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'''Valley Avenue''' is an approximately 2¼ mile east-west street running along the southern slope of [[Red Mountain]] from [[Green Springs Highway]] in the west to [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]] ([[18th Street South]]) in the east.  The road continues to the west as [[West Valley Avenue]] and to the east as [[21st Avenue South]].  Except for the approximate half mile strip of commercial lots east of Green Springs, most of Valley Avenue is lined with apartment complexes.   
'''Valley Avenue''' is an approximately 2¼ mile east-west street running along the southern slope of [[Red Mountain]] from [[Green Springs Highway]] in the west to [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]] ([[18th Street South]]) in the east.  The road continues to the west as [[West Valley Avenue]] and to the east as [[21st Avenue South]].  Except for the approximate half mile strip of commercial lots east of Green Springs, most of Valley Avenue is lined with apartment complexes.   


The original portion of Valley Avenue was built for [[Valley View Apartments]] in [[1948]] and extended only about eight-tenths of a mile from 18th Street to Valley View Drive.  In the 1960s, the road was extended to connect 18th Street, which was still [[U.S. Highway 31]] at the time, and Green Springs Highway.
The original portion of Valley Avenue was built for [[Valley View Apartments]] in [[1948]] and extended only about eight-tenths of a mile from 18th Street to Valley View Drive.  In the 1960s, the road was extended to connect 18th Street, which was still [[U.S. Highway 31]] at the time, to Green Springs Highway.


From Nob Hill Drive to 18th Street, Valley Avenue runs along the [[Birmingham]] and [[Homewood]] city borders.  Valley Avenue is not, however, the official border and approximately 1.7 miles of the road are within Homewood.  The irregular border has given rise to situations where children in the same apartment complex, and even the same building, might attend different city schools.  The deciding factor in some cases is which city the apartment's main bedroom is in.
From Nob Hill Drive to 18th Street, Valley Avenue runs along the [[Birmingham]] and [[Homewood]] city borders.  Valley Avenue is not, however, the official border and approximately 1.7 miles of the road are within Homewood.  The irregular border has given rise to situations where children in the same apartment complex, and even the same building, might attend different city schools.  The deciding factor in some cases is which city the apartment's main bedroom is in.
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== Notable locations ==
== Notable locations ==
=== Birmingham ([[Glen Iris]] neighborhood)===
* [[Green Springs Highway]] intersection (continues west as [[West Valley Avenue]])
* [[Green Springs Highway]] intersection (continues west as [[West Valley Avenue]])
** North side:
** north side:
*** [[Green Springs Chevron]]
*** 2651 Green Springs Highway: [[Green Springs Chevron]]
*** 312: Precision Tune Auto Care
*** 312: Precision Tune Auto Care
*** 316: [[Baby Ray's]] (formerly [[Johnny Ray's]])
*** 316: [[Waffle House]], former location of [[Johnny Ray's]], [[Baby Ray's]]  
*** 328: [[El Sol Cantina & Taqueria]]/U-Haul
*** 328: [[El Sol Cantina & Taqueria]] / [[U-Haul]]
*** 342: [[Sammy's Gentleman's Club]]
*** 342: [[Sammy's Gentleman's Club]], former location of [[Cork 'N Cleaver]] (1978–1980), [[Hello Hello Club]], [[Pacific Islander]] ([[Herbert Hsu]] 1989)
*** 350: [[Arby's]]
*** 350: [[Arby's]]
** South side:
** south side:
*** Walgreen's
*** 101 Green Springs Highway: [[Walgreen's]] drug store
*** 313: Sonic Drive-In
*** 313: [[Sonic Drive-In]]
*** 321: (formerly [[Valley Skate Center]])
*** 321: former location of [[Valley Skate Center]], [[Holiday Skate Center]] (1982)
**** Suite A: NAPA Auto Parts
**** Suite A: [[NAPA Auto Parts]]
**** Suite B: DeWalt Service Center
**** Suite B: [[DeWalt Service Center]]
**** Suite C: [[Red Mountain Climatic Storage]] (formerly [[Budget Movers & Mini Storage]])
**** Suite C: [[Red Mountain Climatic Storage]] (formerly [[Budget Movers & Mini Storage]])
*** 337: [[Full Moon Bar-B-Que]] (originally D'Lites of America)
*** 328: former location of [[Corey's]] sports bar
*** 342: former location of [[Cork 'N Cleaver]]
*** 337: [[Full Moon Bar-B-Que]], former location of [[D'Lites of America]]
*** 345: [[Wendy's]]
*** 345: [[Wendy's]] restaurant (1978–)
*** 367: [[Rafiki's Grill]], former location of [[Butters]] restaurant (1980s), [[Jolly Rogers Tavern]], [[Coffee on Valley]], [[Farmhouse Restaurant]]
*** 367: [[LR Auto Sales]] (2018–), former location of [[Butters|Ham Bones]] (1982), [[Butters]] restaurant (1982-1985), [[Longneck's & Steaks]] (May-December 1985), [[Coffee on Valley]] / [[Freedom Court Reporting]] (2011), [[Jolly Rogers Tavern]] (July–October 2012), [[Farmhouse Restaurant]], [[Rafiki's Grill]] (2014–June 2017)
* [[Beacon Parkway West]]/[[Palisades Drive]] intersection
 
