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* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersects
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersects
** [[Phoenix Lofts|Phoenix Building]]/[[Phoenix Lofts]], former location of [[Orr & Lanning]] livery stable
** east side:
** 209: former location of [[International Products Co.]] trunks (1938)
*** [[Phoenix Lofts|Phoenix Building]]/[[Phoenix Lofts]], former location of [[Orr & Lanning]] livery stable
** 211: former location of [[Mint Vending Co.]] (1938)
*** 209: former location of [[International Products Co.]] trunks (1938)
** 213: former location of [[Western Newspaper Union]] (1920)
*** 211: former location of [[Mint Vending Co.]] (1938)
** 215: former location of [[C. H. Hartsfield Co.]] printers (1938)
*** 213: former location of [[Western Newspaper Union]] (1920)
** 217: former location of [[Nixon Printing Co.]] (1938)
*** 215: former location of [[C. H. Hartsfield Co.]] printers (1938)
** 221: former location of [[City Printing Co.]] (1938)
*** 217: former location of [[Nixon Printing Co.]] (1938)
*** 221: former location of [[City Printing Co.]] (1938)
** west side:
*** 230: former location of the [[Hippodrome Theater]] (1900s), [[Hippodrome Theater|Orpheum Theater]] (1911), [[Hippodrome Theater|Hippodrome Skating Auditorium]] (1916–)


* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersects
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersects
[[File:1930s Cotton Club.jpg|right|thumb|375px|View on the 300 block of 17th Street North in the 1930s]]
[[File:1930s Cotton Club.jpg|right|thumb|375px|View on the 300 block of 17th Street North in the 1930s]]
** former location of the [[Birmingham Printing & Binding Company]]
** former location of the [[Birmingham Printing & Binding Company]]
** former location of the [[Hippodrome Theater]]
** west side:
** west side:
*** 300-310: parking lot
*** 300-310: parking lot

Revision as of 11:28, 12 April 2020

17th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district. Downtown, south of 11th Avenue North, the street is one-way for South-bound vehicular traffic. The change was made in 1973 as part of the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

17th Street North begins at Morris Avenue just north of the Railroad Reservation. It continues north past Kelly Ingram Park and below I-20/59. Alongside Oak Hill Cemetery, the street changes to 17th Street Viaduct and continues as 18th Street North. 17th Street picks up separately south of 13th Avenue North and continues past 16th Avenue North just shy of I-65.

17th Street resumes north of the interstate between 16th Terrace North and 19th Avenue North. North of Village Creek another short section begins at 22nd Avenue North and crosses Finley Boulevard. It is interrupted at 27th Avenue North for the Ensley Branch and Birmingham Mineral Railroad, but resumes at 28th Court North and continues to the foot of Sand Mountain at Zion Heights.

17th Street North forms the western edge of the Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District. The 300 block of 17th is included in the 4th Avenue Historic District. Formerly the No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line, the No. 6 Pratt-Ensley streetcar line, the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line, and the No. 27 Ensley No. 38 South East Lake streetcar line utilized parts of 17th Street.

In 1945 electric lighting was installed on 17th Street North between 1st and 6th Avenues under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 17th Street North category.
View on the 300 block of 17th Street North in the 1930s