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* [[26th Street North]]/[[Carraway Boulevard]] / [[U.S. Highway 31]] intersects
* [[26th Street North]]/[[Carraway Boulevard]] / [[U.S. Highway 31]] intersects
** north side:
** north side:
*** 2600: former location of [[Assembly of Divine Reality]]
*** 2600: former location of [[Helm's Color Service]] photo finishing (1970), [[Assembly of Divine Reality]]
*** 2602: former location of [[Howard Odorless Cleaners]] (1946)
*** 2602: former location of [[Howard Odorless Cleaners]] (1946), [[Helm's Durell Studio]] photography (1970)
*** 2604: former location of [[Norwood Cleaners]] (1970)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 2611: former location of [[Corky Bell Dance Studio]] ([[Corky Bell]] 1964)
*** 2601: former location of [[Tradewinds]] restaurant (1970)
*** 2605: former location of [[Bill Smith's Barber Shop]] (1970)
*** 2607: former location of [[Norwood Beverage Co.]] (1970)
*** 2611: former location of [[Corky Bell Dance Studio]] ([[Corky Bell]] 1964), [[Neat Job Cabinet Shop]] (1970)
*** 2613: former location of [[G & R Electric Motor Repairs]] (1970)
*** 2623: former location of [[Primp-Up Beauty Salon]] (1970)


* avenue passes over railroad tracks
* avenue passes over [[Southern Railway]] / [[St Louis–San Francisco Railway|Frisco Line]] railroad tracks


* [[27th Street North]] intersects
* [[27th Street North]] intersects
** 2701: [[Moussa Food Mart]] / [[Boosh Quick Stop]]
** 2701: [[Moussa Food Mart]] / [[Boosh Quick Stop]], former location of [[Qwik Mart]] (1970)


* [[27th Place North]] intersects
* [[27th Place North]] intersects
** former location of [[Birmingham Awning & Tent Works]] ([[M. D. Smith Jr]] 1920s)
** former location of [[Birmingham Awning & Tent Works]] ([[M. D. Smith Jr]] 1920s)
** 2720: former location of [[Leigh-Ann Rest Home]] (1970)
** 2730: former location of [[Luray Apartments]] (1970)


* [[28th Street North]] intersects
* [[28th Street North]] intersects
** north side:
*** 2812: former location of [[John Parrish]] structural detailer (1970)
*** 2816: former location of [[Jennings Apartments]] (1970)
** south side:
*** 2817: former location of [[Bon Air Apartments]] (1970)
* [[28th Place North]] intersects
* [[28th Place North]] intersects
* [[29th Street North]] intersects
* [[29th Street North]] intersects
** 2900: former location of [[The Aberdeen Apartments]] (1970)
* [[29th Place North]] intersects
* [[29th Place North]] intersects
** 2930: former location of [[Simon-Williamson Clinic]] (1970)
* [[30th Street North]] intersects
* [[30th Street North]] intersects
** north side:
** north side:
*** 3000: [[II Fish V Loaves]] grocery store ([[Antonio Washington|Antonio]] & [[Temesha Washington]], 2017–)
*** 3000: [[II Fish V Loaves]] grocery store ([[Antonio Washington|Antonio]] & [[Temesha Washington]], 2017–), former location of [[Warren Drugs]] (1970)
*** 3002: [[Sol's Hot Dogs]] ([[Solomon Zarzaur]] 1970–)
*** 3002: [[Sol's Hot Dogs]] ([[Solomon Zarzaur]] 1970–), former location of [[Norwood Barber Shop]] (–1970)
*** 3004: former location of [[Utopia Cleaners & Laundry]] (1970)
*** 3006: former location of [[Edith Mullins Beauty Shop]] (1970)
*** 3008: [[Sani-Clean Laundromat]]
*** 3008: [[Sani-Clean Laundromat]]
*** 3020: [[Shell]] gas station / [[McCullough Snappy Services Oil Co.]]
*** 3020: [[Shell]] gas station / [[McCullough Snappy Services Oil Co.]], former location of [[Glenn Hauser Texaco]] service station (1970)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 3001: [[Family Dollar|Family Dollar #7275]]
*** 3001: [[Family Dollar|Family Dollar #7275]], former location of [[A & P|A & P Food Store]] (1970)
*** 3011: former location of [[Tom Jones Cleaning & Laundry Co.]] (1970)
*** 3015: former location of [[Norwood Paint & Hardware Co.]] (1970)
*** 3019: former location of [[Banks Beverages]] (1970)


