23rd Street North

Twenty-third Street North (23rd Street North) is a two-way north-south street in Birmingham's [[___]] neighborhood, running north continuously to the BJCC, and then through Norwood in discontinuous sections until reappearing in North Birmingham between 29th Avenue North and 36th Avenue North.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 23rd Street North category.

Southside / Five Points South

• Entrance to Birmingham Parking Authority Lot A (1975-)
  • West side
    • former location of Locasio Salvage Co. warehouse (1964), Freada's Five O'Clock Club
  • East side
    • former location of Alabama Mercantile Co. warehouse (1964)
• Morris Avenue intersection (cobblestone paving ends here)
  • West side
    • Surface parking
    • former location of W. G. Patterson Cigar Company (1920s)
  • East side (Block 107)
    • Liberty House Lofts (built 1909 for Collins & Co. wholesale grocers, Packard automobile dealership, Liberty Overall Company factory and store, converted to lofts in 1990s)
• 1st Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Patrick Odum dental clinic
    • Alabama Title Company
  • East side (Block 103)
    • former location of the Winnie Davis Wigwam (1894)
    • Fix Play Lofts, former location of Fix Play Displays (1964)
      • Steel 1st and 23rd (2008-)
      • Birmingham Oddities (2015-), former location of Phillips-Lester Manufacturing, maker of 401 brand overalls (1925-1929)
      • ZYP bike share payment kiosk No. 8 (2015-)
    • Baldone Tailors, former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1929)
• 2nd Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Athens Flatts (2007-), built in the 1960s as the Athens Building
    • 208-210
    • Red Cross Building, built 1920s as the City Market/Municipal Market, remodeled for the Social Security Administration (1946-1974) and American Red Cross (1975-1998), proposed location of Guster Law Firm, former location of Edwin Stephenson's residence (1921)
  • East side
    • Surface parking, former location of Philips Clothing Store (1929), Three Star Cafe (1964)
    • Cadence Bank drive-up window (2007-), former location of the Social Grill restaurant (1945-2004, demolished 2007)
• 3rd Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Wheeler Building, formerly the Lawyers Building, former location of A. O. Lane residence (1870s-1880s), Dan Moore Fruit Stand (1929)
    • 312:
    • former location of Rainbow Laundry (1941), Brighton Development Co., Broadview Title Co., Collateral Investment Co., Collateral Mortgage Co., Colonial Land Co., Oakland Development Co., Business Investors Inc., Realty Investment Co. (1964)
  • East side
    • YWCA Building (built 1925 as Birmingham Athletic Club), later Dixie-Carlton Hotel and Club Hotel (1940-1948), former location of Hooper's Café
    • YWCA Building parking lot, former location of Wardy's Cafe (1929), Abraham George restaurant (1941), State Farm Insurance Co. (1964), Stand 'N Snack
• 4th Avenue North intersection
  • West side (Block 57)
    • First Light shelter (2000-), former location of Granada Hotel (1925-1967)
    • Advance Central Services Alabama presses (formerly Birmingham News/Birmingham Post-Herald production presses
  • East side
    • Stonewall Building (formerly the Martin Office Building), built 1925), former location of Birmingham Female College (1883-), Alabama Limestone Co. (1931), Realty Brokers Inc. (1964)
    • surface parking for Jessie's Place, former location of China Clipper Restaurant
• 5th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Surface parking for Regions Bank, former location of Don's Old Fashioned Barbecue, Don Nelson, propr. (1923)
  • East side
    • Bankhead Towers, built 1926 as Bankhead Hotel, closed 1960s, renovated in 1970s as subsidized apartments
    • former location of George's Food Store, Food Circle
• 6th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004)
    • grass parking area
  • East side
    • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004)
• 7th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • surface parking
  • East side (Block 25)
    • Phillips Academy, built 1923 as Phillips High School, closed in 2002 and converted to K-8 in 2007
• Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard North (8th Avenue North) intersection
  • West side
    • surface parking
    • Alabama Power Company substation
  • East side
    • surface parking
• 8th Court North intersection (one-way from west only)
• I-59/20 eastbound crosses on elevated deck
• I-59/20 eastbound onramp begins
• I-59/20 westbound crosses on elevated deck
• 9th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • BJCC Parking Deck
    • Uptown
      • Octane Coffee (2013-)
  • East side
    • Uptown parking
    • Uptown
      • Mugshots Grill & Bar (2014-)
• street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza
• Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North (10th Avenue North) intersection