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==== [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])====
==== [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])====
* North side ([[Block 101]])
* north side ([[Block 101]]):
** 2100: [[Landmark Center]] (built [[1915]] as [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Building]]), former location of [[Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell]] (1884), [[Alabama Artificial Stone Co.]] (1887), [[A.M. Rixey]] real estate (1887), [[Rogers & Embry]] real estate (1887), [[Wilson, Sage & Clark]] real estate (1887), [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Co.]] (1902-1914), [[Birmingham Electric Company]] (1926-1940)
** 2100–2102: [[Landmark Center]] (built [[1915]] as [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Building]]), former location of  [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Co.]] (1902-1914), [[Birmingham Electric Company]] (1926-1940)
*** 2100: former location of [[Slaton, McGlathery & Burwell]] (1884), [[Alabama Artificial Stone Co.]] / [[A.M. Rixey]] real estate / [[Rogers & Embry]] real estate / [[Wilson, Sage & Clark]] real estate (1887), millinery (1888)
*** 2102: former location of fruit stand (1888)
** 2104-2106: former location of [[Alabama Dry Goods Co.]] (1925-1926), [[I. A. Kronenberg & Sons]] (1926)
** 2104-2106: former location of [[Alabama Dry Goods Co.]] (1925-1926), [[I. A. Kronenberg & Sons]] (1926)
*** 2104: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1895-1903), [[Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co.]] / [[Ford, Bacon & Davis]] (1904), [[R. P. McDavid Company]] (1937-1941?), [[Magic City Barber & Beauty Supply]] (1964)
*** 2104: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1895-1903), [[Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co.]] / [[Ford, Bacon & Davis]] (1904), [[R. P. McDavid Company]] (1937-1941?), [[Magic City Barber & Beauty Supply]] (1964)
** 2106-2110: former location of [[Doster-Northington Inc.]] laboratory supplies & surgical instruments (1906-1926)
** 2106-2110: former location of [[Trousdale & Son]] livery stables (1888), [[Doster-Northington Inc.]] laboratory supplies & surgical instruments (1906-1926)
*** 2106: former location of [[American Floor Covering Co.]] / [[Rug Mart]] (1964)
*** 2106: former location of [[American Floor Covering Co.]] / [[Rug Mart]] (1964)
*** 2108-2110: former location of [[W. F. Orr]] livery stable (1884-1885), [[Morris Greenhouses]], [[Abernathy Furniture Co.]], [[Haverty Furnitrure Co.]] (1929-1934), [[Alabama Gas Company]] billing office (1964)
*** 2108-2110: former location of [[W. F. Orr]] livery stable (1884-1885), [[Morris Greenhouses]], [[Abernathy Furniture Co.]], [[Haverty Furnitrure Co.]] (1929-1934), [[Alabama Gas Company]] billing office (1964)
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*** 2116: former location of [[Wright Jackson]] restaurant (1904)
*** 2116: former location of [[Wright Jackson]] restaurant (1904)
** 2118: [[Birmingham Realty Company building]] (built [[1905]]), [[Birmingham Realty Company]] (1905-1964) / [[Dolcito Quarry]] offices (1964), former location of [[Alexander & Dryer]] drug store (1888)
** 2118: [[Birmingham Realty Company building]] (built [[1905]]), [[Birmingham Realty Company]] (1905-1964) / [[Dolcito Quarry]] offices (1964), former location of [[Alexander & Dryer]] drug store (1888)
** 2120: former location of Mrs [[S. E. Laird]] notions (1884), [[J. S. Ferguson]] saloon (1904), [[Enterprise Engraving Co.]] (1934)
** 2120: former location of Mrs [[S. E. Laird]] notions (1884), drug store (1888), [[J. S. Ferguson]] saloon (1904), [[Enterprise Engraving Co.]] (1934)
** 2122: former location of [[A. A. Adams & Co.]] (1929), [[D. D. Metcalf Realty Co.]] (1964)
** 2122: former location of fruit stand (1888), [[A. A. Adams & Co.]] (1929), [[D. D. Metcalf Realty Co.]] (1964)
** 2124: former location of [[H. M. Archibald Jr]] "The Bond Man" (1925),  [[Fidelity Building & Loan Association]] (1929), [[Franklin-Patton Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] (1964)
** 2124: former location of [[H. M. Archibald Jr]] "The Bond Man" (1925),  [[Fidelity Building & Loan Association]] (1929), [[Franklin-Patton Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] (1964)
** 2126: former location of [[Tillman-Levenson]] furniture store, [[Millsap-Woodruff Co.]] (1929), [[Car Park Inc.]] parking lot (1964)
** 2126: former location of [[Tillman-Levenson]] furniture store, [[Millsap-Woodruff Co.]] (1929), [[Car Park Inc.]] parking lot (1964)
** 2028: former location of [[Stevens Barber Shop]] (1964)
** 2128–2130: two-story commercial building
** 2130: former location of [[Peter Apostolos]] restaurant (1926-1928), [[Olympia Cafe]] (1929), [[Burchwell Co.]] mortgage loans / [[Gerry G. McIntyre]] real estate  / [[Howell Realty Co.]] (1964)
*** 2128: former location of [[Stevens Barber Shop]] (1964)
* South side
*** 2130: former location of fruit stand (1888), [[Peter Apostolos]] restaurant (1926-1928), [[Olympia Cafe]] (1929), [[Burchwell Co.]] mortgage loans / [[Gerry G. McIntyre]] real estate  / [[Howell Realty Co.]] (1964)
* south side
** 2101: [[Steiner Building]] (built [[1890]]), former site of [[William Nabers shop]] (1869-1890)
** 2101: [[Steiner Building]] (built [[1890]]), former site of [[William Nabers shop]] (1869-1890)
** 2103: former location of [[A. A. Adams & Co.]] (1904), [[Franklin-Patton Real Estate & Insurance Co.]]/[[Security Mortgage Co.]]/[[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1926) [[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1926-1929), barber shop (1937), [[4-Way Finance Co.]] (1948), [[Merit Finance Co.]] (1964)
** 2103: former location of [[A. A. Adams & Co.]] (1904), [[Franklin-Patton Real Estate & Insurance Co.]]/[[Security Mortgage Co.]]/[[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1926) [[Vulcan Tile & Brick Co.]] (1926-1929), barber shop (1937), [[4-Way Finance Co.]] (1948), [[Merit Finance Co.]] (1964)

Revision as of 13:58, 24 March 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