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(→‎Notable Locations (north to south): Piggly Wiggly used to be at 1030 before they were at 1016 20th St S; added Birmingham Apothecary to 1032; updated 1006-1012, 1024, 1026, 1030, & 1032)
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*** 1000: [[Five Points Hardware]]
*** 1000: [[Five Points Hardware]]
*** 1004: former location of [[Pandora Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1004: former location of [[Pandora Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1006-1012: [[Bailey Brothers Music]], former location of [[Woolworth's]]
*** 1006-1012: vacant, former location of [[Woolworth's]], and [[Bailey Brothers Music]]
*** 1016: [[Five Points Music Hall]], former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery]], [[Banana Joe's]], [[Five Points South Music Hall]] and [[The Arena]]
*** 1016: [[Homewood Suites Five Points South]], former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1934), [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery]], [[Five Points South Music Hall]] (1994), [[The Arena]], [[Banana Joe's]], and [[Five Points Music Hall]]
*** 1020: former location of [[Manufacturers' Outlet Stores]] (1964)
*** 1020: former location of [[Manufacturers' Outlet Stores]] (1964)
*** 1024: [[Infinity]], former location of [[Lane-Rexall Drugs]], [[A & P]] supermarket, [[Piggly Wiggly]] and [[Base Camp Lounge]]
*** 1024: vacant, former location of [[Lane-Rexall Drugs]], [[A & P]] supermarket, [[Arena Sports Club]], [[Base Camp Lounge]], and [[Infinity]]
*** 1026: [[Hogie's Hot Dogs & Deli]], former location of [[Five Points Barber Shop]]
*** 1026: [[Noni's Kafe Wings & Grill]], former location of [[Five Points Barber Shop]], [[Lola’s Kitchen]], and [[Hogie's Hot Dogs & Deli]]
*** 1028: former location of [[Slipper Shop]] (1980s)
*** 1028: former location of [[Slipper Shop]] (1980s)
*** 1030: [[Cloud Nine]], former location of [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]
*** 1030: [[Cloud Nine]], former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1921), and [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]
*** 1032: former location of [[P & S Apothecary]] (1964)
*** 1032: [[Birmingham Apothecary]], former location of Highland Pharmacy (1900), and [[P & S Apothecary]] (1964)
*** 1050: [[Studio Arts Building]], [[Waffle House]], former location of [[Johnny Rockets]], [[Scheaffer Eye Center]]
*** 1050: [[Studio Arts Building]], [[Waffle House]], former location of [[Johnny Rockets]], [[Scheaffer Eye Center]]
**** 1050 2nd floor:  [[Skky]] (former location of [[Studio]], [[Eleven20]], [[Bacchus]] night clubs
**** 1050 2nd floor:  [[Skky]] (former location of [[Studio]], [[Eleven20]], [[Bacchus]] night clubs

Revision as of 19:46, 24 March 2016

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street South category.

The Alagasco Building in 2010
c. 1963 view looking north up 20th Street toward downtown
1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
Hillman Hospital, c. 1929
U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

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