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**** 1921: former location of the ''[[Evening Chronicle]]'' / ''[[Sunday Chronicle]]'' (1883-1890), insurance agent (1891), [[Alexander Dearborn|A. R. Dearborn & Co.]] (1897-1904), [[Brandon Printing Co.]] / [[Dearborn Desk Co.]] (1904), [[Central of Georgia Railway]] / [[llinois Central Railroad]] ticket office, [[People's Tailors]] (1926-1937), [[Engel Companies]] (1960)
**** 1921: former location of the ''[[Evening Chronicle]]'' / ''[[Sunday Chronicle]]'' (1883-1890), insurance agent (1891), [[Alexander Dearborn|A. R. Dearborn & Co.]] (1897-1904), [[Brandon Printing Co.]] / [[Dearborn Desk Co.]] (1904), [[Central of Georgia Railway]] / [[llinois Central Railroad]] ticket office, [[People's Tailors]] (1926-1937), [[Engel Companies]] (1960)
** 1923-1931: [[Woodward Building]] (built 1902)
** 1923-1931: [[Woodward Building]] (built 1902)
*** 1923: former location of [[Berney Bank building]], [[Berney National Bank]] (1885-1901), [[Eubank Brothers]] dentists (1887), [[American Trust & Savings Bank]] (1902-1904), [[T. U. Walter III]] architect (1904), [[Uhrig Optical Co.]] (1925-1926), [[Powder Puff Beauty Shop]] (1926), [[Bandman-Marx]] tailors, [[Shrib Optical Co.]] (1937), [[Budget Finance Corp.]] (1964)
*** 1923: former location of [[Berney Bank building]], [[Berney National Bank]] (1885-1901), [[Eubank Brothers]] dentists (1887), [[American Trust & Savings Bank]] (1902-1904), [[T. U. Walter III]] architect (1904), [[Uhrig Optical Co.]] (1924-1926), [[Powder Puff Beauty Shop]] (1926), [[Bandman-Marx]] tailors, [[Shrib Optical Co.]] (1937), [[Budget Finance Corp.]] (1964)
**** 1923A: former location of [[J. F. Clark & Co.]] (1926), [[Smile Cafe]] (1929), [[Lontos Cafe]] (1937), [[New Lontos Cafe]] (1939), [[Salvador's Restaurant]] (1964)
**** 1923A: former location of [[J. F. Clark & Co.]] (1926), [[Smile Cafe]] (1929), [[Lontos Cafe]] (1937), [[New Lontos Cafe]] (1939), [[Salvador's Restaurant]] (1964)
*** 1925-1931: former location of [[Hewlett Block]] (burned 1900)
*** 1925-1931: former location of [[Hewlett Block]] (burned 1900)

Revision as of 17:04, 8 September 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