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===[[University Boulevard]] (formerly [[8th Avenue South]])===
===[[University Boulevard]] (formerly [[8th Avenue South]])===
* West side
* West side
** 800-810 [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham]], formerly [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham|Kahler Plaza Hotel]], [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham|Radisson Hotel]], former site of [[University of Alabama Girl's Dormitory]]
** 800-810 [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham]] (formerly [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham|Kahler Plaza Hotel]], [[Doubletree Hotel Birmingham|Radisson Hotel]]), former site of [[University of Alabama Girl's Dormitory]]
*** 800: former location of [[J Gatsby's]] restaurant
*** 800: former location of [[J Gatsby's]] restaurant
*** 808: [[J. Reiss Custom Clothier]], inside hotel
*** 808: [[J. Reiss Custom Clothier]], inside hotel
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** 826-828: former location of [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity house (1964)
** 826-828: former location of [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity house (1964)
* East side
* East side
** 801-805: former location of [[Grayson's Spinning Wheel]]
** 801-803: former location of [[Grayson's Spinning Wheel]] ice cream (1941)
*** 801: [[Wings Around the Clock]], former location of [[New York Bagel Cafe]] (1996-2006), [[Zoes (Southside)|Zoes]], [[Starbucks Coffee]], [[Andrew's Sandwich Shop]] (- 1993)
*** 801: [[Wings Around the Clock]], former location of [[New York Bagel Cafe]] (1996-2006), [[Zoes (Southside)|Zoes]], [[Starbucks Coffee]], [[Andrew's Sandwich Shop]] (- 1993)
*** 803: Subway
*** 803: [[Subway]] sandwich shop
** 805: former location of [[Chapman Radio & Television]] (1950), former location of [[Chapman Record Bar]] (1950), former location of [[Radio Sales & Service]] (1950)
** 805: former location of [[Chapman Recording Co.]] (1941), [[Chapman Radio & Television Co.]] / [[Radio Sales & Service Co.]] (1941-1950), [[Chapman Record Bar]] (1950)
** 807: former location of [[Baptist Building]], offices of [[Birmingham Baptist Association]], [[Birmingham Baptist Women's Missionary Union]], ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' newspaper, [[Albie Smith]] architect, [[Weir & Shannon]] attorneys, and [[National Electrical Contractors Association]] (1964), [[Dewberry Engraving]] (1950)
** 807: [[Baptist Building]], former location of [[Dewberry Engraving]] (1941-1950), offices of [[Birmingham Baptist Association]], [[Birmingham Baptist Women's Missionary Union]], ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' newspaper, [[Albie Smith]] architect, [[Weir & Shannon]] attorneys, and [[National Electrical Contractors Association]] (1964)
** 811: [[Medical Alumni Building]], [[Rose Law Firm]], formerly [[Birmingham Medical & Surgical Clinic]], offices of [[Jefferson Health Foundation]], [[Jefferson Medical Group]] and other physicians, office of [[R. C. Green]], later [[Brown-Service Funeral Home]] and [[Ridout's Funeral Home]]
** 811: [[Medical Alumni Building]] (built 1936), [[Rose Law Firm]], former location of [[Birmingham Medical & Surgical Clinic]], offices of [[Jefferson Health Foundation]], [[Jefferson Medical Group]] and other physicians, office of [[R. C. Green]], later [[Brown-Service Funeral Home]] (1941)
** 815: [[Ridout's Funeral Home]] (1941)
** 821: [[Southside Residence Inn]], former site of [[James Van Hoose residence]], [[Brown-Service Funeral Company]] funeral home (1935), [[Birmingham Travelodge]] (1964), later [[Passport Inn]] and [[Royal Inn]]
** 821: [[Southside Residence Inn]], former site of [[James Van Hoose residence]], [[Brown-Service Funeral Company]] funeral home (1935), [[Birmingham Travelodge]] (1964), later [[Passport Inn]] and [[Royal Inn]]
===[[8th Court South]]===
===[[8th Court South]]===
===[[9th Avenue South]]===
===[[9th Avenue South]]===

Revision as of 14:11, 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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