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==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}
=== [[South Titusville]]===
* 324: former location of [[Scott's Coal Co.]] (1953)


=== [[Five Points South neighborhood]] ===
=== [[Five Points South neighborhood]] ===
* [[10th Street South]] formerly intersected
* [[10th Street South]] formerly intersected
** former location of [[2nd Presbyterian Church]] (1896)
** former location of [[2nd Presbyterian Church]] (1896)
** 1013: former location of [[A. G. Donahoo Contracting Co.]] (1953)
* [[I-65]] (access to northbound lanes)
* [[I-65]] (access to northbound lanes)
** 1109: former location of apartment building
** 1111: former location of apartment building
** [[Ted's Restaurant]]
** [[Ted's Restaurant]]
* [[12th Street South]] intersection
* [[12th Street South]] intersection
** [[University Park Business Center]]
** [[University Park Business Center]]
** 1201: [[Alabama Auto Top Specialist]]
** 1201: [[Alabama Auto Top Specialist]]
** 1208: former location of [[Steve Cross]] ice dealer (1953)
** 1217½: former location of [[George Cross]] ice dealer (1953)
** 1218: former location of [[Avenue C Garage]] auto repairs (1953)
** 1231 [[University House]]
** 1231 [[University House]]
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
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*** 1401-1433: unnamed 228-unit apartment building (built 2020)
*** 1401-1433: unnamed 228-unit apartment building (built 2020)
**** 1411-1415: former location of double Quonset hut
**** 1411-1415: former location of double Quonset hut
**** 1421: former location of [[Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] storage (1953)
**** 1425: former location of [[Garfield Hill]] restaurant (1953)
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
* 1500-1530: former location of [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
* 1500-1530: former location of [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
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*** Suite 101: [[Self Storage]]  
*** Suite 101: [[Self Storage]]  
*** Suite 102: [[Watts Realty]]
*** Suite 102: [[Watts Realty]]
*** 1527: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]] (1953)
*** 1529: former location of [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017), [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] / [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015)
*** 1529: former location of [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017), [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] / [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015)
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
** 1600: [[Red Mountain Theatre Co.]] arts campus, former location of [[Wittichen Supply Company]]
** 1600: [[Red Mountain Theatre Co.]] arts campus, former location of [[Wittichen Chemical Co.]] warehouse (1953), [[Wittichen Supply Company]]
** 1601-1631: [[James C. Lee Building]] (built 2019)
** 1601-1631: [[James C. Lee Building]] (built 2019)
*** 1601: former location of [[Children's Hospital]] physical plant
*** 1601: former location of [[Children's Hospital]] physical plant
*** 1617: former location of [[Mid-South Design Inc.]] (building demolished in October 2017)
*** 1617: former location of [[Mid-South Design Inc.]] (building demolished in October 2017)
* [[17th Street South]] intersection
* [[17th Street South]] intersection
** 1726: Former site of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant
** north side:
*** 1700: former location of [[Ingersoll-Rand Co.]] machinery (1953)
*** 1704: former location of [[Rudolph Brinskelle]] plumbing (1953)
*** 1726: Former site of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant, [[Wimberly & Thomas Hardware Co.]] garage (1953)
** south side:
*** 1701: former location of [[White Motor Co.]] trucks (1953)
*** 1711: former location of [[Jefferson Body Co.]] auto bodies (1953)
 
