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* [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] and [[St Louis & San Francisco Railway]] crossing
* [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] and [[St Louis & San Francisco Railway]] crossing
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]], former location of [[B.D. Joyce & Co.]] grocers (1887)
** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]], former location of [[B. D. Joyce & Co.]] grocers (1887), [[W. P. Wyatt & Son]] saloon (1904)
** 1325: former location of [[True Vine Spiritualist Church]] (1941)
** 1325: former location of [[True Vine Spiritualist Church]] (1941)
** 1328: former location of [[John Dumas Restaurant]] (1964)
** 1328: former location of [[John Dumas Restaurant]] (1964)
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**** 1725½: former location of [[Jenkins Brothers Shine Parlor]] (1927)
**** 1725½: former location of [[Jenkins Brothers Shine Parlor]] (1927)
*** 1727-1731: [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]], former location of [[Brock's Drugs building]] (built 1915, demolished 1980s), [[Brock Drug Co.]] (1928-1962) and [[Palm Leaf Hotel]]/[[Palm Leaf Lunch Room]] (1928-1977), [[Palm Leaf Billiard Hall]] (1929), and [[Famous Harlem Shoe Shop]] (1937-1980)
*** 1727-1731: [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]], former location of [[Brock's Drugs building]] (built 1915, demolished 1980s), [[Brock Drug Co.]] (1928-1962) and [[Palm Leaf Hotel]]/[[Palm Leaf Lunch Room]] (1928-1977), [[Palm Leaf Billiard Hall]] (1929), and [[Famous Harlem Shoe Shop]] (1937-1980)
**** 1729: former location of [[Jacob Schoettlin]] saloon (1904)


[[File:Mewbourne & Spain ambulance.png|right|thumb|275px|Mewbourne & Spain at 1809 4th Avenue North]]
[[File:Mewbourne & Spain ambulance.png|right|thumb|275px|Mewbourne & Spain at 1809 4th Avenue North]]
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** North side ([[Block 60]])
** North side ([[Block 60]])
*** 1900-1908: former location of [[Trailways Bus Depot]] (1962-), [[Allright Parking Lot]]
*** 1900-1908: former location of [[Trailways Bus Depot]] (1962-), [[Allright Parking Lot]]
**** 1900: [[Wells Fargo]] drive-thru ATM, former location of [[City Hall Lunch Room]] (1928-1929), [[A & P]] grocery strore (1931-), [[Silver Fox Bakery]] (1941)
**** 1900: [[Wells Fargo]] drive-thru ATM, former location of [[Morris Wertheimer]] saloon (1904), [[City Hall Lunch Room]] (1928-1929), [[A & P]] grocery strore (1931-), [[Silver Fox Bakery]] (1941)
**** 1902: former location of [[Martin Clothing Co.]] (1929), [[Kantor's Delicatessen]] (1931)
**** 1902: former location of [[Martin Clothing Co.]] (1929), [[Kantor's Delicatessen]] (1931)
**** 1904: former location of [[George Canakos]] restaurant (1910), [[Dee Gun & Key]] (1929-1931),  [[Arnold Clothing Co.]] (1941), [[Bernardine Seay Accordion Center]] (1964)
**** 1904: former location of [[George Canakos]] restaurant (1910), [[Dee Gun & Key]] (1929-1931),  [[Arnold Clothing Co.]] (1941), [[Bernardine Seay Accordion Center]] (1964)
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**** 1926-1930: [[Clark Building]] entrance at 404 [[20th Street North]])
**** 1926-1930: [[Clark Building]] entrance at 404 [[20th Street North]])
***** 1926: former location of [[George E. Cool]] plumber (1887), [[Ben Barbour]] plumber (1896), [[Gregory & Blake]] insurance agents (1929), [[Gregory Insurance Agency]] (1941)
***** 1926: former location of [[George E. Cool]] plumber (1887), [[Ben Barbour]] plumber (1896), [[Gregory & Blake]] insurance agents (1929), [[Gregory Insurance Agency]] (1941)
***** 1930: former location of [[Industrial Savings Bank]] (1929), men's clothes (1931), [[Schwobilt Clothing]] (1964), [[Central Bank]] (-1983)
***** 1930: former location of [[C. S. Doud]] saloon (1904), [[Industrial Savings Bank]] (1929), men's clothes (1931), [[Schwobilt Clothing]] (1964), [[Central Bank]] (-1983)
** South side ([[Block 73]])
** South side ([[Block 73]])
*** 1901-1915: surface parking. former site of [[Birmingham City Hall (1882)]] / [[Market House]] (1882-1901) and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)]] (built 1901, demolished c. 1950)
*** 1901-1915: surface parking. former site of [[Birmingham City Hall (1882)]] / [[Market House]] (1882-1901) and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)]] (built 1901, demolished c. 1950)

Revision as of 11:41, 10 March 2019

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
View of the 1700 block of 4th Avenue North in 1977
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)