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[[File:City Federal top.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Top of the [[City Federal Building]]]]
[[File:City Federal top.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Top of the [[City Federal Building]]]]
* South side ([[Block 100]])
* South side ([[Block 100]])
** 2001-2003: [[Bromberg's]] building (1946-)
** 2001-2003: [[Bromberg's building]] (built 1946), [[Bromberg's]] offices, former location of [[Bromberg's]] jewelry store.
*** 2001: former location of [[W. M. Rosenstihl Jr]] jeweler (1884), [[Stein's Mens Clothes]] (1929), [[Drennen Department Store]] (1931)
*** 2001: former location of [[W. M. Rosenstihl Jr]] jeweler (1884), [[Stein's Mens Clothes]] (1929), [[Drennen Department Store]] (1931)
** 2005: former location of [[D. C. Redington]]'s photographic studios
** 2005: former location of [[D. C. Redington]]'s photographic studios
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*** 2011½-2013½: former site of [[Sublett Hall]],  
*** 2011½-2013½: former site of [[Sublett Hall]],  
*** 2013: [[Meelheim Building]], former location of [[W. S. Brown]] dry goods (1880s), [[Martha Washington Lunch]], [[Loop Market]], [[Dobbs Gallery]],
*** 2013: [[Meelheim Building]], former location of [[W. S. Brown]] dry goods (1880s), [[Martha Washington Lunch]], [[Loop Market]], [[Dobbs Gallery]],
*** 2015: [[Berry Building]] (built 1906), former [[Burger Dry Goods]] (1906-), [[Burger-Phillips]] (1929), [[Broadhead Furniture Co.]] (1931), [[Belk-Hudson]] department store (1956), [[Bennett Amaro Furniture Co.]] and [[Helen & Wally's Halo of Beauty]] (1964).
*** 2015: [[Berry Building]] (built 1906), former location of [[Burger Dry Goods]] (1906-), [[Burger-Phillips]] (1929), [[Broadhead Furniture Co.]] (1931), [[Belk-Hudson]] department store (1956), [[Bennett Amaro Furniture Co.]] and [[Helen & Wally's Halo of Beauty]] (1964).
*** 2017: former site of [[Ellis Drug Company]] (1880s), [[Gunn's Drug Store]], [[Monarch Market]], [[Sample Shoe Center]] (1964)
*** 2017: former site of [[Ellis Drug Company]] (1880s), [[Gunn's Drug Store]], [[Monarch Market]], [[Sample Shoe Center]] (1964)
** 2019: former location of [[T. S. Woods]] dry goods (1876-), [[20th Century Bakery]] (1931-1949), [[Top Dollar Stores]] (1964)
** 2019: former location of [[T. S. Woods]] dry goods (1876-), [[20th Century Bakery]] (1931-1949), [[Top Dollar Stores]] (1964)
** 2021-2023: former location of [[R. B. Broyles Furniture]] (1923-1964)
** 2021-2023: former location of [[R. B. Broyles Furniture]] (1923-1964)
*** 2021: former location of [[Smith Boot & Shoe Company]] (1888)
*** 2021: [[Drennen Building]] (built c. 1895), former location of [[Smith Boot & Shoe Company]] (1888)
*** 2023: former location of [[The Bijou]] candy shop (1888), [[Birmingham Post Office No. 1]] (1964)
*** 2023: former location of [[The Bijou]] candy shop (1888), [[Birmingham Post Office No. 1]] (1964)
** 2025: [[Butler's Executive Grooming Lounge]], former location of [[Mehr's Music Store]] (1929), [[Mendleson Jewelry]] (1931), [[New Indiana Gold & Silver Co.]], [[Terry's Tall Fashions]] (1964)
** 2025-2027: [[Cayce Building]] (built c. 1880)
** 2025B: former location of [[DeMoe's Delicious Hot Dogs]] (1964)
*** 2025: [[Butler's Executive Grooming Lounge]], former location of [[Mehr's Music Store]] (1929), [[Mendleson Jewelry]] (1931), [[New Indiana Gold & Silver Co.]], [[Terry's Tall Fashions]] (1964)
** 2027: former location of [[Excelsior Bakery]] (1886-) [[Terreson's]] photo printing, [[Fashion Dress Shop]] (1929), [[Hammett's]] pork sausage shop and [[Dollar Shoe Box]] (1939-1964), [[Alabama Rivers Alliance]] (1997-2013)
**** 2025B: former location of [[DeMoe's Delicious Hot Dogs]] (1964)
** 2027½: former location of [[Gilbert Carter]] pianos (1884), [[Magic City Copying Co.]]
*** 2027: former location of [[Excelsior Bakery]] (1886-) [[Terreson's]] photo printing, [[Fashion Dress Shop]] (1929), [[Hammett's]] pork sausage shop and [[Dollar Shoe Box]] (1939-1964), [[Alabama Rivers Alliance]] (1997-2013)
**** 2027½: former location of [[Gilbert Carter]] pianos (1884), [[Magic City Copying Co.]]
** 2029: [[Smitherman & Smitherman]] attorneys, former location of [[Post Card Exchange]] (1914-1919), [[Electric Maid Bake Shop]] and [[Sanitary Market]] (1929-1964)
** 2029: [[Smitherman & Smitherman]] attorneys, former location of [[Post Card Exchange]] (1914-1919), [[Electric Maid Bake Shop]] and [[Sanitary Market]] (1929-1964)
** 2031: former location of [[A. C. Oxford]] photo studio (1870s), [[Amzi Godden]] pharmacy (1888), [[Dewberry Drugs]]<!--http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1506--> (1929-1964)
** 2031: former location of [[A. C. Oxford]] photo studio (1870s), [[Amzi Godden]] pharmacy (1888), [[Dewberry Drugs]]<!--http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1506--> (1929-1964)

