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* 5428: [[Regions Bank]]
* 5428: [[Regions Bank]]
* 5434: [[Woodlawn United Methodist Church]]
* 5434: [[Woodlawn United Methodist Church]]
* 5500-5502: [[Woodrow Hall|Woodlawn Masonic Temple]]/[[Woodrow Hall]] (built 1914)
* 5500-5502: [[Woodrow Hall|Woodlawn Masonic Temple]]/[[Woodrow Hall]] (built 1914-1915)
** 5500: [[Desert Island Supply Co.]] (2012-), former location of [[Bains Drug Co.]] (1923)
** 5500: [[Desert Island Supply Co.]] (2012-), former location of [[Bains Drug Co.]] (1923)
** 5502: [[Red Mountain Makers]] (2013-)
** 5502: [[Red Mountain Makers]] (2013-)
* 5501: [[Imperial Hair & Beauty]], former location of [[Family Warehouse]] (2007-2008), [[Mission Possible]] thrift store (2012)
* 5503: [[God's Army Outreach Bible Ministry]] (2008-)
** 5503B: former location of [[The Wood Doctor]] (2008)
* 5504-5506: parking lot, former location of [[Woodlawn Theatre]] (1929-1957)
* 5504-5506: parking lot, former location of [[Woodlawn Theatre]] (1929-1957)
** 5506: former location of [[Theater Barber Shop]] (1948)
** 5506: former location of [[Theater Barber Shop]] (1948)
* 5505: [[Boehm Buildings]]
* 5505: [[Boehm Buildings]]
* 5507: [[1st Ave Upholstery]]
* 5512: former location of [[Woodlawn Garage]] (1925)
* 5512: former location of [[Woodlawn Garage]] (1925)
* 5514: former location of [[The Elf's Attic]] craft store (1985)
* 5514: former location of [[The Elf's Attic]] craft store (1985), [[New Life Ministries]] (1990)
* 5516: former location of [[American Furniture]] (1971)
* 5516: former location of [[American Furniture]] (1971), [[House of James]] (1990)
* 5522: former location of [[Woodlawn Hardware]] (1971)
* 5518: pocket park/walkway
* 5515-5519: former location of [[White House Sandwich Shop]] (1935)
* 5520: former location of [[Touch of Bel Air]] / [[JP's Creative Cuts]] (2008), [[Salon You]]
* 5522: [[Boogs Block]] (built c. 1928) former location of [[Woodlawn Hardware]] (1971), [[Burch Antiques]], [[ADW Temporary Staffing]] (2012)
* 5523-5525: [[Eastside Funeral Home]], former [[Woodlawn City Hall]] (built 1908)
* 5523-5525: [[Eastside Funeral Home]], former [[Woodlawn City Hall]] (built 1908)
** 5523: former location of [[C. L. Bromberg's]], [[Morgan Bros.]], [[Ben Franklin Store]], [[Woodlawn Library]], [[Fabric Jungle]], [[Kent Photo Service]] / [[Art & Frame Mart]] (1971)
** 5523: former location of [[C. L. Bromberg's]], [[Morgan Bros.]], [[Ben Franklin Store]], [[Woodlawn Library]], [[Fabric Jungle]], [[Kent Photo Service]] / [[Art & Frame Mart]] (1971)
* 5528: former location of [[Latrip's Drugs]], [[Smiles for Keeps]]
* 5528-5532: Commercial building (built c. 1928)
** 5528: [[Shannon Brazil Studio]] beauty shop, former location of [[Latrip's Drugs]], [[Smiles for Keeps]]
** 5530: [[Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop]], former location of [[Service Barber Shop]] (c.1934)
** 5532: [[Threads]] clothing
* 5529: [[Sound & Page]] music hall
* 5529: [[Sound & Page]] music hall
* 5530: [[Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop]], former location of [[Service Barber Shop]] (c.1934)
* 5531: Former location of [[Alma White Cafeteria]]
* 5531: Former location of [[Alma White Cafeteria]]
* 5535: [[City Meats]], formerly [[Mill's Restaurant]]
* 5535: [[City Meats]], formerly [[Mill's Restaurant]]
* 5545: [[Magic City Motors]]
* 5601: [[Ken Del Building]], former location of [[King's Catfish]], [[Nick's Grill]], [[Nick's Sundries]]
* 5601: [[Ken Del Building]], former location of [[King's Catfish]], [[Nick's Grill]], [[Nick's Sundries]]
* 5607: former location of [[Hull Grocery Co.]] (1925)
* 5607: former location of [[Hull Grocery Co.]] (1925)
* 5620: [[Woodlawn High School]]
* 5620: [[Woodlawn High School]]
* 5623: former location of [[Christian's Barber & Style Shop]]
* 5700: former location of [[Hallmark Carpets]] (1971)
* 5700: former location of [[Hallmark Carpets]] (1971)
* 5701: [[Alabama Power Company]] substation, former location of [[Nick's Place]] (1924)
* 5701: [[Alabama Power Company]] substation, former location of [[Nick's Place]] (1924)
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* 5709: [[Woodlawn Library]]
* 5709: [[Woodlawn Library]]
* 5712: [[Grace Episcopal Church]]
* 5712: [[Grace Episcopal Church]]
* 5801: former location of [[A & P]] supermarket
* 5801: [[RC's Collision Paint & Body]], former location of [[A & P]] supermarket
* 5810: [[Bullet Iron Works]]
* 5810: [[Bullet Iron Works]]
* 5812: [[The Shop]] barber shop
* 5814: [[The Basics]] clothing shop
* 5816: [[Music World]]
* 5831: [[Bayles Catering & Restaurant]] (2018-)
* 5831: [[Bayles Catering & Restaurant]] (2018-)
* 5901: [[Exxon]] gas station
* 5904: [[McDonald's]] restaurant
* 5914: former location of [[Bethell's Flower Shop]] (1971)
* 5914: former location of [[Bethell's Flower Shop]] (1971)
* 5936: :former location of [[Spur]] gas station (1966)
* 5921: [[American Motel]]
* 5936: [[Auto Professional Car Sales]], former location of [[Spur]] gas station (1966)
* 6000: [[Sky Inn]]
* 6000: [[Sky Inn]]
* 6013: [[Carver Apartments]] (vacant)
* 6013: [[Carver Apartments]] (vacant)
* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]]
* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]]
* 6101: [[Relax Inn]]


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Revision as of 11:28, 23 May 2018

The "Heaviest Corner on Earth" at 1st Avenue North and 20th Street

First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.

Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.

U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.

In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.

The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park. The first electric "thoroughfare lighting" was installed on 1st Avenue North on poles spaced 200 feet apart. The lighting was upgraded with new, taller poles on 100-foot spacings between 32nd and 85th Streets under the city's 1945 contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

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Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.

Smithfield

Downtown Birmingham

Main article: 1st Avenue North (Downtown)

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Woodlawn City Hall at 5523 1st Ave. N.

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake

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