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'''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.
'''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 through [[Southside]] for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]].  
 
The street runs through the [[UAB]] [[Medical Center]], 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)==
==Notable Locations (north to south)==
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*** 929: [[Regions Bank]] parking lot
*** 929: [[Regions Bank]] parking lot
*** 941: [[Regions Bank]] branch, former location of [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham]] (1964)
*** 941: [[Regions Bank]] branch, former location of [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham]] (1964)
* [[10th Avenue South]] intersection (begin [[Five Points South]])
* [[10th Avenue South]] intersection (begin [[Five Points South]] proper)
**[[Pickwick Plaza]]
** West side
*** 1001: [[The Break]] (former location of the [[Emily Shop]])
*** 1000: [[Five Points Hardware]]
*** 1005: former location of [[Rube Burrows]], [[Nirus]], [[LaJaras]], [[Halfshells]]
*** 1004: former location of [[Pandora Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 1011: [[Sabor Tropical]] (former location of [[Texas Taco & Chili Co.]])
*** 1006-1012: [[Bailey Brothers Music]], former location of [[Woolworth's]]
*** 1017: [[T-Bones]], former location of [[Camp Taco]], [[Purple Onion]], and Subway
*** 1016: [[Five Points Music Hall]], former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery]], [[Banana Joe's]], [[Five Points South Music Hall]] and [[The Arena]]
*** 1023: [[Medical Arts Building]], [[Hotel Highland]] (formerly Pickwick Hotel)
*** 1020: former location of [[Manufacturers' Outlet Stores]] (1964)
*** 1035: [[Metroprime Steakhouse]], former location of [[The Mill]], [[The Mill|Five Points Grill]] and [[The Mill|No Way José Café]]
*** 1024: [[Infinity]], former location of [[Lane-Rexall Drugs]], [[A & P]] supermarket, [[Piggly Wiggly]] and [[Base Camp Lounge]]
** 1000: [[Five Points Hardware]]
*** 1026: [[Hogie's Hot Dogs & Deli]], former location of [[Five Points Barber Shop]]
** 1006: [[Bailey Brothers Music]], former location of [[Woolworth's]]
*** 1030: [[Cloud Nine]], former location of [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]
** 1016: [[Five Points Music Hall]], former location of [[Banana Joe's]], [[Five Points South Music Hall]] and [[The Arena]]
*** 1032: former location of [[P & S Apothecary]] (1964)
** 1024: [[Infinity]], former location of [[Base Camp Lounge]], [[A & P]] supermarket and [[Piggly Wiggly]]
*** 1050: [[Studio Arts Building]], [[Waffle House]], former location of [[Johnny Rockets]], [[Scheaffer Eye Center]]
** 1026: [[Hogie's Hot Dogs & Deli]]
**** 1050 2nd floor: [[Skky]] (former location of [[Studio]], [[Eleven20]], [[Bacchus]] night clubs
** 1030: [[Cloud Nine]] (former location of [[Bohemian Rhapsody]])
** East side
** 1050: [[Studio Arts Building]], [[Eleven20]] (former location of [[Studio]], Johnny Rockets)
*** 1001-1035: [[Pickwick Plaza]]
** [[Brother Bryan statue]]
**** 1001: [[The Break]], former location of the [[Emily Shop]]
**** 1005: former location of [[Jack Moore Optical]] (1964), [[Rube Burrows]], [[Nirus]], [[LaJaras]], [[Halfshells]]
**** 1007: former location of [[Scott's Apothecary]] (1964)
**** 1009-1011: former location of [[Allright Auto Park]] parking lot (1964)
**** 1011: [[Sabor Tropical]] (former location of [[Texas Taco & Chili Co.]])
**** 1015: former location of [[Marie's Coffee Shop]] (1964)
**** 1017: [[T-Bones]], former location of [[Hall's Men's Shop]] (1964), Subway,  [[Purple Onion]], and [[Camp Taco]]
**** 1019: former location of [[Medical Arts Optical]] (1964)
**** 1021: former location of [[Birmingham Apothecary]] (1964)
**** 1023: [[Medical Arts Building]], [[Hotel Highland]] (formerly [[Hotel Highland|Pickwick Hotel]])
**** 1031: former location of [[Mayberger's Variety Shop]] (1964)
**** 1035: [[Metroprime Steakhouse]], former location of [[The Mill]], [[The Mill|Five Points Grill]] and [[The Mill|No Way José Café]]
*** [[Brother Bryan statue]]
* [[Magnolia Avenue]] intersection ([[Five Points South]])
* [[Magnolia Avenue]] intersection ([[Five Points South]])
** 1045: [[Storyteller fountain]], [[Highlands United Methodist Church]] (former site of [[Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market]])
** 1045: [[Storyteller fountain]], [[Highlands United Methodist Church]] (former site of [[Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market]])

Revision as of 21:57, 14 January 2015

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 through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, 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.

The Alagasco Building in 2010
1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
Hillman Hospital, c. 1929
U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

External links

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