20th Street South

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South. It intersects the UAB campus, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street South category.

• Railroad Reservation
• Powell Avenue intersection
  • 12: former Alabama Business Furnishings, currently vacant, owned by Alabama Power Company
  • 15: Daniel Building, headquarters for Compass Bank
  • 20: Alagasco Building/Alagasco Center for Energy Technology (formerly National Bank of Commerce)
• 1st Avenue South intersection
  • former site of W. A. Mitchell & Co. saloon
  • Block 121, Cityville 121, formerly site for a proposed Shepherd Centre
  • 103: former location of Birmingham Water Works payment center
  • 105: former location of FedEx Kinko's
  • 107: former location of Reed Books
  • 109: former location of Scott's Koneys (1995-2007)
  • 112: former location of New Idea Stove & Hardware Company
  • 113: Momma Goldberg's Deli (2012-present)
  • 115: former Express Oil Change
• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • 200: Apartment and retail project. Former site of Adamson Ford
• 3rd Avenue South intersection
  • 301: Liberty National Building (originally the Pioneer Building), former headquarters for Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Southside Bank, and U. S. Bureau of Investigation's Birmingham field office (1925-)
  • 312: B.O.S.S. Utra Bar & Lounge, former location of the Coalyard restaurant (1970-), Club 312
  • 316: former location of Joe Namath's Restaurant
  • 324: former location of Sol's Hot Dogs
  • 325: Hyatt Place Hotel, former location of Tom Williams Cadillac
• 4th Avenue South intersection, start of UAB campus
  • 400: former site of the Parliament House hotel
  • 401: Bristol Southside (former location of Tom Williams Buick)
  • 417-31: "The Strip"
    • 423: former location of Ona's Music Room
    • 427: former location of Xindigo Blue
    • 431: Pizza Hut (former location of Michael's and Halwood's)
• 5th Avenue South intersection
  • 501: Kirklin Clinic, former site of Paul Hayne School
  • 521: former site of Ellis Barbecue
  • 522: Former location of Quan You Laundry and Dry Cleaning plant #2 (c. 1938)
• 6th Avenue South intersection
  • Kirklin Clinic Parking Lot
  • Former location of Street Car Diner
  • 613: former location of Hogie's Hotdogs
  • 629: former location of Street Car Diner No. 1
  • former location of Birmingham Medical College
  • Hillman Hospital and William Elias B. Davis statue
• 7th Avenue South intersection
  • 701: UAB administration building (former Central Bank building)
  • 719: former location of Bodine, Bryson & Rolling, Inc.
  • 728: McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building (former location of Jefferson County Public Health Building)
  • 729: Sitar Indian Cuisine (former location of Tracy's Cafeteria)
• University Boulevard intersection
  • 801: Starbucks Coffee (former location of New York Bagel, Zoes, etc)
  • 803: Subway
  • 808: Doubletree Hotel Birmingham (former Kahler Plaza Hotel, Radisson Hotel, J Gatsby's), J. Reiss Custom Clothier)
  • 811: Medical Alumni Building (former office of R. C. Green, Brown-Service Funeral Home)
  • 821: Southside Residence Inn (former site of James Van Hoose residence, later Ridout's Funeral Home, and Travelodge Southside, later Passport Inn and Royal Inn)
• 9th Avenue South intersection
  • 920: former residence
  • 930: UAB Community Health Services Building, former location of residence
  • 936: former location of Toddle House restaurant
  • 940: Makarios, former location of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chinese Express, China Way Restaurant
  • 941: Branch of Regions Bank, formerly Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham.
• 10th Avenue South intersection (begin Five Points South)
  • Pickwick Plaza
    • 1001: The Break (former location of the Emily Shop)
    • 1005: former location of Rube Burrows, Nirus, LaJaras, Halfshells
    • 1011: Sabor Tropical (former location of Texas Taco & Chili Co.)
    • 1017: former location of Camp Taco, Purple Onion, and Subway
    • 1023: Medical Arts Building, Hotel Highland (formerly Pickwick Hotel)
    • 1035: Metroprime Steakhouse, former location of The Mill, Five Points Grill and No Way José Café
  • 1000: Five Points Hardware
  • 1006: Bailey Brothers Music, former location of Woolworth's
  • 1016: Five Points Music Hall, former location of Banana Joe's, Five Points South Music Hall and The Arena
  • 1024: Infinity, former location of Base Camp Lounge, A & P supermarket and Piggly Wiggly
  • 1026: Hogie's Hot Dogs & Deli
  • 1030: Cloud Nine (former location of Bohemian Rhapsody)
  • 1050: Studio Arts Building, Eleven20 (former location of Studio, Johnny Rockets)
  • Brother Bryan statue
• Magnolia Avenue intersection (Five Points South)
  • 1045: Storyteller fountain, Highlands United Methodist Church (former site of Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market)
• 11th Avenue South intersection (Five Points South)
  • 1100: Munger Building (Original Pancake House, 3000 Bar, Starbucks, former location of Planet Smoothie, High Spirits of Five Points)
  • 1101-1105: Spanish Stores
    • 1101: Metroprime Steakhouse (former location of Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham, Gorin's, Joe Muggs Newssstand, The Grape, La Mesa)
    • 1105: Saloon (former location of Lifskitz Delicatessen, Soca Clothing, etc.)
  • 1108: The Red Zone sport bar, (former location of Fire and Ice Improvisational Grill, Quincy toys and The Gap)
  • 1116: UPS Store (former location of Subzone)
  • Terrace Court Building
    • 1124: Bailey's Pub
    • 1128: Dave's Pub (former home of Stream of Consciousness Koffiehuis)
  • 1195: Chick-fil-A (formerly Shop-A-Snak Food Mart and Connie's Famous Foods, proposed location for Renaissance Plaza, and Ruby Tuesday's)
• 12th Avenue South/Highland Avenue intersection
  • 1201: Shepherd-Sloss Building
    • Barber's clock
    • Crush (former location of Uranus, Bell Bottoms, Louie Louie and Cadillac Cafe)
  • 1207: Pop's Neighborhood Grill (former location of Kohinoor, Pyramids, Curry in a Hurry, Mancha's )
  • 1210: 26
  • 1218: Ocean (formerly Electronics Computer Programming Institute/Herzing Institute)
  • 1225: Ranelli's Deli
• 13th Avenue South intersection
• 14th Avenue South intersection
  • 1400: Legacy Federal Credit Union headquarters
• 15th Avenue South intersection
  • 1501: Zydeco (formerly the "City Club" for the Phoenix Club
• 16th Avenue South intersection
  • 1600: Birmingham Health Care clinic (formerly included Birmingham Financial Federal Credit Union)

External links

• Photographs of 20th Street South from the Magic City Flickr Group