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* [[14th Street underpass]] ([[Railroad Reservation]]; continues south as [[14th Street South]])
* [[14th Street underpass]] ([[Railroad Reservation]]; continues south as [[14th Street South]])
** West side:
** west side:
*** Former location of [[Linn Iron Works]] (entire block), currently owned by [[Alagasco]]
*** 2-28: Former location of [[Linn Iron Works]] (entire block), currently owned by [[Alagasco]]
*** 14: [[Alagasco Metro Operations Center]], former site of [[Birmingham Southern Railroad freight depot]], [[AAA Mini Storage]]
**** 14: [[Alagasco Metro Operations Center]], former site of [[Birmingham Southern Railroad freight depot]], [[AAA Mini Storage]]
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection (east only; terminus of downtown section)
 
** former location of [[Magic City Hotel]] (built 1888)
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersects (east only; terminus of downtown section), former location of [[L & N Railroad]] yards
** [[Bailey's Corner]] Conoco station, [[Tacos Dos Hermanos]]
**** 28: [[Bailey's Corner]] ("[[Catch-out Corner]]") Conoco station, [[Tacos Dos Hermanos]]
** east side:
*** 11-15: former location of [[Magic City Hotel]] (built 1888, vacant in 1891)
**** 11: former location of grocery / general store (1891)
**** 13: former location of grocery / general store (1891)
**** 15: former location of hotel entrance (1891)
 
* [[1st Avenue North]] intersection ([[U. S. Highway 11]])
* [[1st Avenue North]] intersection ([[U. S. Highway 11]])
** "[[Catch-out Corner]]"
** west side:
** [[Innovation Depot]]
*** 108: former location of [[E.M. Clark]] Restaurant (1887)
** 108: former location of [[E.M. Clark]] Restaurant (1887)
*** 110: former location of [[A.W. Wilson]] grocer (1887)
** 110: former location of [[A.W. Wilson]] grocer (1887)
*** 112: [[Church of the Reconciler]] (former [[Hormel]] meat processing plant)
** 112: [[Church of the Reconciler]] (former [[Hormel]] meat processing plant)
** east side:
** 101-131: [[Innovation Depot]]
 
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection, former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]]
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection, former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]]
** former location of [[Pizitz Tire Center]]
** former location of [[Pizitz Tire Center]]
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
** 302:  former location of [[A. Gross]] fish market (1887)
** 302:  former location of [[A. Gross]] fish market (1887)
** [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
** [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
** [[Jim Burke Automotive|Jim Burke Jeep]]
** [[Jim Burke Automotive|Jim Burke Jeep]]
** 411: former location of [[Robert Funk Bakery]]
** 411: former location of [[Robert Funk Bakery]]
** 421: former location of [[Banner Baking Co.]] (1922-1930s)
** 421: former location of [[Banner Baking Co.]] (1922-1930s)
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
** former location of [[Slater School]] (1888-1929)
** former location of [[Slater School]] (1888-1929)
** 517:  [[Jim Burke Automotive|Jim Burke Body Shop]]
** 517:  [[Jim Burke Automotive|Jim Burke Body Shop]]
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
** 702: former location of [[New Orleans Bakery and Confectionery]]
** 702: former location of [[New Orleans Bakery and Confectionery]]
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** 722: former location of [[J. W. Dickson]] lunch room (1927)
** 722: former location of [[J. W. Dickson]] lunch room (1927)
** 724: former location of [[Ideal Ice Cream Co.]] (1925)
** 724: former location of [[Ideal Ice Cream Co.]] (1925)
* [[8th Avenue North]] / [[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]] intersection
* [[8th Avenue North]] / [[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]] intersection
** [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]]
** [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]]
** [[U.S. Treasury Building]] (built 2014)
** [[U.S. Treasury Building]] (built 2014)
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection


Revision as of 16:34, 16 May 2019

14th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets on the western end of downtown Birmingham's business district.

14th Street begins at the northern end of 14th Street South, emerging from the 14th Street underpass underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north past 9th Avenue North and ending short of I-20/59. There is an additional short section of the street in Fountain Heights between 11th and 12th Avenue North.

In the city's early history, a low-lying marshy area northwest of 14th Street and 2nd Avenue North fronted the Baconsides slum district.

The 2004 City Center Master Plan recommended "greening" 14th Street as a walkable corridor connecting UAB and the Railroad Park on Southside to the Entrepreneurial Center and the Birmingham Social Security Administration Center downtown. A $1.3 million landscape improvement project, including new sidewalks and paving, was begun in December 2009. The project was funded largely with federal money.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 14th Street North category.

References

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