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'''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]].
'''Twenty-third Street North''' ('''23rd Street North''') is a two-way [[north-south street]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Central City neighborhood|Central City]], [[Druid Hills]], [[Evergreen]] and [[North Birmingham neighborhood|North Birmingham]] neighborhoods.
 
The downtown section runs north through the [[Birmingham city center street grid|city center street grid]] from [[Morris Avenue]] continuously to the [[BJCC]]. It then appears through [[Norwood]] in discontinuous sections until reappearing in [[North Birmingham]] between [[29th Avenue North]] and [[36th Avenue North]].
 
During the 1980s rows of [[Red oak]] and [[Bradford pear]] trees were installed along 23rd Street North as part of the city's urban tree planting project, guided by [[Nimrod Long & Associates]].
 
Birmingham's [[2003]] "[[City Center Master Plan]]" envisions 23rd Street North as a "Green Street" connecting the [[Loft District]] to the [[BJCC]] and beyond.  


== Notable locations ==
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}


=== [[Southside]] / [[Five Points South]] ===
===[[Central City]] neighborhood===
* Entrance to [[Birmingham Parking Authority]] [[Birmingham Parking Authority Lot A|Lot A]] (1975-)
* entrance to [[Birmingham Parking Authority]] [[Birmingham Parking Authority Lot A|Lot A]] (1975-)
** West side
** west side:
*** former location of [[Locasio Salvage Co.]] warehouse (1964), [[Freada's Five O'Clock Club]]
*** former location of [[Locasio Salvage Co.]] warehouse (1964), [[Freada's Five O'Clock Club]]
** East side
** east side:
*** former location of [[Alabama Mercantile Co.]] warehouse (1964)
*** former location of [[Builder's Supply Co.]] yard (1891), [[Alabama Mercantile Co.]] warehouse (1964)
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection (cobblestone paving ends here)
 
** West side
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersects (cobblestone paving ends here)
*** Surface parking
** west side ([[Block 107B]]):
*** former location of [[W. G. Patterson Cigar Company]] (1920s)
*** surface parking
** East side ([[Block 107]])
*** [[Black Diamond building]] (built 1903), former location of [[Patrick McAnally residence]] (built 1871, birthplace of [[Richard McNally]])
*** [[Liberty House Lofts]] (built [[1909]] for [[Collins & Co.]] wholesale grocers, Packard automobile dealership, [[Liberty Overall Company]] factory and store, converted to lofts in 1990s)
** east side ([[Block 107]]):
* [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] intersection
*** [[Liberty House Lofts]] (built [[1909]]), former location of office (1891), [[Collins & Co.]] wholesale grocers, Packard automobile dealership, [[Liberty Overall Company]] factory & store, converted to lofts in 1990s
** West side
**** former location of blacksmith shop (1891)
*** [[Patrick Odum]] dental clinic
 
*** [[Alabama Title Company]]
* [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] intersects
** East side ([[Block 103]])
** west side ([[Block 102]]):
*** former location of the [[Winnie Davis Wigwam]] (1894)
*** former location of [[Alabama Bottling Company]] (1909)
*** [[Fix Play Lofts]], former location of [[Fix Play Displays]] (1964)
**** [[Patrick Odum]] dental clinic
**** [[Steel 1st and 23rd]] (2008-)
**** [[Alabama Title Company]]
**** [[Birmingham Oddities]] (2015-), former location of [[Phillips-Lester Manufacturing]], maker of 401 brand overalls (1925-1929)
**** 110: former location of [[Steve's Barbecue & Lunch]] (1932)
**** [[ZYP]] bike share payment kiosk No. 8 (2015-)
** east side ([[Block 103]]):
*** [[Baldone Tailors]], former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1929)
*** 101–111: [[Fix Play Lofts]], former location of [[Phillips-Lester Manufacturing]] (1925-1929), [[Fix Play Displays]] (1964)
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
**** 101–103: [[1st & 23rd]] (2006-), former location of the [[Winnie Davis Wigwam]] (1894)
** West side
**** 105: building entrance
**** 107: former location of "negro dwelling" (1891)
**** 109–111: [[Birmingham Oddities]] ([[Adam Williams]] 2015-), former location of "negro dwelling" (1891)  
**** former location of [[ZYP]] bike share payment kiosk No. 8 (2015–2019)
*** 113: former location of dwelling (1891)
*** 115-129: [[Baldone Tailors]], former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1929)
**** 117–129: former location of dwelling (1891)
 