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
** [[Taziki's]]
** north side:
** former location of [[St Mark's School]] (1892-1940)
*** former location of [[St Mark's School]] (1892-1940)
** 1805: former location of [[J. G. Lowery]] contractor (1887), [[E. P. Hogan residence]] (1910)
*** 1820-1826: [[HABD Building]], [[Housing Authority of the Birmingham District]] offices, former location of [[Wood Chevrolet]] (1953-1976)
** [[1809 3rd Avenue South|1809]]: [[1809 3rd Avenue South|retail building]] (built 2018), former location of [[Graffeo’s Garage]], [[Hoover Sports & Imports]]
** south side:
** 1817: [[Import Maintenance Service]]
*** 1801-1805: [[Taziki's|Taziki's Mediterranean Café]] (2008-)
** 1826: [[HABD Building]], [[Housing Authority of the Birmingham District]] offices, former location of [[Wood Chevrolet]] (1976)
**** 1805: former location of [[J. G. Lowery]] contractor (1887), [[E. P. Hogan residence]] (1910)
*** 1807: retail building (built 2018), [[Vapors Smoke Shop]] (2019-)
*** 1809-1811: former location of [[Nick Graffeo Motors]] used cars / [[Sam's Auto Trim Shop]] (1953), [[Hoover Sports & Imports]]
*** 1813-1815: former location of [[Vol T. Blacknall Co.]] wholesale flooring (1953)
*** 1817: [[Import Maintenance Service]]
*** 1825: former location of [[Wood Chevrolet]] body and fender department (1953)


* [[19th Street South]] intersection
* [[19th Street South]] intersection
** [[Holy Trinity Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral]]
** north side:
** former location of [[Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1899)
*** 1900-1930: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2016), [[Publix]] supermarket (2017-)
** 1900: proposed [[Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham]]
**** 1900: proposed [[Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham]]
** 1912: [[Carlstedt Company]], former location of Mrs [[P. E. Porter]] boarding house (1899)
**** 1912: [[Carlstedt Company]], former location of Mrs [[P. E. Porter]] boarding house (1899), [[Smith & Young Co.]] wholesale florist (1953)
** [[20 Midtown]], former location of [[Adamson Ford]] auto lot, [[Firestone Building]]
**** 1916: former location of [[Brunson Motor Co.]] used cars (1953)
**** 1920-1930: former location of [[Firestone Building]] (1943-1970, demolished 2015)
** south side:
*** 1901-1909:  [[Holy Trinity Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral]] (built 1949), former location of [[Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1899)
*** 1911-1931: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2015)
**** 1913: former location of [[Barnett Car Co.]] used cars (1953)
**** 1915: former location of [[S. A. Weaver Motor Co.]] used cars (1953)
 
* [[20th Street South]] intersection
* [[20th Street South]] intersection
** former location of [[Don Drennen Motor Company]]
** former location of [[Don Drennen Motor Company]]

Revision as of 12:23, 19 January 2020

3rd Avenue South (originally Avenue C) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. It continues U. S. Highway 78 westbound from Crestwood Boulevard (via an angled section of 5th Avenue South) through Avondale and into the City Center. Beginning at 36th Street the avenue is one-way westbound with three lanes of traffic.

US 78 turns north off of 3rd Avenue at 24th Street, continuing west along 8th Avenue North toward Arkadelphia Road. 3rd Avenue South proceeds through Midtown Birmingham, becoming an onramp to I-65 North after it crosses 12th Street South.

The avenue picks up again in Titusville as 3rd Avenue Southwest, a two-lane residential street running between Omega Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

In Woodlawn and East Lake additional sections of 3rd Avenue South can be found. One runs for less than a block off of 59th Street South south of Georgia Road. Another picks up at 61st Street South and runs into the I-20 right of way just past 64th Street South. It picks up at 64th Place South on the other side of the interstate and continues to 67th Street South, where it ends in the turn a block shy of the Cascade Plunge. On the other side of the proposed Druid Hollow Park 3rd Avenue continues as a residential street between 70th Street South and 86th Street South. The alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in this area is promoted as a Musician's Hollow by the East Lake Arts District.

MAX Transit Route 17 runs along parts of 3rd Avenue South in Avondale.

History

3rd Avenue South was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic from 32nd Street to 14th Street in August 1955. The west-only traffic pattern was extended to I-65 in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 3rd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park/East Avondale

East Avondale

South Woodlawn

South East Lake

Locations on 3rd Avenue Southwest

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