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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]].
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.  
Birmingham's [[2003]] "[[City Center Master Plan]]" envisions 23rd Street North as a "Green Street" connecting the [[Loft District]] to the [[BJCC]] and beyond.  
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===[[Central City]] neighborhood===
===[[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 [[Patrick McAnally residence]] (built 1871, birthplace of [[Richard McNally]])<!--sic-->, [[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: [[Fire Rock Products]] offices
*** 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)
**** 311: former location of [[Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1932)
*** 313-327: [[YWCA Building]] parking lot
**** 313–315: former location of dwelling (1891)
***** 315: former location of [[Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.]] (1932)
**** 317–319: former location of dwelling (1891)
***** 317: former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club Coffee Shop]] (1932)
**** 319–329: former location of dwelling (1891)
***** 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]]
 
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side ([[Block 57]])
*** 400: [[First Light]] shelter (2000-), former location of [[Granada Hotel]] (1925-1967)
*** 404: former location of [[Motion Industries|Owen-Richards Co.]] industrial supply (1931–1932)
*** 406: former location of [[Terry's Hot Dogs]]
*** 406: former location of [[Terry's Hot Dogs]]
*** 424: parking for [[Advance Central Services Alabama]] presses, former location of [[City Center Motel]]
*** 408: former location of [[Cleveland Tramrail Birmingham Co.]] manufacturer's agents (1932)
** East side
*** 420: former location of [[The Louis]] apartments (1932), [[Alabama Hotel]] (1941), [[City Center Motel]]
*** [[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)
*** 424: parking for [[Advance Central Services Alabama]] presses
*** surface parking for [[Jessie's Place]], former location of [[China Clipper Restaurant]]
** east side ([[Block 56]]):
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
*** 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)
** West side
*** 409–411: surface parking for [[Jessie's Place]], former location of [[China Clipper Restaurant]]
*** Surface parking for [[Regions Bank]], former location of [[Don's Old Fashioned Barbecue]], [[Don Nelson]], propr. (1923), [[Downtowner Motor Inn]] (1963-2004)
**** 409: former location of [[Holman & Hoke]] storerooms (1932)
** East side
**** 411: former location of [[James Graham]] barber (1932)
*** [[Bankhead Towers]], built 1926 as [[Bankhead Hotel]], closed 1960s, renovated in 1970s as subsidized apartments
*** 413-415: former location of [[Baird, Morris & Co.]] livery stables (1887), [[Armour Packing Co.]] stables (1896)
*** 513: former location of [[George's Food Store]], [[Family Super Market]], [[Food Circle]]
*** 421: former location of [[Theosophical Society]] (1932)
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
 
** West side
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersects
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
** west side:
*** grass parking area
*** 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
** east side ([[Block 51]]):
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004)
*** 501–511: [[Bankhead Towers]], built 1926 as [[Bankhead Hotel]], closed 1960s, renovated in 1970s as subsidized apartments
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
*** 513: former location of [[Gus Stollenwerck]] residence (1895), [[George's Food Store]], [[Family Super Market]], [[Food Circle]]
** West side
*** 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)
*** surface parking, former location of [[A. L. Monroe residence]] boarding house (1880s)
** East side ([[Block 25]])
** 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===
===[[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
 
** West side
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** [[BJCC Parking Deck]]
*** [[BJCC Parking Deck]]
*** [[Uptown]]
**** [[Eugene's Hot Chicken]]
**** [[Octane Coffee]] (2013-)
*** [[Westin Birmingham]] hotel (built 2013)
** East side
**** [[Santos Coffee]] (2023), former location of [[Octane Coffee]] (2013-)
*** [[Uptown]] parking
** east side:
*** [[Uptown]]
*** 901–919 (styled 973): [[Uptown]] parking lot
**** [[Mugshots Grill & Bar]] (2014-)
**** 919: former location of [[23rd Street Baptist Church]] (1932)
*** 927–931: [[Mugshots Grill & Bar]] (2014-)
 
* street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza
* street continues as pedestrian plaza below raised pedestrian plaza
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] ([[10th Avenue North]]) intersection
 
** proposed site of [[BJCC stadium]]
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] ([[10th Avenue North]]) intersects
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersection
** right-of-way vacated in [[2018]] for construction of [[BJCC stadium]]
** proposed site of [[BJCC stadium]]
*** 1005: former location of [[Vernon Coal Yard]] (1932)
* [[12th Avenue North]] intersection
*** 1013: former location of [[Gallilee Baptist Church]] (1932)
** West side
*** 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]]
*** parking lot for [[Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation]]
*** [[Barker Park]], former location of [[Barker Elementary School]] (1903-1941)
*** 1220: [[Barker Park]], former location of [[Barker Elementary School]] (1903-1941)
** East side
** east side
*** [[Greater Birmingham Ministries]]
*** [[Greater Birmingham Ministries]]
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersection
 
** West side
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side
*** "[[Reservoir Ridge]]" between 13th & 15th Avenues, former site of [[Birmingham Water Works]] reservoir ponds
*** "[[Reservoir Ridge]]" between 13th & 15th Avenues, former site of [[Birmingham Water Works]] reservoir ponds
** East side
** east side
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersection (west only)
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersection (east only)
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects (east only)
* [[14th Court North]] intersection (west only)
* [[14th Court North]] intersects (west only)
* road bends to northeast
* road bends to northeast
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersects
* [[24th Street North]] intersection (south only)<!--parallel lines intersecting-->
** 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]]
* road tees into [[25th Street North]] at [[16th Avenue North]]
** West side
** west side
*** former location of [[LifeSaver|LifeSaver 1]] base (closed 2013)
*** former location of [[LifeSaver|LifeSaver 1]] base (closed 2013)
** East side
** east side
*** former location of [[Carraway Hospital]] (1916-2008)
*** former location of [[Carraway Hospital]] (1916-2008)


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* road tees into [[36th Avenue North]] short of [[George Washington Carver High School]]
* 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}}


[[Category:23rd Street North|*]]
[[Category:23rd Street North|*]]

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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