1887)
**** 400: former location of [[P.K. McMiller]] druggist (1887)
**** 400-402: former location of [[Clyde Lancaster]] refrigerators (1941)
**** 402: former location of [[Young & Gage]] grocers (1887)
***** 400: former location of [[P.K. McMiller]] druggist (1887)
**** 404: former location of [[J.L. Morrison & Co.]] dry goods (1887), [[Willis & Randall]] dry goods (1888)
***** 402: former location of [[Young & Gage]] grocers (1887)
*** 428: former location of [[Central Cafe]] (1928)
*** 404: former location of [[J. L. Morrison & Co.]] dry goods (1887), [[Willis & Randall]] dry goods (1888), [[George Crow]] furniture (1941)
**** 404½: former location of [[Brother Bryan Community Center]] (1941)
*** 406: former location of [[McKee Hardware Co.]] (1941)
*** 408-410: former location of [[Hill's Food Stores]] "Big Store" (before 1914), [[Southern Wholesale Floral Co.]] (1941)
*** 420: former location of [[Atherton Co.]] signs (1941)
*** 422: former location of [[Master's Motor Co.]] sporting goods (1941)
*** 424: former location of [[A. D. Snyder]] cabinet shop (1941)
*** 426: former location of [[Lyman Stribling]] grocery (1941)
*** 428: former location of [[Central Cafe]] (1928-1941)
*** 430: former location of [[Hill's Food Stores]] (1941)
* East side
* East side
** 401-411: [[Bristol Southside]], former location of [[Drennen Motor Company]] (1941-1964), [[Tom Williams Buick]]
** 401-411: [[Bristol Southside]], former location of [[Drennen Motor Company]] (1941-1964), [[Tom Williams Buick]]
** 417-31: "[[The Strip]]"
** 417-431: "[[The Strip]]"
** 421: [[Classic 13 Tattoo]], former location of [[Bill's Auto Accessories]] (1924), [[Romeo's Grill]] (1964)
** 421: [[Classic 13 Tattoo]], former location of [[Bill's Auto Accessories]] (1924), [[Romeo's Grill]] (1941-1964)
*** 423: [[Crescendo Bar & Lounge]], former location of [[Orthopedic Appliance Co.]] (1964), [[Pat James Lounge]] (1977), [[Ona's Music Room]] (1997-2010)
*** 423: [[Crescendo Bar & Lounge]], former location of [[Central Sign Co.]] (1941), [[Orthopedic Appliance Co.]] (1964), [[Pat James Lounge]] (1977), [[Ona's Music Room]] (1997-2010)
*** 425-427: former location of [[Reese Brothers]] auto washing & storage (1923)
*** 425-427: former location of [[Rees Brothers]] auto washing & storage (1923), [[Rees Auto Service]] (1941)
**** 425: [[Quality Shoe Repair]], former location of [[Michael's]] offices (1964), [[Emil's Cantina]] (1977)
**** 425: [[Quality Shoe Repair]], former location of [[Michael's]] offices (1964), [[Emil's Cantina]] (1977)
***** 425½: former location of [[McCormick Realty]] office (1964)
***** 425½: former location of [[McCormick Realty]] office (1964)
*** 427: former location of [[Rossi's]] (1977), [[Xindigo Blue]]
*** 427: former location of [[Rossi's]] (1977), [[Xindigo Blue]]
*** 431: [[Pizza Hut]], former location of [[Halwood's Restaurant]] (1962-), [[Michael's|Michael's Sirloin Room]] (1964-1977)
*** 431: [[Pizza Hut]], former location of [[Maxwell Brothers Furniture Co.]] (1941), [[Halwood's Restaurant]] (1962-), [[Michael's|Michael's Sirloin Room]] (1964-1977)
*** 433: [[Syndicate Lounge]]<!--this is the address they use...-->
*** 433: [[Syndicate Lounge]]<!--this is the address they use...-->
===[[5th Avenue South]]===
===[[5th Avenue South]]===
* West side
* West side

Revision as of 12:25, 8 December 2017

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street South category.

Railroad Reservation/20th Street underpass

road continues north as 20th Street North

Powell Avenue

The Alagasco Building in 2010
Moore-Handley Hardware Co. in 1904

Moore-Handley appliance department (1964)

1st Avenue South

2nd Avenue South

c. 1963 view looking north up 20th Street toward downtown

3rd Avenue South

4th Avenue South

1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
start of UAB campus

5th Avenue South

6th Avenue South

Hillman Hospital, c. 1929

7th Avenue South

University Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue South)

8th Court South

9th Avenue South

10th Avenue South intersection

Five Points South begins'

Magnolia Avenue

11th Avenue South

12th Avenue South/Highland Avenue

13th Avenue South

14th Avenue South

15th Avenue South

16th Avenue South

U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

External links

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