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** 724-728: [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]] (built 1983)
** 724-728: [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]] (built 1983)
*** 724: former location of [[St John's Methodist Church]] (1918-1941)
*** 724: former location of [[St John's Methodist Church]] (1918-1941)
*** 728: former location of [[Jefferson County Public Health Building]] (built 1948, demolished 1980)
*** 728: former location of [[Jefferson County Public Health Building]] (built 1948-1953, demolished 1980)


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* east side:
** 701: [[UAB administration building]], formerly [[UAB administration building|Central Bank building]] (built 1967), former location of [[James McFarland]] used cars (1950)
** 701: [[UAB administration building]], formerly [[UAB administration building|Central Bank building]] (built 1967), former location of [[James McFarland]] used cars (1950), [[H & S Auto Sales]] used cars (1953)
*** 701: former location of [[Central Bank]], [[Compass Bank]], [[BBVA Compass]], [[BBVA]] branch (1967-2019)
*** 701: former location of [[Central Bank]], [[Compass Bank]], [[BBVA Compass]], [[BBVA]] branch (1967-2019)
*** 701 basement: former location of [[Kopper Kettle Cafeteria]] (1970)
*** 701 basement: former location of [[Kopper Kettle Cafeteria]] (1970)
** 715: former location of [[Carpet Golf]] (1949), [[Henley's Golf Course]], [[Medical Center Putt-Putt]] (1950s-1963)
** 715: former location of [[Carpet Golf]] (1949-1953), [[Henley's Golf Course]], [[Medical Center Putt-Putt]] (1950s-1963)
** 719: former location of [[All Seasons Travel]], former location of [[Hawkins-Israel Co.]] interior decorators (1941-1950), [[Bodine|Bodine, Bryson & Rolling Inc.]] (1970)
** 719: former location of [[All Seasons Travel]], former location of [[Hawkins-Israel Co.]] interior decorators (1941-1950), [[Bodine|Bodine, Bryson & Rollings Inc.]] (1953-1970)
** 721: former location of [[Jack Daby]] used cars (1949), [[Royal Motor Company]] used cars (1950)  
** 721: former location of [[Jack Daby]] used cars (1949), [[Royal Motor Company]] used cars (1950)  
** 723: former location of [[Steel City Oldsmobile]] used cars (1941)
** 723: former location of [[Steel City Oldsmobile]] used cars (1941)
** 725-731: [[Town House]] (built 1953, demolished 2019), [[Sitar Indian Cuisine]] (2010-November 2018), former location of [[Tracy's Cafeteria]] (1983-2008)
** 725-731: [[Town House]] (built 1953, demolished 2019), [[Sitar Indian Cuisine]] (2010-November 2018), former location of [[Tracy's Cafeteria]] (1983-2008)
*** 725: former location of [[City Federal Savings & Loan]] (1981), [[Town House Beauty Salon]] (1964), [[Fant Furman Beauty Salon]] (1970)
*** 725: former location of [[Utopia Cleaners & Dyers]] (1953), [[Town House Beauty Salon]] (1964), [[Fant Furman Beauty Salon]] (1970), [[City Federal Savings & Loan]] (1981),
*** 727-729:  former location of [[Frances' Flowers & Gifts]] (1964-1970)
*** 727-729:  former location of [[Frances' Flowers & Gifts]] (1964-1970)
*** 731: former location of [[John Gonder]] used cars (1950), [[Erskine A. Caldwell]] used cars, (1950) [[Tubb Pharmacy]] (1964-1970), [[Scotty's Discount Drugs]] (1981)
**** 727: former location of [[Frances' Flowers & Gifts]] (1953)
**** 729: former location of [[Town House Beauty Salon]] (1953)
*** 731: former location of [[John Gonder]] used cars (1950), [[Erskine A. Caldwell]] used cars, (1950), [[Tubb Pharmacy]] (1953-1970), [[Scotty's Discount Drugs]] (1981)


===[[University Boulevard]] (formerly [[8th Avenue South]])===
===[[University Boulevard]] (formerly [[8th Avenue South]])===

Revision as of 12:21, 23 November 2019

20th Street South in October 1962

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

During the 1980s rows of Willow oak trees were installed along 20th Street South as part of the city's urban tree planting project, guided by Nimrod Long & Associates.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street South category.

Railroad Reservation/20th Street underpass

road continues north as 20th Street North

Powell Avenue

The Alagasco Building in 2010

former Alabama Great Southern Railroad crossing

Moore-Handley Hardware Co. in 1904

1st Avenue South (formerly Avenue A) / Rotary Trail

2nd Avenue South

c. 1963 view looking north up 20th Street toward downtown

3rd Avenue South

4th Avenue South

1977 advertisement for "The Strip"
start of UAB campus

5th Avenue South

6th Avenue South

Hillman Hospital, c. 1929

7th Avenue South

University Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue South)

8th Court South (east) / 9th Avenue South (west)

10th Avenue South intersection

Five Points South begins

Magnolia Avenue

11th Avenue South

12th Avenue South/Highland Avenue

13th Avenue South

14th Avenue South

15th Avenue South

16th Avenue South


U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

References

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