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* 4: former location of [[T. N. Ballabanos]] restaurant (1897)
* 4: former location of [[T. N. Ballabanos]] restaurant (1897)
* 2-8: former location of [[Crane Co.]] plumbing supply (1926-1941)
* 2-8: former location of [[Crane Co.]] plumbing supply (1926-1941)
* 12-14: vacant, owned by [[Alabama Power Company]], former location of [[Associates Sales Agency]] wholesale toys  (1964) and [[Alabama Business Furnishings]]
** 12: former location of [[Wittichen Coal & Transfer Co.]] (1920), [[The Starr Co.]] pianos & refrigerators (1941)
** East side
** East side
* 1: former location of [[Goodman Transfer & Warehouse]] (1926), [[Royal Tire Co.]] filling station (1941), [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] freight agency and [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]] freight office (1964)
* 1: former location of [[Goodman Transfer & Warehouse]] (1926), [[Royal Tire Co.]] filling station (1941), [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] freight agency and [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]] freight office (1964)
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[[File:Alagasco Building (20th Street South).jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Alagasco Building in 2010]]
[[File:Alagasco Building (20th Street South).jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Alagasco Building in 2010]]
* West side
* West side
** 18-20: former location of [[San Pedro Wine Co.]] (1941), [[A. B. Dick Co.]] business machines (1964)
** 10-20: former location of [[Goodman Transfer & Warehouse]] (1926)
*** 18: former location of [[Charles Leno]] Restaurant (1887)
*** 12-14: vacant, owned by [[Alabama Power Company]], former location of [[Associates Sales Agency]] wholesale toys  (1964) and [[Alabama Business Furnishings]]
*** 20: [[Alagasco Building]]/[[Alagasco Center for Energy Technology]], former location of [[A.L. Baxter]] dyer (1887), [[First American Bank|National Bank of Commerce]] (1965)
**** 12: former location of [[Wittichen Coal & Transfer Co.]] (1920), [[Alabama Electric Supply Co.]] (1926), [[The Starr Co.]] pianos & refrigerators (1941)
*** 18-20: former location of [[San Pedro Wine Co.]] (1941), [[A. B. Dick Co.]] business machines (1964)
**** 18: former location of [[Charles Leno]] Restaurant (1887), [[Perry Supply Co.]]/[[Amalgamated Roofing Co.]]/[[Miller Rubber Co.]]/[[Peasley-Gaulbert Co.]] (1926)
**** 20: [[Alagasco Building]]/[[Alagasco Center for Energy Technology]], former location of [[A.L. Baxter]] dyer (1887), [[First American Bank|National Bank of Commerce]] (1965)
** 22: : former location of [[Gulf States Sales]] (1941), [[Junior League Nearly New Shop]] (1964)
** 22: : former location of [[Gulf States Sales]] (1941), [[Junior League Nearly New Shop]] (1964)
** 24: former location of [[The Greenwood Co.]] real estate/[[Washington National Insurance Co.]] (1941), [[Culberson Dance Studio]] (1956), [[Carolyn Cooper Rejuvenating Cosmetics]] (1964)
** 24: former location of [[The Greenwood Co.]] real estate/[[Washington National Insurance Co.]] (1941), [[Culberson Dance Studio]] (1956), [[Carolyn Cooper Rejuvenating Cosmetics]] (1964)
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** 28: former location of [[Southern States Equipment Corp.]] (1941), [[M & F One Stop Record Mart]] (1964), [[Studio of Professional Arts]] (1966)
** 28: former location of [[Southern States Equipment Corp.]] (1941), [[M & F One Stop Record Mart]] (1964), [[Studio of Professional Arts]] (1966)
*** 28½: former location of [[Alabama National Guard]] Special Forces Headquarters (1964)
*** 28½: former location of [[Alabama National Guard]] Special Forces Headquarters (1964)
** 30-34: former location of [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] freight office, freight station, passenger station and police (1964)
** 30-34: former location of [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] freight office, freight station, passenger station and police (1926-1964)
** 94: former location of [[Schultz & Maynard]] Restaurant (1887)
** 94: former location of [[Schultz & Maynard]] Restaurant (1887)
** 96: former location of [[Robert Darden]] Restaurant (1887)
** 96: former location of [[Robert Darden]] Restaurant (1887)
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** 15-23: [[Daniel Building]], headquarters for [[Compass Bank]], former location of [[Milner & Kettig]] mill, mining & plumbing supply (1870s), [[Carlisle Electric Appliance Co.]] (1940-1941),  
** 15-23: [[Daniel Building]], headquarters for [[Compass Bank]], former location of [[Milner & Kettig]] mill, mining & plumbing supply (1870s), [[Carlisle Electric Appliance Co.]] (1940-1941),  
[[Moore-Handley]] appliance department (1964)
[[Moore-Handley]] appliance department (1964)
** 25-31: former location of [[Moore-Handley, Inc.|Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]]
*** 15-17: former location of [[Moore-Handley, Inc.]] machinery department (1926)
** 25-31: former location of [[Moore-Handley, Inc.|Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] (1904-1926)


===[[1st Avenue South]]===
===[[1st Avenue South]]===

Revision as of 17:28, 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 (east) / 9th Avenue South (west)

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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