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*** 1306: former location of vacant lot (1891), [[Brungart-Jennings Inc.]] material handling equipment (1953), [[Decca Distributing Co.]] record dealer (1960)
*** 1306: former location of vacant lot (1891), [[Brungart-Jennings Inc.]] material handling equipment (1953), [[Decca Distributing Co.]] record dealer (1960)
** 1308-1310: former location of [[Standard Bottle Co.]] (1926)
** 1308-1310: former location of [[Standard Bottle Co.]] (1926)
*** 1308: [[Fashion Etc Hair Salon]], former location of [[S. W. Odom]] saloon (1887), saloon (1891), [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.]] city store (1896), [[Alabama Advertising Company]] (1940), [[Clisby & Associates]] manufacturers' agents (1953), [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] and [[Alabama Department of Agriculture]] offices (1960-1964)
*** 1308: [[Fashion Etc Hair Salon]], former location of [[S. W. Odom]] saloon (1887), saloon (1891), [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.]] city store (1896), [[Birmingham Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.]] (1909), [[Alabama Advertising Company]] (1940), [[Clisby & Associates]] manufacturers' agents (1953), [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] and [[Alabama Department of Agriculture]] offices (1960-1964)
*** 1310: former location of [[C. W. Odom]] dry goods (1887-1891), [[McIntyre & Blackburn]] (1904), [[Leonard's Restaurant]], vacant (1953), [[Leonard's Restaurant & Lounge]] (1960), [[Trader Joe's]] restaurant & lounge (1964), [[Tito's Lounge]] (1973), [[Lynn's Den]] (1987-1998)
*** 1310: former location of [[C. W. Odom]] dry goods (1887-1891), [[McIntyre & Blackburn]] (1904), [[Leonard's Restaurant]], vacant (1953), [[Leonard's Restaurant & Lounge]] (1960), [[Trader Joe's]] restaurant & lounge (1964), [[Tito's Lounge]] (1973), [[Lynn's Den]] (1987-1998)
**** 1310b: former location of [[Paul A. Pocopanni & Associates]] accountants (1964)
**** 1310b: former location of [[Paul A. Pocopanni & Associates]] accountants (1964)
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*** 1517: former location of [[Archives Security Inc.]] (2007)
*** 1517: former location of [[Archives Security Inc.]] (2007)
** 1521: former location of [[Interstate Belting & Packing]] (1925), [[Noble-Bryant Packing & Manufacturing]] (1926), [[Harry Charles & Son]] pianos (1964)
** 1521: former location of [[Interstate Belting & Packing]] (1925), [[Noble-Bryant Packing & Manufacturing]] (1926), [[Harry Charles & Son]] pianos (1964)
** 1527: former location of [[Atlas Chemical Company]] janitorial supplies, [[Giles Warehouse & Transfer]], and [[Whitaker Paper Co.]] (1964)
** 1527-1531: former location of [[Acme Brewery Co.]] / [[Chattanooga Brewing Co.]] (1909)
** 1529-1531: former location of [[Lawrenceburg Rollers Mills Co.]] (1926)
*** 1527: former location of [[Atlas Chemical Company]] janitorial supplies, [[Giles Warehouse & Transfer]], and [[Whitaker Paper Co.]] (1964)
*** 1529: former location of [[Southern Bell|Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.]] training school (1964)
*** 1529-1531: former location of [[Lawrenceburg Rollers Mills Co.]] (1926)
*** 1531: former location of [[Birmingham Contracting Co.]] (1904)
**** 1529: former location of [[Southern Bell|Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.]] training school (1964)
**** 1531: former location of [[Birmingham Contracting Co.]] (1904)


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Revision as of 17:50, 1 January 2020

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.

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.

During the 1980s rows of Pin oak trees were installed along 1st Avenue North between 14th and 26th Streets as part of the city's urban tree planting project, guided by Nimrod Long & Associates.

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

References