Magnolia Avenue

Magnolia Avenue is a three-block long east-west street in the heart of Five Points South in southside Birmingham. It begins at the Storyteller fountain intersection of 20th Street South and 11th Avenue South. It continues past Brother Bryan Park (formerly Magnolia Park) and ends at the intersection of 23rd Street South, where it continues as 10th Avenue South.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Magnolia Avenue category.

• avenue begins at 20th Street South / Five Points Circle, continuing from 11th Avenue South
  • north side:
    • Brother Bryan statue
    • 2000–2004: Black Market Bar & Grill (former location of The Mill, Five Points Grill, No Way José Café,Metroprime Steakhouse)
      • 2004: former location of Oriental Cafe (1934)
    • 2006–2012: Pickwick Plaza (built 1987), former location of the Pickwick Club (1931–1950s)
      • 2006: former location of Ted's Pit Bar-B-Que (1970)
      • 2008: former location of Pirates' Club (Augusta Jenkins 1937), Gene Crutcher Books (1962–1974), Thunder City Press (1975)
    • 2014: Birmingham Parking Authority's Five Points South Deck
  • 2030: Building Trades Tower (built 1970), former site of South Highland School (1880s-1964)
  • south side:
    • Storyteller fountain
    • 2001–2031: Highlands United Methodist Church (formerly Five Points Methodist Church)
      • 2001: former site of Phillip Alosi's Palace Market

• Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South intersects
  • north side:
    • 2000–2030: Brother Bryan Park (formerly Magnolia Park)
  • south side:
    • 2101: Magnolia Building, formerly Twenty-One Office Plaza (1970)
    • 2117: former location of Allstate Insurance Co. (1970), Claude Estes IV, CPA (Ion Interactive, Tech Providers)
    • 2121: former location of Sycamore Storage Co. auto storage (1941)
    • 2131: The Saunders Building / Cory Watson Attorneys

• 22nd Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 2200–2214: 2200 Magnolia Avenue, former location of Birmingham Fire Station No. 3, Hill Food Stores main bakery (1923), Family Laundry Service (1934), Ideal Heating & Refrigerating Co. (1941), Morris & Eckels cleaning compound manufacturers (1960-1970), The Corner Stone head shop/coffee shop (1960s), Saunders Truck Leasing printing department (1970), Birmingham Bumper Service
    • 2216–2228: parking lot
      • 2218: former location of Mary Lee's Beauty Salon (1970)
      • 2220: former location of Robert Boutwell accountant (1970)
      • 2222: former location of Picker X-Ray Corp. (1970)
    • 2230–2238: Magnolia Point commercial building (built 1930s)
  • south side:
    • 2201 (1001 22nd Street South): Brownell Building, Walter Schoel Engineering Company, former location of Linde Air Products Co. (1941), Brownell Travel (1964-1970)
    • 2211: 2211 Magnolia Avenue, former location of Salvation Army (1970)
    • 2229: former location of Magnolia Shoe Shop shoe repairs (1970)
    • 2231-2237: Magnolia Point Building (built 1917), Art Material Distributors, former location of W. B. Emond & Son grocers (1917-1925)
      • 2235: former location of Dixie Upholstery (1970)
      • 2237: former location of The Dutchman bar (1970), Cave 9 venue (2002–2009)

• avenue ends at 23rd Street South, continuing east as 10th Avenue South