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** [[Athens Flatts]] (2007-), built in the 1960s as the [[Athens Building]]
*** [[Athens Flatts]] (2007-), built in the 1960s as the [[Athens Building]]
*** 208-210
*** 208-210: [[208 23rd Street North|Commercial building]] (built c. 1920), former location of [[Grundy's Music Room]] (1984)
*** [[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)
*** [[Red Cross Building]], former location of [[Municipal Market]] (1920s), 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
** east side ([[Block 82]]):
*** Surface parking, former location of [[Philips Clothing Store]] (1929), [[Three Star Cafe]] (1964)
*** 201–211: parking lot
*** [[Cadence Bank]] drive-up window (2007-), former location of the [[Social Grill]] restaurant (1945-2004, demolished 2007)
**** 201–205: former location of saloon (1891), [[Philips Clothing Store]] (1929), [[Dawson Bros. Cycle Co.]] (1930–1932), [[Three Star Cafe]] (1964)
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
**** 207: former location of dwelling (1891), [[The Kettle]] restaurant (1932), [[Young Wholesale Novelties]] (1957)
** West side
**** 209: former location of dwelling (1891), [[William Lyell]] auto park (1932)
*** [[Wheeler Building]], formerly the [[Lawyers Building]], former location of [[A. O. Lane residence]] (1870s-1880s), [[Dan Moore Fruit Stand]] (1929)
**** 211: former location of dwelling (1891)
*** 312:
*** 213-227: [[Cadence Bank]] drive-up window (2007-), former location of the [[Social Grill]] restaurant (1945-2004, demolished 2007)
**** 213–215: former location of dwelling (1891), [[White's Garage]] (1932)
**** 219–227: former location of dwelling (1891)
***** 227: former location of [[Southern Billiard Supply Co.]] / [[Motor & Electrical Parts Co.]] (1932)
***** 229: former location of [[Detroit Cafe]] (1932)
***** 231: former location of [[Gregory Aralios]] confectioner (1932)
 
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** [[Wheeler Building]] (built 1940 as the [[Wheeler Building|Thuss Clinic]]), later the [[Wheeler Building|Walker Building]] or [[Wheeler Building|Lawyers Building]], former location of [[A. O. Lane residence]] (1870s-1880s), [[Dan Moore]] fruit stand (1929)
*** 312–314: [[Fire Rock Products]] offices, former location of [[Birmingham Infirmary]] (1896), [[First Wesleyan Methodist Church]] (1932–1948)
*** 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)
*** 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
** east side ([[Block 77]]):
*** [[YWCA Building]] (built 1925 as [[Birmingham Athletic Club]]), later [[YWCA Building|Dixie-Carlton Hotel]] and [[Club Hotel]] (1940-1948), former location of [[Hooper's Café]]
*** 301-311: [[YWCA Building]] (built 1925 as [[Birmingham Athletic Club]]), later [[YWCA Building|Dixie-Carlton Hotel]] and [[Club Hotel]] (1940-1948)
*** [[YWCA Building]] parking lot, former location of [[Wardy's Cafe]] (1929), [[Abraham George]] restaurant (1941), [[State Farm Insurance Co.]] (1964), [[Stand 'N Snack]]
**** 301: former location of dwelling (1891), [[Burrough's Adding Machine Co.]] (1932), [[Hooper's Café]]
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
**** 305: former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] barber shop (1932)
** West side ([[Block 57]])
**** 307: former location of [[Warner Realty & Insurance Co.]] (1932)
*** [[First Light]] shelter (2000-), former location of [[Granada Hotel]] (1925-1967)
**** 309: building entrance, former location of [[Southern Broadcasting Co.]] / [[WKBC]] (1932)
*** [[Advance Central Services Alabama]] presses (formerly ''[[Birmingham News]]''/''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' production presses
**** 311: former location of [[Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1932)
** East side
*** 313-327: [[YWCA Building]] parking lot
*** [[Stonewall Building]] (formerly the [[Stonewall Building|Martin Office Building]]), built 1925), former location of [[Birmingham Female College]] (1883-), [[Alabama Limestone Co.]] (1931), [[Realty Brokers Inc.]] (1964)
**** 313–315: former location of dwelling (1891)
*** surface parking for [[Jessie's Place]], former location of [[China Clipper Restaurant]]
***** 315: former location of [[Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.]] (1932)
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
**** 317–319: former location of dwelling (1891)
** West side
***** 317: former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club Coffee Shop]] (1932)
*** Surface parking for [[Regions Bank]], former location of [[Don's Old Fashioned Barbecue]], [[Don Nelson]], propr. (1923)
**** 319–329: former location of dwelling (1891)
** East side
***** 327–329: former location of [[Wardy's Cafe]] (1929), [[Henry Brownie]] auto parking (1932) [[Abraham George]] restaurant (1941), [[State Farm Insurance Co.]] (1964), [[Stand 'N Snack]]
*** [[Bankhead Towers]], built 1926 as [[Bankhead Hotel]], closed 1960s, renovated in 1970s as subsidized apartments
 
