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===[[5th Avenue South]]===
===[[5th Avenue South]]===
* West side
* West side
** 500-512: former location of [[B. F. Goodrich Store]] tires (1964)
** 500-532: [[UAB Hospital]] support buildings  and [[UAB 6th Avenue Deck]]
** 502: [[Alabama Organ Center]]
*** 502: [[UAB 502 Building]]
** 506: former location of [[New-Life Battery Co.]] (1938)
*** 500-512: former location of [[B. F. Goodrich Store]] tires (1964)
** 510: [[Faculty Office Tower]]
**** 500: former location of [[A. L. Nowlin]] restaurant (1941)
** 514: former location of [[Teriyaki House]] (1996)
**** 502-510: [[UAB Faculty Office Tower]]
** 516: [[UAB School of Health Professions Research and Clinics]] (located on the ground floor of the [[6th Avenue Deck]]), former location of [[Frances Gibbs Beauty Salon]] (1964), former location of [[Ambulatory Dialysis Center]] (1976)
***** 502-506: former location of [[New Life Battery Co.]] (1938-1941)
** 518: former location of [[LeJoy Uniforms]] (1964)
****** 502: [[Alabama Organ Center]]
** 520: former location of [[Fadool & Son]] groceries (1925), [[Al's Grill]] (1964)
*** 508: former location of [[James A. Taylor]] clothes cleaner (1941)
** 520½: former location of [[C. Reed Traylor]], dentist office (1964)
*** 510: former location of [[James Robertson]] refrigerator repair (1941)
** 522: former location of [[Quan You Laundry and Dry Cleaning]] plant #2 (c. 1938), [[Custom Laundry & Cleaners]] (1964)
*** 512: former location of [[Grant Piston Ring Sales]] (1941)
** 526: [[UAB Lung Health Center]] (located on the ground floor of the [[6th Avenue Deck]]), former location of [[T.G. Morgan]] grocer (1887)
*** 514: former location of [[Southside Barber Shop]] (1941), [[Teriyaki House]] (1996)
** 524-528: former location of [[Bargain Center]] variety store (1964)
*** 516: [[UAB 516 Building]] ([[UAB School of Health Professions]] research and clinics), former location of [[Frances Gibbs Beauty Salon]] (1964), former location of [[Ambulatory Dialysis Center]] (1976)
** 530: former location of [[James' Cafe]] (1964)
**** 516½: former location of [[Dunlap Snappy Service]] restaurant (1941)
** 532: former location of [[Andres's Confectionary]] (1964)
*** 518: former location of [[LeJoy Uniforms]] (1964)
*** 520: former location of [[Fadool & Son]] groceries (1925), [[Tip Top Grill]] (1941), [[Al's Grill]] (1964)
**** 520½: former location of [[C. Reed Traylor]], dentist office (1964)
*** 522: former location of [[Quan You Laundry & Dry Cleaning]] plant #2 (c. 1938-1941), [[Custom Laundry & Cleaners]] (1964)
*** 524-528: former location of [[Edward Macksoud]] dry goods (1941), [[Bargain Center]] variety store (1964)
**** 526: [[UAB 526 Building]] ([[UAB Lung Health Center]]), former location of [[T. G. Morgan]] grocer (1887)
**** 528½: former location of [[Ollie Hunter]] barber shop (1941)
*** 530: former location of [[DeLuxe Cafe]] (1941), [[James' Cafe]] (1964)
*** 532: former location of [[George Hotis]] confectioner (1941), [[Andres's Confectionary]] (1964)
* East side
* East side
** 501-531: [[Kirklin Clinic]], former site of [[Paul Hayne School]]
** 501-531: [[Kirklin Clinic]] (built 1992)
** 511: former location of [[Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan]], [[Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.]], [[Lehmann, Ullman & Barclay]] accountants (1964)
*** 501-513: former site of [[Paul Hayne School]] (1886-1950s)
** 515-517: former location of [[New Yorker Beverage Co.]] (1935-1939)
**** 511: former location of [[Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan]], [[Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.]], [[Lehmann, Ullman & Barclay]] accountants (1964)
** 519-521: former location of [[Birmingham Limb & Brace]] (1964)
*** 515-517: former location of [[New Yorker Beverage Co.]] (1935-1939), [[Ellis K. Thompson]] (1941)
*** 519: former location of [[S. J. McAlister]] supplies (1923)
*** 519-521: former location of [[Birmingham Limb & Brace]] (1964)
*** 521: former location of [[Ellis Barbecue]]
**** 519: former location of [[S. J. McAlister]] supplies (1923)
**** 521: former location of [[Ellis Barbecue]]
 
===[[6th Avenue South]]===
===[[6th Avenue South]]===
[[File:Hillman hospital.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hillman Hospital, c. 1929]]
[[File:Hillman hospital.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hillman Hospital, c. 1929]]

Revision as of 13:23, 8 December 2017

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.

Railroad Reservation/20th Street underpass

road continues north as 20th Street North

Powell Avenue

The Alagasco Building in 2010
Moore-Handley Hardware Co. in 1904

Moore-Handley appliance department (1964)

1st Avenue South

2nd Avenue South

c. 1963 view looking north up 20th Street toward downtown

3rd Avenue South

4th Avenue South

1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
start of UAB campus

5th Avenue South

6th Avenue South

Hillman Hospital, c. 1929

7th Avenue South

University Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue South)

8th Court South

9th Avenue South

10th Avenue South intersection

Five Points South begins'

Magnolia Avenue

11th Avenue South

12th Avenue South/Highland Avenue

13th Avenue South

14th Avenue South

15th Avenue South

16th Avenue South

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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