4th Avenue North
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.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 4th Avenue North category.
- Center Street intersection
- 416: R C Body Shop
- 9th Street North intersection
- 10th Street North intersection
- Interstate 65 overpass
- 11th Street North intersection
- 1100: Mike's Downtown Shell
- 1101: Texaco containing a Sneaky Pete's
- 12th Street North intersection
- 1200: America's First Federal Credit Union headquarters
- 13th Street North intersection
- 14th Street North intersection
- 1421: formerly Glare offices
- 15th Street North intersection
- former site of Brown Belle Bottling Company
- 16th Street North intersection
- 1630: Colored Masonic Temple
- 1631: Carver Theatre (Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame)
- 17th Street North intersection
- 1701: New Deal Barber Shop
- 1703-B: Miles Lounge
- 1705: Green Acres Cafe
- 1721: Famous Theater
- Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park (former site of Brock's Drugs building)
- 18th Street North intersection
- 1810: former site of Shnipper's clothing
- 1812: former site of a Piggly-Wiggly
- 1820: formerly Restaurant G (inside One Federal Place)
- 19th Street North intersection
- North side
- 1914: Forbes Building
- 1920: formerly Horton & Biddle Cycle Company and Wuxtry
- 1924: formerly Cane Break Supper Club and Grundy's Music Room
- South side (Block 73)
- 1901: former site of first and second Birmingham City Halls
- 1915: Gus's Hot Dogs
- 1917: formerly Oliver Chalifoux's music store
- North side
- 20th Street North intersection
- 2000: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3
- 2011: Regions Investment Company building
- 2013: Hood-McPherson building
- 2019: Harbert Center
- 21st Street North intersection
- 2100: First Presbyterian Church
- 2101: Downtown YMCA
- 22nd Street North intersection
- 2200: former site of Birmingham News building (1917)
- 2201: Birmingham News building (2006)
- 2223: formerly Steppers & Walkers, Ruby House, and Charcoal Steak House
- 23rd Street North intersection
- 2301: Stonewall Building (Stand N' Snack)
- 2321: Fife's Restaurant
- 24th Street North intersection (street ends)
- 2519: formerly Home Baking Company