*** former location of [[George's Food Store]], [[Food Circle]]
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersects
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
** west side ([[Block 57]])
** West side
*** 400: [[First Light]] shelter (2000-), former location of [[Granada Hotel]] (1925-1967)
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
*** 404: former location of [[Motion Industries|Owen-Richards Co.]] industrial supply (1931–1932)
*** grass parking area
*** 406: former location of [[Terry's Hot Dogs]]
** East side
*** 408: former location of [[Cleveland Tramrail Birmingham Co.]] manufacturer's agents (1932)
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
*** 420: former location of [[The Louis]] apartments (1932), [[Alabama Hotel]] (1941), [[City Center Motel]]
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
*** 424: parking for [[Advance Central Services Alabama]] presses  
** West side
** east side ([[Block 56]]):
*** surface parking
*** 401–407: [[Stonewall Building]] (formerly the [[Stonewall Building|Martin Office Building]]), built 1925), former location of [[Birmingham Female College]] (1883-), [[Alabama Limestone Co.]] (1931), [[Realty Brokers Inc.]] (1964)
** East side ([[Block 25]])
*** 409–411: surface parking for [[Jessie's Place]], former location of [[China Clipper Restaurant]]
**** 409: former location of [[Holman & Hoke]] storerooms (1932)
**** 411: former location of [[James Graham]] barber (1932)
*** 413-415: former location of [[Baird, Morris & Co.]] livery stables (1887), [[Armour Packing Co.]] stables (1896)
*** 421: former location of [[Theosophical Society]] (1932)
 
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** Surface parking for [[Regions Bank]], former location of [[James Going residence]] (1880s), [[Don's Old Fashioned Barbecue]] <!--[[Don Nelson]], propr.-->(1923), [[Downtowner Motor Inn]] (1963-2004)
** east side ([[Block 51]]):
*** 501–511: [[Bankhead Towers]], built 1926 as [[Bankhead Hotel]], closed 1960s, renovated in 1970s as subsidized apartments
*** 513: former location of [[Gus Stollenwerck]] residence (1895), [[George's Food Store]], [[Family Super Market]], [[Food Circle]]
*** 515: former location of [[Bankhead Garage]] / [[Huddle Inn]] sandwich shop (1932)
*** 529: former location of [[Horace Graves]] barber (1932)
*** 531: former location of [[Jimmie's Cafe]] ([[Jimmie Patterson]] 1932–1939)
 
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** 600–620: [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
**** 600: former location of [[George Catechis]] grocery (1932)
*** 622–630: grass parking area
** east side ([[Block 30]]):
*** 601–631: [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
**** 603½: former location of [[Thomas Payne]] physician (1932)
 
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** 714: former location of [[E.C. Jemison]] contractor (1887)
*** surface parking, former location of [[A. L. Monroe residence]] boarding house (1880s)
** east side ([[Block 25]]):
*** [[Christ English Lutheran Church]] (1917)
*** [[Phillips Academy]], built [[1923]] as [[Phillips High School]], closed in 2002 and converted to K-8 in 2007
*** [[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
* [[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard North]] ([[8th Avenue North]]) intersects
** west side:
*** surface parking
*** surface parking
*** [[Alabama Power Company]] substation
*** [[Alabama Power Company]] substation
** East side
** east side:
*** surface parking
*** 801–831: surface parking
***
**** 823: former location of [[Ace Coal Co.]] (1932)
* [[8th Court North]] intersection (one-way from west only)
 
* [[8th Court North]] intersects (one-way from west only)
 
===[[Druid Hills]] neighborhood===
* {{I-59/20}} eastbound crosses on elevated deck
* {{I-59/20}} eastbound crosses on elevated deck
* {{I-59/20}} eastbound onramp begins
* former location of {{I-59/20}} eastbound onramp
* {{I-59/20}} westbound crosses on elevated deck
* {{I-59/20}} westbound crosses on elevated deck
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
 
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** [[BJCC Parking Deck]]
**** [[Eugene's Hot Chicken]]
*** [[Westin Birmingham]] hotel (built 2013)
**** [[Santos Coffee]] (2023), former location of [[Octane Coffee]] (2013-)
** east side:
*** 901–919 (styled 973): [[Uptown]] parking lot
**** 919: former location of [[23rd Street Baptist Church]] (1932)
*** 927–931: [[Mugshots Grill & Bar]] (2014-)
 
