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**** 7301: former location of [[Wood's Drugs|Wood's Drug No. 4]] (1949)
**** 7301: former location of [[Wood's Drugs|Wood's Drug No. 4]] (1949)
**** 7303: former location of [[Tricia's Treasures]] antiques (1983)
**** 7303: former location of [[Tricia's Treasures]] antiques (1983)
*** 7315: [[Giggles & Wiggles Academy]]
*** 7317: [[Bonita's Images of You]]
*** 7327-7331: [[Xtreme Soundz]]
* [[74th Street North]] intersects
* [[74th Street North]] intersects
** 7400: former location of [[74th Street Service Station]] (1949)
** north side:
** 7405: [[George Bender residence]]
*** 7400: former location of [[74th Street Service Station]] (1949)
** 7428: former location of [[Kawasaki-Suzuki of Birmingham]]
*** 7408: [[New Beginning Christian Child Development Center]]
*** 7420: [[Town & Country Furniture]]
*** 7428: [[Seed, Time & Harvest Birmingham Restoration Church]], former location of [[Kawasaki-Suzuki of Birmingham]], [[Mother's and Babies Nutrition]] (2007), [[Arijay's Furniture]] (2012-2017)
*** 7432: [[Presidential Tax Service]], former location of [[Frank Johnson Insurance Agency]]
** south side:
*** 7401: [[1st Ave. Used Tires]]
*** 7405: [[George Bender residence]]
*** 7417: former location of [[Hilltop Properties]]
*** 7433: [[Payless Tires]]
* [[75th Street North]] intersects
* [[75th Street North]] intersects
** 7500: former location of [[Phillips Service Station]]
** north side:
** 7501: former [[Big B Drugs]]
*** 7500: former location of [[Phillips Service Station]]
** 7509: former location of [[East Lake Rain Tunnel Car Wash]] (1983)
*** 7504: [[O'Reilly Auto Parts]]
** 7532-7534: former location of [[Andrew's Bar-B-Q]] (1949-1960)
*** 7524: [[Wells Fargo Bank]]
*** 7532-7534: former location of [[Andrew's Bar-B-Q]] (1949-1960)
** south side:
*** 7501: [[CVS Pharmacy]], former location of [[Big B Drugs]]
*** 7509: former location of [[East Lake Rain Tunnel Car Wash]] (1983)
*** 7519: [[King Motors]] / [[Pro Body Center Auto Repair]]
*** 7523: [[Douvonthos Africa Hair Braiding]], former location of [[Express African Hair Braiding]]
*** 7529: [[Church's Chicken]]
* [[76th Street North]] intersects
* [[76th Street North]] intersects
** north side
** north side
*** 7600: former location of [[Rose's Bootery]], [[Southeastern Appliance Service]] (1983)
*** 7600: [[Williams Group]], former location of [[Rose's Bootery]], [[Southeastern Appliance Service]] (1983-2008)
*** 7604: former location of the [[College Theatre]] and [[Cinema Blue]]
*** 7604: [[Art Town]], former location of the [[College Theatre]], [[Cinema Blue]]
*** 7606: former location of [[Pleasure Books East]]
*** 7606: former location of [[Pleasure Books East]]
*** 7608: former location of [[E. & J. Lounge]]
*** 7608: former location of [[E. & J. Lounge]]
*** 7610: former location of [[Birmingham Books]]
*** 7610: [[Birmingham Books]], former location of [[Birmingham Adult Books]]
*** 7612: former location of a vacant house, considered the "last slum house in the business district" when it was demolished in [[1958]] by [[Sam Rose]]
*** 7612: former location of a vacant house, considered the "last slum house in the business district" when it was demolished in [[1958]] by [[Sam Rose]]
*** 7620-7622: former location of [[J. R. Sadler & Co.]] dry goods (1914), [[Sadler's Food Store]] (1949)
*** 7620-7622: former location of [[J. R. Sadler & Co.]] dry goods (1914), [[Sadler's Food Store]] (1949)
**** 7620: former location of [[Banks Lounge]] (1972)
**** 7620: former location of [[Banks Lounge]] (1972)
*** 7630: [[Little Caesars Pizza]]
** south side
** south side
*** 7601: [[29.99 Shoe Warehouse]], former location of [[Wood's Drug Store]] (1973)
*** 7601-7609: [[29.99 Shoe Warehouse]] (2008-), former location of [[Wood's Drug Store]] (1973)
*** 7611: former location of the [[East Lake Theater]] (built 1947), [[American Furniture]] (1971)
*** 7611: former location of the [[East Lake Theater]] (built 1947), [[American Furniture]] (1971), [[Fashion Dinettes]], [[Estate Liquidators]] (2015-2017)
*** 7615: vacant lot, [[East Lake mural]]
*** 7613-7615: vacant lot / [[East Lake mural]]