* [[31st Street North]] intersects
* [[31st Street North]] intersects
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*** 3100: [[Texaco]] gas station
*** 3100: [[Texaco]] gas station
*** former location of [[Milo's Hamburgers]] ([[Milo Carlton|Milo]] & [[Bea Carlton]] 1946-1963)
*** former location of [[Milo's Hamburgers]] ([[Milo Carlton|Milo]] & [[Bea Carlton]] 1946-1963)
*** 3116: former location of [[Handy Pack]] convenience store (1970)
*** 3118: former location of [[Norwood Shoe Shop]] (1970)
*** 3120: former location of [[Norwood Grill]] (1970)
*** 3130: former location of [[Lew Murray Drugs]] (1970)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 3115: former location of [[Raceway Auto Parts]] (1970)
*** 3131: former location of [[Palace Cafe]] ([[Pete Cosmos]] 1930s)
*** 3131: former location of [[Palace Cafe]] ([[Pete Cosmos]] 1930s)


* [[32nd Street North]] intersects (south only), avenue resumes
* [[32nd Street North]] intersects (south only), avenue resumes
** former location of [[Norwood Exchange Club Recreation Center]]
** former location of [[Norwood Exchange Club Recreation Center]]
** 3200: [[12th Avenue Bar & Grill]], former location of [[Cosmos Sports Bar & Grill]] ([[Stephen Tutt]], 2011–)
** north side:
*** 3200: [[12th Avenue Bar & Grill]], former location of [[Economy Forms & Office Supplies]] (1970), [[Cosmos Sports Bar & Grill]] ([[Stephen Tutt]], 2011–)
*** 3202: former location of [[Mailing Service Inc.]] (1970)
*** 3204A: former location of [[Economy Press Inc.]] (1970)
*** 3204B: former location of [[Sandy's Beauty Shop]] (1970)
*** 3204C: former location of [[Tucker's Barber Shop]] (1970)


* [[33rd Street North]] intersects (north only)
* [[33rd Street North]] intersects (north only)
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* [[34th Place North]] intersects (south only)
* [[34th Place North]] intersects (south only)
* [[35th Street North]] intersects (south only)
* [[35th Street North]] intersects (south only)
** 3508: former location of [[Skyview Apartments]] (1970)
* avenue ends at [[Vanderbilt Road]]
* avenue ends at [[Vanderbilt Road]]


Revision as of 15:51, 9 April 2022

12th Avenue North (or Twelfth Avenue North, formerly just 12th Avenue) is an east-west street running north of downtown Birmingham and continuing in sections through the east side of the city.

12th Avenue North begins as a continuation of 12th Avenue West at Center Street in East Thomas and runs eastward for two blocks, terminating at Bankhead Highway North and Dorothy Spears Greenway. The street resumes at 3rd Street North in Enon Ridge, and continues as far as 5th Street North, where it is interrupted by Malfunction Junction. It begins again east of I-65 in Fountain Heights and jogs slightly northward, continuing to Oak Hill Cemetery at 17th Street North.

12th Avenue picke up again at Arthur Shores Park and past the north side of Protective Stadium. It crosses over the railroad tracks between [[26th Street North|26th] and 27th Street North and through Norwood, with an overpass over I-20/59, continuing to Vanderbilt Road at the offices of McWane Cast Iron Pipe Co.

12th Avenue resumes at Appalachee Street, near W. C. Patton Park in East Birmingham, terminating at 40th Street North. It picks back up at 42nd Place North in Kingston for two blocks, then reappears between 45th Street North to 50th Street North.


Notable locations

East Thomas neighborhood

Enon Ridge neighborhood

Fountain Heights neighborhood

Druid Hills neighborhood

Norwood neighborhood

East Birmingham neighborhood

Kingston neighborhood

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