* street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza
 
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] ([[10th Avenue North]]) intersects
** right-of-way vacated in [[2018]] for construction of [[BJCC stadium]]
*** 1005: former location of [[Vernon Coal Yard]] (1932)
*** 1013: former location of [[Gallilee Baptist Church]] (1932)
*** 1015: former location of [[Josephine Lubue]] grocery (1932)
 
** [[11th Avenue North]] formerly intersected
* [[12th Avenue North]] intersection, street resumes
** west side
*** parking lot for [[Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation]]
*** 1220: [[Barker Park]], former location of [[Barker Elementary School]] (1903-1941)
** east side
*** [[Greater Birmingham Ministries]]
 
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side
*** "[[Reservoir Ridge]]" between 13th & 15th Avenues, former site of [[Birmingham Water Works]] reservoir ponds
** east side
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects (east only)
* [[14th Court North]] intersects (west only)
* road bends to northeast
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersects
** 1507: former location of [[Wesley Chapel]]
** 1514–1516: former location of [[The Pandora Apartments]] (1932)
** 1518: former location of [[The Corona Apartments]] (1932)
 
** 2220: former location of [[Union Stock Yards]] (1932)
* [[24th Street North]] intersects (south only)<!--parallel lines intersecting-->
 
* road tees into [[25th Street North]] at [[16th Avenue North]]
** west side
*** former location of [[LifeSaver|LifeSaver 1]] base (closed 2013)
** east side
*** former location of [[Carraway Hospital]] (1916-2008)
 
===[[Evergreen]] neighborhood===
* road begins at [[Stouts Road]]
* [[21st Avenue North]] intersection
* [[22nd Avenue North]] intersection
* road tees into [[23rd Avenue North]] short of [[Village Creek]]
 
===[[North Birmingham neighborhood|North Birmingham]] neighborhood===
* entrance to [[Alabama Brick Delivery]]
* [[24th Avenue North]] intersection
** West side
*** [[Commercial Hauling Co.]]
** East side
*** [[Mississippi Baking Co.]]
* road tees into [[Finley Boulevard]]
* road resumes at [[26th Avenue North]]
* road tees into [[26th Court North]]
** [[Tri-Fab Steel]]
* road resumes at [[29th Avenue North]]
** West side
** West side
*** [[BJCC Parking Deck]]
*** residences
*** [[Uptown]]
*** [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 13]]
**** [[Octane Coffee]] (2013-)
** East side
** East side
*** [[Uptown]] parking
*** residences
*** [[Uptown]]
* [[30th Avenue North]] intersection
**** [[Mugshots Grill & Bar]] (2014-)
** residences
* street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza
* [[31st Avenue North]] intersection
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] ([[10th Avenue North]]) intersection
** residences
* [[32nd Avenue North]] intersection
** residences
* [[33rd Avenue North]] intersection
** residences
* [[34th Avenue North]] intersection
** residences
* [[35th Avenue North]] intersection
** residences
* road tees into [[36th Avenue North]] short of [[George Washington Carver High School]]
 
==References==
* Ervin, Mark (December 1, 2016) "[https://bigcom.com/2016/12/birmingham-2nd-avenue-ginkgo-trees/ Birmingham in Bloom: An Analysis of the 2nd Avenue Ginkgo Trees]" Big Communications
* Edgemon, Erin (August 28, 2018) "Portion of 2 downtown Birmingham streets to close for stadium." {{BN}}


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Revision as of 17:54, 29 December 2023

Twenty-third Street North (23rd Street North) is a two-way north-south street in Birmingham's Central City, Druid Hills, Evergreen and North Birmingham neighborhoods.

The downtown section runs north through the city center street grid from Morris Avenue continuously to the BJCC. It then appears through Norwood in discontinuous sections until reappearing in North Birmingham between 29th Avenue North and 36th Avenue North.

During the 1980s rows of Red oak and Bradford pear trees were installed along 23rd Street North as part of the city's urban tree planting project, guided by Nimrod Long & Associates.

Birmingham's 2003 "City Center Master Plan" envisions 23rd Street North as a "Green Street" connecting the Loft District to the BJCC and beyond.

Notable locations

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

Central City neighborhood

Druid Hills neighborhood

  • I-59/20 eastbound crosses on elevated deck
  • former location of I-59/20 eastbound onramp
  • I-59/20 westbound crosses on elevated deck
  • street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza

Evergreen neighborhood

North Birmingham neighborhood

References

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