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* West side
* West side
** 300-308: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2015)
** 300-308: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2015)
*** 300: former location of [[Piggly-Wiggly]] grocery store (1939), [[Drennen Motor Co.]] used cars (1941-1964), [[Adamson Ford]] auto lot
*** 300-302: former location of [[Piggly-Wiggly]] grocery store (1926-1939), [[Drennen Motor Co.]] used cars (1941-1964), [[Adamson Ford]] auto lot
*** 300-302: [[Chipotle]] (December 2015-)
**** 300: [[Chipotle]] (December 2015-)
*** 304: former location of [[Moore's Auto Top Co.]] & [[Atherton Signn Co.]] (1923)
**** 302: former location of [[Domit Bros.]] (1926)  
*** 304: former location of [[Moore's Auto Top Co.]] (1923), [[Atherton Sign Co.]] (1923-1926)
*** 306: former location of [[Bragan & Bragan]] heating & cooling (1926)
*** 308: [[Starbucks Coffee]] (August 2015-)
*** 308: [[Starbucks Coffee]] (August 2015-)
** 312-314: former location of [[Burks Furnace Exchange]] (1941)
** 312-314: former location of [[Burks Furnace Exchange]] (1941)
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** 316: former location of [[Albert Tebshrany]] dry goods (1941), [[Rockefeller's]] night club, [[Joe Namath's Restaurant]]
** 316: former location of [[Albert Tebshrany]] dry goods (1941), [[Rockefeller's]] night club, [[Joe Namath's Restaurant]]
** 318: former location of [[P. J. Carroll]], watchmaker (1923), [[Luther Adams]] 2nd hand clothes (1941)
** 318: former location of [[P. J. Carroll]], watchmaker (1923), [[Luther Adams]] 2nd hand clothes (1941)
** 320: former location of [[Bright Star Cafe]] (1928-1934), [[B. E. Erben]] Grocer (1934), [[New Deal Cafe]] (1937), [[Rex Grill]] (1941)
** 320: former location of [[Bright Star Cafe]] (1926-1934), [[B. E. Erben]] Grocer (1934), [[New Deal Cafe]] (1937), [[Rex Grill]] (1941)
** 322: former location of [[H. E. Klein]] drug store (1888), [[Klein Bros.]] chemists and druggists (1904), [[Horace Goodman]] Druggist (1934-1841)
** 322: former location of [[H. E. Klein]] drug store (1888), [[Klein Bros.]] chemists and druggists (1904), [[Horace Goodman]] Druggist (1934-1841)
** 324: former location of [[Sol's Hot Dogs]]
** 324: former location of [[Sol's Hot Dogs]]
* East side
* East side
** 301-307: [[Liberty National Building]] (built [[1925]] as the [[Pioneer Building]]), former headquarters for [[Liberty National Life Insurance Company]], [[Southside Bank]], and [[FBI Birmingham Field Office|U. S. Bureau of Investigation]]'s Birmingham field office (1925-)
** 301-307: [[Liberty National Building]] (built [[1925]] as the [[Pioneer Building]]), former headquarters for [[Liberty National Life Insurance Company]], [[Southside Bank]], and [[FBI Birmingham Field Office|U. S. Bureau of Investigation]]'s Birmingham field office (1925-)
*** 301: former location of [[Vulcan Radiator Co.]] (1923)
*** 301: former location of [[Vulcan Radiator Co.]] (1923), [[Southside Bank]] (1926)
*** 303: former location of [[Southern Bearing Company]] (1923), [[Western Union]] telegraph office (1941)
*** 303-305: former location of [[Southern Bearing Company]] (1923-1926)
** 309-313: former location of [[Alabama Tin Shop]] (1941)
**** 303: former location of [[Western Union]] telegraph office (1941)
*** 309: former location of [[Masters Tire Co.]] (1923)
*** 307: former location of [[Southeastern Rhopac Products]] (1926)
** 315-317: former location of [[Howard Odorless Cleaners]] / [[R. E. Moffatt]] plumbing & heating (1941)
*** 309: former location of [[Masters Tire Co.]] (1923-1926)
** 311-313: former location of [[Alabama Tin Shop]] (1926-1941)
** 315-317: former location of [[White Swan Laundry]] (1926), [[Howard Odorless Cleaners]] / [[R. E. Moffatt]] plumbing & heating (1941)
*** 315: former office location of [[Earnest McMeans]] manufacturer's agent (1964)
*** 315: former office location of [[Earnest McMeans]] manufacturer's agent (1964)
**** 315½: former location of [[Bethune Electric Co.]] (1941)
**** 315½: former location of [[Bethune Electric Co.]] (1941)
*** 321-331: former location of [[Drennen Motor Company]] (1941-1964), [[Tom Williams Cadillac]]
*** 321-331: former location of [[Drennen Motor Company]] (1941-1964), [[Tom Williams Cadillac]]
**** 321-323: former location of [[Jefferson Motors Co.]] (1926)
**** 325-331: [[SpringHill Suites]] (2011-), (built as [[Hyatt Place Hotel]] in 2009)
**** 325-331: [[SpringHill Suites]] (2011-), (built as [[Hyatt Place Hotel]] in 2009)


Revision as of 18:47, 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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