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[[File:1927 19th Street Ensley.jpg|right|thumb|450px|19th Street looking south from Avenue F in 1927]]
'''19th Street Ensley''' is a street in the [[Ensley]] business district. It begins at [[Avenue B Ensley|Avenue B]] just southeast of [[U. S. Steel]]'s former [[Ensley Works]] and proceeds southeast to [[Avenue I Ensley|Avenue I]], then bends to the east and continues to [[Avenue W Ensley|Avenue W]] just west of [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]. The street continues toward downtown [[Birmingham]] via [[Bush Hills]] as [[Bush Boulevard]]/[[8th Avenue North]].
'''19th Street Ensley''' is a street in the [[Ensley]] business district. It begins at [[Avenue B Ensley|Avenue B]] just southeast of [[U. S. Steel]]'s former [[Ensley Works]] and proceeds southeast to [[Avenue I Ensley|Avenue I]], then bends to the east and continues to [[Avenue W Ensley|Avenue W]] just west of [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]. The street continues toward downtown [[Birmingham]] via [[Bush Hills]] as [[Bush Boulevard]]/[[8th Avenue North]].


==Notable addresses==
==Notable addresses==
* former location of [[TCI Commissary (Ensley)]].
* 101: former location of [[Plant Cafe]] ([[Pete Harduval]] 1960)
* 103: former location of [[Harduvel Bros.]] restaurant (1910)
* 103: former location of [[Harduvel Bros.]] restaurant (1910)
* 108: former location of [[Riverside Cafe]] (1910)
* 108: former location of [[Riverside Cafe]] (1910)
* 308: [[Wallace Lounge]]
* former location of [[Ensley Land Co.]] (1903)
* 324: former location of [[New Orleans Cafe]] (1938-1939)
 
* [[Avenue D Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue C Ensley]] intersects
** Northwest side
** northwest side
*** 400: [[Cotton's]] department store (1922-2012)
*** 300: former location of the [[New York Store]] clothiers (1903)
*** 410: [[Busch's]] jewelers
*** 302: former location of [[H. Kanjutzky]] dry goods (1903)
*** 414: [[Ensley Grill]] (1930–)
*** 304: former location of [[Cadenhead & Tyler]] pawn shop (1903), [[Ensley Furniture and Printing Co.]] (1934)
** Southeast side
**** 304½: former location of Mrs [[H. G. Williamson]] dressmaker (1903)
*** 401: vacant
*** 306: former location of [[Goldstein & Berkowitz]] dry goods (1903)
*** 308: [[Wallace Lounge]]
*** 324: former location of [[New Orleans Cafe]] (1938-1939)
** southeast side:
*** 301: former location of [[C. S. Williams]] pawn shop (1903)
*** 303: former location of [[Hustler Grocery Co.]] (1903)
*** 305: former location of [[Ensley Furniture Co.]] / [[Will Black's]] barber shop (1903)
*** 307: former location of the [[Boston Clothing Store]] (1903)
*** 315: former location of [[John Checkas]] fruit stand (1903)
*** 321: [[Bethesda Wellness Center]] (2020)
 
* [[Avenue D Ensley]] intersects
** northwest side:
*** 400: [[Cotton's]] department store (1922-2012), former location of [[The Bee Hive]] dry goods & shoes (1903)
*** 402: former location of [[D. B. Bird]] grocery (1903)
*** 404: former location of [[John M. Martin]] druggist / Mrs Langford dressmaker (1903), [[Goldstein & Cohen]] dry goods & shoes (1917)
**** 404: former location of [[Ensley Odd Fellows' Hall]] (1903)
*** 406: former location of [[Ensley Bakery]] (1903)
*** 408: former location of [[The Model Market]] / [[J. H. Eubanks & Co.]] grocery & dairy / [[Fred Kastorff]] bicycle shop (1903)
*** 410: [[Busch's]] jewelers, former location of [[Byrum & Butcher]] hardware (1903)
*** 412: former location of [[J. S. Hall & Co.]] dry goods & shoes (1903)
*** 414: [[Ensley Grill]] (1930–), former location of Mrs [[M. L. Martin]] millinery (1903)
*** 416: former location of [[Tony Frank]] fruit stand (1903)
*** 418: former location of [[J. S. Knight]] insurance / [[E. J. Hudnall]] real estate / [[W. W. Ellis]] jeweler (1903), [[White Palace Barber Shop]] (1917), [[Gilmer Drug Co.]]
** southeast side:
*** 401: vacant, former location of [[Nolan's Hall]] / [[Vann Bros.]] furniture (1903)
*** 403: vacant
*** 403: vacant
*** 405: vacant, former offices of [[Martin Weinberg]]
*** 405: vacant, former offices of [[Martin Weinberg]]
*** 409: vacant, formerly [[McCrory's]] department store (1962–), [[Project Safe]] ([[Birmingham Police Department]] Domestic Violence Unit
*** 409: vacant, former location of [[McCrory's]] department store (1962–), [[Project Safe]] ([[Birmingham Police Department]] Domestic Violence Unit
*** 413: [[Gilmer Drugs]]
*** 413: [[Gilmer Drugs]]
*** 415: former location of [[Ensley Co.]] (1903)
*** 421: former location of [[Lyons & Co.]] pool hall (1903)
*** 425: [[Monumental Contracting Services]], formerly [[Bank of Ensley]] (1917–1929)
*** 425: [[Monumental Contracting Services]], formerly [[Bank of Ensley]] (1917–1929)
* [[Avenue E Ensley]]
 