** North side:
* [[Beacon Parkway West]] (north) / [[Palisades Drive]] (south) intersect
*** 400: [[Birmingham Scottish Rite Temple]]
** north side:
*** Electrical substation
*** 400: [[El Mega Sol]] nightclub (2012–), former location of [[Birmingham Scottish Rite Temple]]
** South side:
*** 450: [[Alabama Power Co.]] [[Green Springs Substation]]
*** 401: former location of [[Up The Mast]] restaurant and lounge
*** 500: [[El Sol]] nightclub (1995–)
*** 433: [[Gordo's Market]]
*** 540: [[U-Haul Moving & Storage]]
*** 449: [[The Upper Deck]]
** south side:
*** 401–449: [[Valley Avenue Plaza]]
*** 513: [[Fox Valley Apartments]]
*** 513: [[Fox Valley Apartments]]
* [[Beacon Parkway East]]/[[Palisades Boulevard]] intersection
 
** North side:
* [[Temple Drive]] intersects (south only)
*** Shell station
 
*** 700: [[Roman Bar & Grill]]
* [[Beacon Parkway East]] (north) / [[Palisades Boulevard]] (south) intersect
*** 706: [[Great Wall Chinese Restaurant]]
** north side:
*** 730: [[Starz Karaoke Lounge]]
*** 700–730:
*** 800: [[Nob Hill Apartments]]
**** 700: [[Shell]] gas station
** South side:
**** 700: [[Roman Bar & Grill]]
* Mecca Avenue intersection
**** 706: [[Great Wall Chinese Restaurant]], former location of [[Shakey's Pizza]] (1979)
** North side:
**** 730: [[Starz Karaoke Lounge]]
*** [[Overlook at Homewood]] (formerly Valley Ridge Apartments)
*** 800: [[Vida on Valley]] apartments, formerly [[Nob Hill Apartments]] (built 1972)
** South side:
** south side:
*** [[Homewood Middle School]] (address is on Mecca Avenue)
 
*** [[Magnolia Park at Homewood Apartments]] (formerly Willow Bend Apartments)
===[[Homewood]]===
* [[Golden Crest Drive]] intersection
* [[Mecca Avenue]] intersects (south only, access to [[Homewood Middle School]])
** Single-family houses
* [[Valley Ridge Drive]] intersects (north only, access to  [[Valora at Homewood]] apartments<!--formerly [[Valley Ridge Apartments]], [[Overlook at Homewood]]-->
* [[Valley View Drive]] intersection
* [[Honey Locust Lane]] formerly intersected (south only, access to former location of [[Magnolia Park Apartments]]
** [[Vulcan Park Condominiums]] (formerly known as Valley View Apartments)
* [[Red Mountain Drive]] intersects (north only, access to  [[Valora at Homewood]] apartments
* [[Robert S. Smith Drive]] (entrance to [[The Club]])/Clermont Drive intersection
* [[Elder Oaks Way]] formerly intersected (south only, access to former location of [[Magnolia Park Apartments]]
** Vulcan Park Condominiums
* [[Valley Ridge Drive]] intersects (north only, access to  [[Valora at Homewood]] apartments
* Ashwood Lane/Beckham Drive intersection
 
