17th Street South

17th Street South is a north-south street in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. The street does not cross the Railroad Reservation, and its northern terminus is a continuation of the paved "17th Street Plaza" at Railroad Park. From there, it continues south for 4 blocks, but then is closed between 5th and 10th Avenue South in the heart of the UAB Medical Center and UAB campus. From 10th, the street transitions into residential neighborhoods, including the Anderson Place Historic District, as it climbs the slope of Red Mountain ending between 15th and 16th Avenue South. The viewing corridor created by 17th Street South through Southside most closely aligns with the statue of Vulcan.

17th Street South Homewood picks up on the south side of Red Mountain in the Rosedale community, merging into Central Avenue as it crosses Griffin Brook.

Notable locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 17th Street South category.

• Railroad Reservation
  • Railroad Park, former location of a lumber yard (1870s)
• 1st Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 100: former location of Front Wheel Drive of Alabama
    • 120: The Warehouse
  • East side
    • 101: LIV Parkside, Red Cat coffee house
    • 121: Corporate Furnishings/Peggy Dye & Associates
• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 200: former location of Retail Outlet, General Services & Construction, Activa Inc.
    • 220: former location of Wittichen Supply Co. (moved to Gardendale in 2015)
  • East side
    • 201: former location of Birmingham VA Hospital parking lot
• 3rd Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 300-324: James C. Lee Building (built 2019)
      • 300: former location of Mid-South Design Inc. (demolished October 2017)
      • 320-324: former location of parking lot
  • East side
    • 301: parking lot
    • 321: Ronald McDonald House
• 4th Avenue South intersection (Block 158)
  • former location of Naber's Grove/Crystal Palace (1875-1886)
  • west side (Block 158):
    • 400: Children's Park Place (built 2004), former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 406: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 410: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 412: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 420: former location of St John's Methodist Church (1885-1891)
  • east side (Block 159):
    • 401: parking lot, former location of steam dye & cleaning co. (1891)
    • 421: 5th Avenue Parking Deck (built 1994)
• 5th Avenue South (street ends)
  • West side
    • 500: Children's Hospital (Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, built 2012), ZYP Payment Kiosk No. 21
    • 516: former location of Immaculate Conception School (1922)
  • East side
    • 501: UAB Women & Infants Center (built 2010)
• 6th Avenue South (no street access)
  • West side
    • 600: Children's Hospital (McWane Building)
    • 621: Children's Hospital (Lowder Building)
  • East side
    • 601: UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center
    • 621: parking lot
• 7th Avenue South (no street access)
  • former location of the Truman Aldrich residence (1890s)
  • Lister Hill Library (built 1971, expanded 1994)
  • 730: former location of J. T. Duncan grocery store (1922)
• University Boulevard (no street access)
  • 17th Street pedestrian overpass
    • 800: Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building, former location of Mrs A. E. Lewis grocery store (1922)
    • 820: UAB Parking Lot 7D
  • East side
    • 801: UAB School of Nursing building
    • 821: UAB Student Health & Wellness Center
• 9th Avenue South (street resumes)
  • West side
    • 900: New Freshman Residence Hall (built 2015)
    • 920: former location of Ronald McDonald House (building demolished in November 2018), UAB Parking Lot 15J
  • East side
    • 901: UAB Ninth Avenue Office Building/University Optometric Group
    • 921: UAB Parking Lot 15U
• 10th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 1000: Al’s Deli and Grill
    • 1010: driveway entry to UAB Parking Deck 16
    • 1018: Doug Lewis Dentistry, former location of J. W. McQueen residence (1922)
    • 1020: vacant lot
  • East side
    • 1001: vacant lot, former location of Birmingham Women's Medical Clinic (1980s), New Woman All Women Clinic (1990s-2013, demolished 2016)
    • 1021: UAB Parking Lot 15W
• 11th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 1100: vacant lot
    • 1120: UAB Parking Lot 15X
  • East side
    • 1101: UAB Undergraduate Admissions
• 12th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 1200:
    • 1220: South Health & Rehabilitation
  • East side
    • 1201: Ramsay High School running track, former location of R. D. Johnson residence/Misses Howard School for Girls (1920s-1930)
• 13th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 1300:
  • East side
    • 1301: Ethel Apartments
• 13th Court South intersection
• 14th Avenue South intersection
  • beginning of Anderson Place Historic District
• 14th Terrace South intersection (east only, no entry)
• 15th Avenue South intersection
  • 1511: The Hillside apartments
  • 1520: former location of the D'Agostino School of Music (1922)
• street ends