1st Avenue North (Downtown): Difference between revisions

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* north side ([[Block 96]]):
* north side ([[Block 96]]):
** 1600-1610: parking lot for [[Thomas Jefferson Tower]] (2018-)
** 1600-1610: parking lot for [[Thomas Jefferson Tower]] (2018-)
*** 1600-1606: former location of [[Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co.]] freight depot (1904), [[Birmingham Electric Co.]] electrical department (1926)
*** 1600-1606: former location of [[H. T. Beggs & Son]] foundry (1885-1887), [[Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co.]] freight depot (1904), [[Birmingham Electric Co.]] electrical department (1926), [[Darnell's Downtown Gulf]] gas station (1964)
**** 1600: former location of [[Darnell's Downtown Gulf]] gas station (1964)
**** 1600: former location of saloon (1891)
*****1600-1608: former location of [[H. T. Beggs & Son]] foundry (1885-1887)
**** 1604: former location of [[People's Electric Light Co.]] (1891)
**** 1606: former location of [[Nelson's Cafe]] (1964)
**** 1606: former location of [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]] (1891), [[Nelson's Cafe]] (1964)
*** 1608-1610: former location of [[Meyer-Blanke Co.]] (1926)
*** 1608-1610: former location of vacant stores (1891), [[Meyer-Blanke Co.]] (1926)
**** 1608: former location of [[Perfection Mattress Co.]] (1896)
**** 1608: former location of [[Perfection Mattress Co.]] (1896)
**** 1610: former location of [[American Newspaper Union]] (1887)
**** 1610: former location of [[American Newspaper Union]] (1887)
** 1612: former location of [[Allright Birmingham Co.]] parking lot (1964)
** 1612-1632: former location of [[Birmingham Wagon Works]] (1885- )
*** 1612-1630: former location of [[Birmingham Wagon Works]] (1885- )
*** 1612: former location of vacant store (1891) [[Allright Birmingham Co.]] parking lot (1964)
** 1616: former location of [[R. H. McLeod Plastering Co.]] (1926)
**** 1612½: former location of cobbler (1891)
** 1620-1624: former location of [[Car Park Inc.]] parking lot (1964)
*** 1614: former location of "negro tenements" (1891)
*** 1620: former location of [[Alabama Paper & Metal Ware Co.]]/[[Southern Wooden Ware Co.]] (1926)
*** 1616: former location of restaurant (1891), [[R. H. McLeod Plastering Co.]] (1926)
*** 1624: former location of [[Going Road Machinery Co.]]/[[Imperial Candy Co.]]/[[Stacy Williams Co.]] (1923-1994)
*** 1618: former location of store (1891)
** 1626: former location of [[W. J. McGrail]] saloon (1904),  [[Beesley Products Co.]] (1964), [[Babe's Hot Dogs]] (1985-1990), [[Erika's Beauty Unlimited]] (2007)
**** 1618½: former location of cobbler (1891)
** 1628: former location of [[W. H. Swinge]] (1896), [[Imperial Candy Co.]] (1925), [[B. I. T. Cafe]] (1929), [[Term Financial Co.]] loans (1964)
*** 1620-1624: former location of [[Car Park Inc.]] parking lot (1964)
** 1630: former location of [[Carrie Skinne]] (1896), [[Washington Hotel]] (1904)
**** 1620: former location of vacant store (1891), [[Alabama Paper & Metal Ware Co.]] / [[Southern Wooden Ware Co.]] (1926)
**** 1622: former location of clothier (1891)
**** 1624: former location of cobbler (1891), [[Going Road Machinery Co.]]/[[Imperial Candy Co.]]/[[Stacy Williams Co.]] (1923-1994)
*** 1626: former location of "negro tenements" (1891), [[W. J. McGrail]] saloon (1904),  [[Beesley Products Co.]] (1964), [[Babe's Hot Dogs]] (1985-1990), [[Erika's Beauty Unlimited]] (2007)
*** 1628: former location of store (1891), [[W. H. Swinge]] (1896), [[Imperial Candy Co.]] (1925), [[B. I. T. Cafe]] (1929), [[Term Financial Co.]] loans (1964)
*** 1630: former location of candy shop (1891), [[Carrie Skinne]] (1896), [[Washington Hotel]] (1904)
*** 1632: former location of photography studio (1891)
 
* south side ([[Block 109B]]):
* south side ([[Block 109B]]):
** 1601: former location of [[Walters Brokerage Co.]]/[[Donovan Provision Co.]]/[[Diem & Wing Paper Co.]]/[[Ormond Bros. Brokerage Co.]] (1926), [[Hendon Car Park]] parking lot (1964)
** 1601: former location of [[Walters Brokerage Co.]]/[[Donovan Provision Co.]]/[[Diem & Wing Paper Co.]]/[[Ormond Bros. Brokerage Co.]] (1926), [[Hendon Car Park]] parking lot (1964)

Revision as of 15:28, 16 May 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