** Vulcan Park Condominiums
* [[Golden Crest Drive]] (north) intersects (north only, access to [[Valora at Homewood]] apartments) / [[Cedar Path Drive]] formerly intersected (south only, access to former location of [[Magnolia Park Apartments]]
* [[Moretti Circle]] (previously [[Hillside Circle]]) intersection
** north side:
** Vulcan Park Condominiums
*** 1500–1536: residences
* [[Valley View Drive]] intersection (entrance to [[Vulcan Park]])
** south side:
** [[Jefferson County Board of Education]] (formerly State Farm Insurance; address is on [[18th Street South]])
*** 1501–1525: residences
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]] (18th Street South) intersection (continues east as 21st Avenue South)
 
* [[Valley View Drive]] intersects
** [[Vulcan Park Condominiums]] (built 1940s as [[Valley View Apartments]])
 
* [[Clermont Drive]] intersects
** [[Vulcan Park Condominiums]] (built 1940s as [[Valley View Apartments]])
 
* [[Ashwood Lane]] (north) / [[Beckham Drive]] (south) intersect
** [[Vulcan Park Condominiums]] (built 1940s as [[Valley View Apartments]])
 
* [[Moretti Circle]] (previously [[Hillside Circle]]) intersects (south only)
** north side:
*** [[Vulcan Park Condominiums]] (built 1940s as [[Valley View Apartments]])
** south side:
*** 1779: [[Vulcan Park Animal Care]]
 
* [[Valley View Drive]] intersects (north only, access to [[Vulcan Park]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Five Points South neighborhood|Five Points South]] neighborhood)
** south side:
*** 2100 18th Street South: [[State Farm Mutual building]] (built 1954), [[Jefferson County Board of Education]], former location of [[State Farm Insurance Companies]] southern regional office
 
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]] (formerly 18th Street South) intersects
* Avenue continues east as [[21st Avenue South]] into "[[Diaper Row]]" in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Redmont Park]] neighborhood)


== References ==
== References ==
* Bryan, Kim.  (November 10, 2007).  "Homewood boundaries have some limitations."  {{BN}}.
* Bryan, Kim (November 10, 2007) "Homewood boundaries have some limitations."  {{BN}}.
* Rodriguez, Ana.  (October 3, 2014). "For Valley Avenue drivers, where potholes are 'monsters' and traffic heavy, relief might come soon."  {{BN}}. <!-- http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/10/planned_changes_to_valley_ave.html -->
* Rodriguez, Ana (October 3, 2014) "[http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/10/planned_changes_to_valley_ave.html For Valley Avenue drivers, where potholes are 'monsters' and traffic heavy, relief might come soon]"  {{BN}}.


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Valley Avenue is an approximately 2¼ mile east-west street running along the southern slope of Red Mountain from Green Springs Highway in the west to Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South (18th Street South) in the east. The road continues to the west as West Valley Avenue and to the east as 21st Avenue South. Except for the approximate half mile strip of commercial lots east of Green Springs, most of Valley Avenue is lined with apartment complexes.

The original portion of Valley Avenue was built for Valley View Apartments in 1948 and extended only about eight-tenths of a mile from 18th Street to Valley View Drive. In the 1960s, the road was extended to connect 18th Street, which was still U.S. Highway 31 at the time, to Green Springs Highway.

From Nob Hill Drive to 18th Street, Valley Avenue runs along the Birmingham and Homewood city borders. Valley Avenue is not, however, the official border and approximately 1.7 miles of the road are within Homewood. The irregular border has given rise to situations where children in the same apartment complex, and even the same building, might attend different city schools. The deciding factor in some cases is which city the apartment's main bedroom is in.

In 2014, Homewood commissioned a study by Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, which was performed by Skipper Consulting, which found that 16,600 cars travel between Mecca Avenue and the Palisades Boulevard/Beacon Parkway East intersection on a daily basis. The study was done in advance of a repaving project funded through an ATRIP Grant expected to be completed in mid- to late-2015. Homewood officials were unable to find any records of Valley Avenue being repaved for over 20 years before that. The project would convert the road from Mecca to Moretti Circle from an undivided, 4-lane road to 3-lane road including a central two-way turn lane.

Notable locations

Birmingham (Glen Iris neighborhood)

Homewood

References

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