*** 7617: vacant
*** 7619: former location of [[Floral Park Bakers]] (1949), [[East 59 Vintage & Cafe]] (2013-2018)
*** 7619: former location of [[Floral Park Bakers]] (1949), [[East 59 Vintage & Cafe]] (2013-2018)
*** 7623: [[Estate Liquidators]], former location of the [[East Lake Theater]]
*** 7621-7623: [[Zumba Fitness]]
*** 7625: former location of [[Thompson Bootery]] (1949)
*** 7625: [[Sweet Tartts]] gifts, former location of [[Thompson Bootery]] (1949)
*** 7635: former location of [[Tucker's Barber Shop]]
*** 7627: [[Organically Yours]], former location of [[Douka African Hair Braiding & Perfumes]] (2007-2015)
*** 7639: former location of [[Alley's Drug Store]] / [[Friend Sisters]] boutique (1949), [[M & M Electronics]] (1983)
*** 7629: [[Mr Cuts]] barber shop (2015-), former location of [[Pinkney's House of Style]] (2007-2012)
*** 7631: [[Douka African Hair Braiding & Perfumes]] (2016-), former location of [[Magic Ink]] tattoos (2007-2008)
*** 7635-7639: [[Douka Exclusive Fashion]] (2015-), former location of [[On The Corner Fashions]] (2008)
**** 7635: former location of [[Tucker's Barber Shop]]
**** 7639: former location of [[Alley's Drug Store]] / [[Friend Sisters]] boutique (1949), [[M & M Electronics]] (1983)
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects (formerly [[77th Street North]])
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects (formerly [[77th Street North]])
** north side
** north side
*** 7700: former location of [[Charles L. Allen & Son]] restaurant (1928), [[Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners]], [[Hilliard Inc.]] dyers & cleaners (1949), [[McCain Manufacturing]]
*** 7700: [[Shark's Fish & Chicken]], former location of [[Charles L. Allen & Son]] restaurant (1928), [[Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners]], [[Hilliard Inc.]] dyers & cleaners (1949), [[McCain Manufacturing]]
*** 7710: former location of [[Okie Dokie]] (1949)
*** 7708-7710: former location of [[Consignment World]] (2008)
*** 7713: former location of [[C. E. Franklin Coal Yard]]
**** 7710: former location of [[Okie Dokie]] (1949)
*** 7712: vacant lot, former location of cleaners (2008)
*** 7714: vacant lot
*** 7716: former location of [[Gannett Graphics]] (2008)
*** 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]]
*** 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]]
*** 7731: former location of [[Barnett Furniture Co.]] (1983)
*** 7720: vacant
*** 7724: former location of [[Ericka's Angels Day Care]]
*** 7732: former location of [[Sears]] department store
*** 7732: former location of [[Sears]] department store
*** 7740: former location of [[Haverty's]] (1960)
*** 7736: [[Rally's]] drive-thru
*** 7752: former location of [[Dobb's House Snack Bar]] (1973)
*** 7740: [[Mattress Warehouse]], former location of [[Haverty's]] (1960)
*** 7742: [[Southern Auto Credit]]
*** 7748: [[B & B Custom Floor Mats]] (2007-)
*** 7752: [[Massey Mercantile]] (2007-), former location of [[Dobb's House Snack Bar]] (1973)
** south side
** south side
*** 7703: former location of [[Jack Dorough Apothecary]] (1960)
*** 7701-7703: [[BP]] gas station, [[Kangaroo]] convenience store, former location of [[Exxon]] gas station (2007-2008), [[Kangaroo Express]] gas station (2015)
*** 7707: former location of [[American Barbecue]] (1928)
**** 7703: former location of [[Jack Dorough Apothecary]] (1960)
*** 7709: former location of [[Wood Bros. Feed Store]]
*** 7707-7733: [[U-Haul Moving & Storage of East Lake]]
**** 7707: former location of [[American Barbecue]] (1928)
**** 7709: former location of [[Wood Bros. Feed Store]]
**** 7713: former location of [[C. E. Franklin Coal Yard]]
**** 7731: former location of [[Barnett Furniture Co.]] (1983)
*** 7737: [[Qwik Pawn Shop]] (2007-)
* [[78th Street North]] intersects
* [[78th Street North]] intersects
* 7810: former location of [[Banks Lounge]]
* 7810: former location of [[Banks Lounge]]

Revision as of 16:30, 30 April 2019

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

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Woodlawn City Hall at 5523 1st Ave. N.

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake