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===[[Central City neighborhood]]===
===[[Central City neighborhood]]===
* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection
* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection
:* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] and [[Morris Jewelers]]
:* North side ([[Block 99]])
:* 1902: former location of [[Marvin Hawkins Pen Store]]
::* 1900: former location of men's suit store, [[Old Gold]] and lunch counter.
:* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
::* 1902: former location of [[Marvin Hawkins Pen Store]]
:* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
::* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
:* 1913-17: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 1
::* 1906: former location of [[European Bakery]]
:* 1918: former location of [[Peddinghaus Studio]] and [[Alabama Gas Corporation building]]
::* 1908: former location of [[Linnehaw Jewelry Store]]
:* 1922: former location of [[Porter's Clothing]]
::* 1910: former location of [[Lichter Department Store]]
:* 1926: [[Toby's]] (formerly [[Top that Chick]], [[Chris' Place Café]] [[Seven Seas Seafood]] and [[Empire Steak House]])  
::* 1912: former location of [[Robertson Hardware Company]]
:* 1927: [[Woodward Building]], (former location of [[MetroBank]])
::* 1914: former location of [[Standard Clothing Company]]
:* 1928: [[Empire Building]] (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
::* 1916: former location of [[Alabama Home Furniture]]
::* 1918: former location of [[Peddinghaus Studio]] and [[Alabama Gas Corporation building]] ([[Birmingham Gas Company]])
::* 1922: former location of [[Porter's Clothing]] and  [[Bank for Savings and Trust]]
::* 1926: [[Toby's]] (formerly [[Top that Chick]], [[Chris' Place Café]] [[Seven Seas Seafood]] and [[Empire Steak House]])  
::* 1928: [[Empire Building]] (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
:* South side
::* 1901: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] (including [[Morris Tavern]], [[Morris Jewelers]])
::* 1907: former location of [[Woodward Billiard Parlor]]
::* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] ([[Engel Realty]], [[Mark Liyx Men's Clothes]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
::* 1913-17: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 1
::* 1927: [[Woodward Building]], (former location of [[MetroBank]])
* [[20th Street North|20th Street]] intersection: [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]]
* [[20th Street North|20th Street]] intersection: [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]]
:* 2000: [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[National Bank of Birmingham building]])
:* North side ([[Block 100]])
:* 2001: [[John A. Hand Building]]
::* 2000: [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[National Bank of Birmingham building]])
:* 2013: [[McAdory Building]]
::* 2010: former location of [[Fidelity Loan Company]]
:* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]]
::* 2012: former location of [[R. A. Brown & Company]]
:* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]] and location of [[Mazer's Office & Store Equipment]]
::* 2014: former location of [[Zac Smith Stationery Company]]
:* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]])
::* 2016: former location of Glidden Paints
::* 2022: former location of [[Garber, Cook & Hulsey]]
::* 2026: former location of [[Birmingham Federal Savings and Loan]]
::* 2030: former location of [[Sarris Grill]]
:* South side
::* 2001: [[John A. Hand Building]]
::* 2013: [[McAdory Building]] (former location of [[Wimberly & Thomas Hardware]])
::* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]] (former location of [[Jason A. Head Office Supplies]] and [[Underwood Typewriters]])
::* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]] and location of [[Mazer's Office & Store Equipment]]) [[Birmingham Rug & Linoleum]] and [[Simmons Electric]])
::* 2025: [[Skyline Lofts]] (former location of [[Reprint Company]])
::* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]])
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])
:* 2100: [[Landmark Building]] (former site of [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building]])
:* 2100: [[Landmark Building]] (former site of [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building]])

Revision as of 23:29, 13 July 2009

First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.

Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.

U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.

In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.

The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park.

See also

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.

Smithfield

Fountain Heights

Central City neighborhood

  • South side
  • South side

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake

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