Revision as of 15:40, 28 November 2016

1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in 2006

2nd Avenue North (or Second Avenue North, formerly just 2nd Avenue) is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The street is so named from Center Street in the west (where it becomes Tuscaloosa Avenue), continuously through downtown, to 29th Street North, after which it dead ends.

Sections of 2nd Avenue North reappear between 32nd and 35th Streets, between 47th and 52nd Streets, between 53rd and 54th Streets, and again east of Trotwood Park between 71st and 78th Streets. A short stub of 2nd Avenue North runs toward East Lake Park from 80th Street near I-59, then resumes between 85th and 86th Streets near Roebuck.

The area surrounding 2nd and 3rd Avenue North near the Alabama and Lyric Theatres is considered the heart of Birmingham's Theater District. The section between 22nd and 25th Streets is part of the City Center Loft District, utilized for the annual ArtWalk festival.

The area north of 2nd Avenue between 11th and 14th Streets was once known as Baconsides, and was particularly hard hit by the 1873 cholera epidemic. 2nd Avenue North is the setting for the fictional "Olympia Gym" in the novel and film, Stay Hungry.

The section of 2nd Avenue between 20th and 24th Street is part of the Downtown Birmingham Historic District. Until the mid-1980s, Red Mountain Expressway terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp.

MAX Transit Route 1 and MAX Transit Route 3 take 2nd Avenue westward to Elyton.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 2nd Avenue North category.
Dates in parentheses indicate when the address was known to have been used, not necessarily the entire span of its use.

Smithfield neighborhood

Not all intersections are listed.
St John's Episcopal Church
Wilborn Service Station and Wilborn Construction Co. at 830 2nd Avenue North

Fountain Heights neighborhood

The Thomas Jefferson Hotel
The Ritz Theater in 1927
The Bell Building at 1814 2nd Avenue North in January 1912

Central City neighborhood

Hudgins' fountain in 1886

19th Street North intersection

Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk Factory in 1939

20th Street North intersection

BPA Deck No. 6 on 2nd Avenue North
Top of the City Federal Building

21st Street North intersection

The Zinszer Building at 2115-2119 2nd Avenue North

22nd Street North intersection

23rd Street North intersection

24th Street North intersection

25th Street North intersection

Carraway Boulevard (26th Street North) intersection

28th Street North intersects

29th Street North intersects (north only)

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma

Unknown addresses

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