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** former location of the [[Relay House]]
** former location of the [[Relay House]]


==== [[Morris Avenue]] intersection ====
==== [[Morris Avenue]] intersects ====
* west side:
* west side:
** 2-6: former location of wholesale grocer (1891)
** 2-6: former location of wholesale grocer (1891)
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** 25: former location of [[Central Shoe Co.]] / [[Albert Stradford]] accountant (1935)
** 25: former location of [[Central Shoe Co.]] / [[Albert Stradford]] accountant (1935)


==== [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] ([[U. S. Highway 11]]) intersection ====
==== [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] ([[U. S. Highway 11]]) intersects ====
* former downtown terminus of the [[Highland Avenue Railroad]]
* former downtown terminus of the [[Highland Avenue Railroad]]
* west side ([[Block 98]]):
* west side ([[Block 98]]):
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*** 161: former location of Mrs [[L. E. Williamson]] millinery (1887), [[Angelo Lafturias]] (1907)
*** 161: former location of Mrs [[L. E. Williamson]] millinery (1887), [[Angelo Lafturias]] (1907)


==== [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection ====
==== [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]] intersects ====
* former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]] (1880s-1891)
* former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]] (1880s-1891)
* former location of [[WBRC-AM]] radio studios
* former location of [[WBRC-AM]] radio studios
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** east end of the [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]
** east end of the [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]


==== [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection====
==== [[3rd Avenue North]] intersects====
* [[9-11 Memorial Walk]]
* [[9-11 Memorial Walk]]
* west side [[Block 72]]:
* west side [[Block 72]]:
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**** 323-331: former location of [[Birmingham City Hall (1882)|Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1882, demolished 1900)
**** 323-331: former location of [[Birmingham City Hall (1882)|Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1882, demolished 1900)


==== [[4th Avenue North]] intersection ====
====[[4th Avenue North]] intersects====
[[File:1979 19th and 5th looking SW.jpg|right|thumb|325px|1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street]]
[[File:1979 19th and 5th looking SW.jpg|right|thumb|325px|1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street]]
* west side ([[Block 61]])
* west side ([[Block 61]])
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***** 425: former location of cafe/cigars (1931)
***** 425: former location of cafe/cigars (1931)


==== [[5th Avenue North]] intersection====
==== [[5th Avenue North]] intersects====
* west side ([[Block 46]]):
* west side ([[Block 46]]):
** 500–512: [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]] (built 1921 as U.S. Post Office and Court House)
** 500–512: [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]] (built 1921 as U.S. Post Office and Court House)
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** 523-531: [[1901 Sixth Avenue]] (built 1989 as AmSouth-Harbert Plaza), former site of [[Masonic Temple]] (built 1922, demolished 1970), [[Temple Theatre]] (1925–1970)
** 523-531: [[1901 Sixth Avenue]] (built 1989 as AmSouth-Harbert Plaza), former site of [[Masonic Temple]] (built 1922, demolished 1970), [[Temple Theatre]] (1925–1970)


==== [[6th Avenue North]] intersection ====
====[[6th Avenue North]] intersects====
** west side:
** west side:
* 600-630: [[AT&T City Center]] (built 1971)
* 600-630: [[AT&T City Center]] (built 1971)
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* 621: [[1905 Park Place|one story commercial building]], [[Avadian Credit Union]]
* 621: [[1905 Park Place|one story commercial building]], [[Avadian Credit Union]]


==== [[Park Place]] intersection (east only) ====
====[[Park Place]] intersects (east only)====
* east side:
* east side:
** 601-609 [[Birmingham City Hall parking deck]]
** 601-609 [[Birmingham City Hall parking deck]]
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** 618: [[Birmingham Greyhound Station]] (built 1950)
** 618: [[Birmingham Greyhound Station]] (built 1950)


==== [[7th Avenue North]] intersection (west only) ====
====[[7th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)====
* east side:
* east side:
** [[Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1950)
** [[Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1950)
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** 730: former location of [[George Covallis]] restaurant (1928), [[J. F. Holley Construction Company]]
** 730: former location of [[George Covallis]] restaurant (1928), [[J. F. Holley Construction Company]]


==== [[Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard]] intersection ====
====[[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]] intersects====
[[File:1887 A O Lane residence.jpg|right|thumb|325px|View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor [[1887 A. O. Lane residence|A. O. Lane's residence]] on the left.]]
[[File:1887 A O Lane residence.jpg|right|thumb|325px|View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor [[1887 A. O. Lane residence|A. O. Lane's residence]] on the left.]]
* 800: [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]], [[Dorothy Jemison Day Theater]] (2012-), former location of [[1887 A. O. Lane residence]] (1887-)
* 800: [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]], [[Dorothy Jemison Day Theater]] (2012-), former location of [[1887 A. O. Lane residence]] (1887-)
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* 841: former location of [[E. Brilis]] (1907), [[Karas Bros.]] restaurant (1910)
* 841: former location of [[E. Brilis]] (1907), [[Karas Bros.]] restaurant (1910)


==== Passes under [[Interstate 20]]/[[Interstate 59]] ====
====[[Interstate 20]]/[[Interstate 59]] passes over====
* [[City Walk]] (built 2022)
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
** 908: former location of [[Furniture Distributors, Inc.]] (1927)
** 908: former location of [[Furniture Distributors, Inc.]] (1927)
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** 931: former location of [[A.H. Cather Publishing Co.]] (1934)
** 931: former location of [[A.H. Cather Publishing Co.]] (1934)


=== [[Fountain Heights]]/[[Druid Hills]] ===
===[[Fountain Heights]]/[[Druid Hills]]===
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects:
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects:
** west side:
** west side:

Revision as of 09:29, 16 January 2024

19th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.

19th Street begins at the northern end of 19th Street South, in a tunnel underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north all the way to 16th Avenue North. There are additional sections of the street in North Birmingham from 21st to 37th Avenue North.

The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's Civil Rights District between 3rd and 8th Avenue North. It also serves as the border of the Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods south of 9th Avenue North and Fountain Heights and Druid Hills north of 9th Avenue.

A 1907 train accident occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and 9th Avenue North. A notable early balloon ascent took place near the intersection with 1st Avenue North in 1891. The street is included on the route of the annual Veterans Day parade.

19th Street was one of the city's earlier "whiteways" to have electric lighting. The lighting was upgraded and extended past 6th Avenue as far as 8th Avenue North in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

In 1981-1982 major landscaping was done to the first few blocks to designs by architect Pedro Costa. The intent was to create a pedestrian-friendly boulevard to help revitalize languishing commercial activity along the street, but the extended construction period had the unintended effect of further harming business traffic. In 1985 Operation New Birmingham formed a "19th Street Taskforce" to identify specific improvements that could be made to mitigate the problem. Students from Auburn University's landscape architecture and planning programs participated in design charettes to sketch out proposals.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 19th Street North category.

Fountain Heights/Central City neighborhood

Morris Avenue intersects

1st Avenue North (U. S. Highway 11) intersects

2nd Avenue North intersects

Birmingham Transit Co. bus on the 200 block of 19th Street North

3rd Avenue North intersects

4th Avenue North intersects

1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street

5th Avenue North intersects

6th Avenue North intersects

Park Place intersects (east only)

7th Avenue North intersects (west only)

Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard intersects

View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor A. O. Lane's residence on the left.

Interstate 20/Interstate 59 passes over

Fountain Heights/Druid Hills

North Birmingham

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