* 508: [[Ensley Hotel]] (18877–1910s), [[Ramsay-McCormack Building]] (1928–)
* [[Avenue E Ensley]] intersects:
* 514: [[Outlet]] discount store
** former location of [[Fossett's Cafe]] (1903)
* 519: [[Styles of Today]]
** 506: [[Ellis Flower Shop]] (1934)
* 608: [[Jaynee's Fashions]]
** 508: proposed site for [[New Ramsay-McCormack building]] (2024), former location of [[Ensley Hotel]] (1887–1910s), [[Berney's Drug Store]], [[Ramsay-McCormack Building]] (built 1929, demolished 2021)
* 611: [[A. G. Callins & Associates]]
** 511: former location of [[Joe Steed's Theatres]] (1927)
* 616: former location of [[Birmingham Police Department]] [[1967 Birmingham Police Department West Precinct|West Precinct]] (1967-2015)
** 514: [[Outlet]] discount store
* [[Avenue F Ensley]]: [[Berney's Drug Store]] (1898–1959)
** 519: [[Styles of Today]]
* 702: [[Ideal Furniture]]
** 526: former location of Mrs [[E. W. Johnson]] dressmaker (1903)
* 721: [[J & D Barber Shop]]
** 528: former location of [[M. L. Daniel]] grocery (1903)
* 900: former location of [[Bondi & Lovoi]] restaurant (1928)
 
* 1523: [[Carter's Barber Shop]]
* [[Avenue F Ensley]] intersects:
* 1915: [[Holy Family Community Hospital]] (1946–)
** former location of [[Berney's Drug Store]] (1898–1959)
* 2001: [[Holy Family Cristo Rey High School]] (1943–)
** former location of [[Alex Claiborne]] blacksmith shop (1903)
** northwest side:
*** 602: [[The Greenhouse]] event venue, former location of [[Belle Theatre]] (early 1900s)
*** 604: 1-story commercial building
**** 604A: former location of [[Classic Tax Service]]
**** 604B: [[Kuumba Community Arts Center]]
*** 606: [[Robbins Nursing Uniform Supply Store]], former location of [[Vivian's Flowers]] ([[Vivian Sanford|Vivian]] &[[Woodie Sanford]] 1968–1975), [[Genesis Hair Salon]]
*** 608: [[Jaynee's Services]] tax preparation / notary, former location of [[Jaynee's Fashions]], [[April's Cuts & Beyond]]
*** 610: [[Amie's African Hair Braiding]]
*** 616: [[Ensley Cinema House]] (2016–), former location of [[Birmingham Police Department]] [[1967 Birmingham Police Department West Precinct|West Precinct]] (1967-2015)
** southwest side:
*** 601–609: vacant lot, former location of [[Braswell Furniture Co.]] (1907–1982)
**** 601–603: demolished between 2011 & 2015
**** 605–609: demolished between 2019 & 2021
*** 611: 2-story brick commercial building (built [[1911]]), [[Mighty Muscle Facilities Management]] / [[Ensley Jazz House]] / [[Scarbrough Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise]] ([[Kathy Scarbrough]] 2022–), former location of [[Birmingham Railway Light & Electric Company]] substation, [[A. G. Callins & Associates]] (2018)
*** 615: [[A & B Palace]] (2011–)
*** 619: [[Jimmy Jays Delicious Barbecue]] (2015–), former location of [[A Lil of Everything and Then Some]] boutique (2011)
 
* [[Avenue G Ensley]] intersects:
** 702: [[Ideal Furniture]]
** 713: former location of [[F. M. Slye]] contractor (1903)
** 717: former location of [[Ensley Cleaning Works]] (1917)
** 721: [[J & D Barber Shop]]
** 723-725: former location of [[Dabney Galusha Post 3407]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] (1953-1961)
 
* [[Avenue H Ensley]] intersects:
** 815: [[Q's Bar & Grill]]
** 827; [[Eastside Funeral Home]] Ensley branch, former location of [[Parker Funeral Home]]
 
* [[Avenue I Ensley]] intersects
** 900: former location of [[Bondi & Lovoi]] restaurant (1928), [[Friendly Tavern]] ([[Don Snyder]] 1959)
** 910: [[Mama Esha Kitchen]] ([[Ayesha Rashid]] 2019–)
 
* [[Avenue J Ensley]] intersects (south only):
** 1412: [[Shee Bar]] hair extensions
** 1420–1430: [[The Hamilton Apartments]]
 
* [[Avenue O Ensley]] intersects:
** 1500–1530: [[First Baptist Church of Ensley]]
*** 1504: former location of [[Cotton's Confectionary]] ([[John Cotton]] 1942)
** 1501–1515: service station
*** 1501: [[19th Street Grill]]
** 1517: former location of [[Clifton Lattimore]], physician
** 1523: [[Carter's Barber Shop]]
** 1525–1529: former location of [[Quality Cleaners]]
 
* [[Avenue P Ensley]] intersects:
** 1600–1616: [[Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses]]
** 1601–1603: 2-story commercial building
*** 1601: vacant
*** 1603: [[Superior Style Shop]] (2014–)
** 1613: apartment building (damaged by fire in April 2020)
** 1621: [[New Testament House of Refuge]]
** 1915: [[Holy Family Community Hospital]] (1946–)
** 2001: [[Holy Family Cristo Rey High School]] (1943–)
 
* [[Avenue V Ensley]]: [[Exxon]]
* [[Avenue V Ensley]]: [[Exxon]]
* continues as [[Bush Boulevard]]
* continues as [[Bush Boulevard]]

Latest revision as of 08:57, 27 April 2023

19th Street looking south from Avenue F in 1927

19th Street Ensley is a street in the Ensley business district. It begins at Avenue B just southeast of U. S. Steel's former Ensley Works and proceeds southeast to Avenue I, then bends to the east and continues to Avenue W just west of I-20/59. The street continues toward downtown Birmingham via Bush Hills as Bush Boulevard/8th Avenue North.

Notable addresses

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