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*** 1704: former location of [[Samuel Steele]] restaurant (1904)
*** 1704: former location of [[Samuel Steele]] restaurant (1904)
*** 1706: former location of [[J. M. Crittenden]] grocer (1887), [[Brand Bros. & Co.]] (1904)
*** 1706: former location of [[J. M. Crittenden]] grocer (1887), [[Brand Bros. & Co.]] (1904)
*** 1708: former location of [[Russell Brothers Furniture]] (1887)
*** 1708: former location of [[Russell Brothers Furniture]] (1887), [[McKesson & Robins]] laboratory supplies (1949)
** 1710: [[1710 Building]]/[[Birmingham Police Headquarters]] (built 1928), former location of [[C. D. Ebersol]] clothier (1887), [[J. M. Wright & Co.]] (1926), [[Doster-Northington Drug Co.]] (1929), [[McKesson-Doster-Northington, Inc.]] wholesale drugs (1937), [[Southern Bell]] divisional office (1964), [[Southern Junior College of Business]]
** 1710: [[1710 Building]]/[[Birmingham Police Headquarters]] (built 1928), former location of [[C. D. Ebersol]] clothier (1887), [[J. M. Wright & Co.]] (1926), [[Doster-Northington Drug Co.]] (1929), [[McKesson-Doster-Northington, Inc.]] wholesale drugs (1937), [[Southern Bell]] divisional office (1964), [[Southern Junior College of Business]]
** 1712-1714: former location of [[R. L. Sparkman & Co.]] (1926)
** 1712-1714: former location of [[R. L. Sparkman & Co.]] (1926)

Revision as of 16:00, 26 April 2019

1st Avenue North (Downtown) is the section of 1st Avenue North running through downtown Birmingham's Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods, between 13th and 26th Streets. The street is also part of U.S. Highway 11.

In the downtown area, 1st Avenue North has a 100-foot right of way, 20 feet wider than the typical street. It carries two lanes of traffic in each direction with a central turn lane and parallel parking at each curb.


Locations

1st Avenue North continues west through Smithfield to Center Street, continuing as Cotton Avenue Southwest

Fountain Heights

11th Street intersection

12th Street intersection

13th Street intersection

14th Street intersection

15th Street intersection (closed)

16th Street intersection

17th Street intersection

18th Street intersection

The Pandora Cafeteria at 1804-1806 1st Avenue North (1927-1936)

Central City neighborhood

19th Street intersection

1890s view looking east down 1st Avenue, possibly from the Morris Block.

20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth

21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)

22nd Street intersection

23rd Street intersection

24th Street intersection

25th Street intersection