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**** 1719-1721: former location of [[Ritz Theatre]] (1926-1982)
**** 1719-1721: former location of [[Ritz Theatre]] (1926-1982)
**** 1719½: former location of [[George Flanagan]] veterinarian (1887)
**** 1719½: former location of [[George Flanagan]] veterinarian (1887)
*** 1723-1733: commercial building
*** 1723-1733: furniture stores / [[Fleming House]] boarding house (1902)
**** 1723-1733: former location of stores "being built" (1891)
**** 1723: former location of [[Municipal Garage]] (1922), [[Johnson & Company Jewelers]]
***** 1723: former location of [[Municipal Garage]] (1922), [[Johnson & Company Jewelers]]
**** 1725: former location of [[Ross Brothers]] / [[Molton Transfer Co.]] (1904), [[Harvey Furniture Co.]] (1922), [[Thomas Willard Cafe]] (1929), beauty shop (1931), [[Johnson & Co.]] jewelers (1937-1959), [[Mutual Finance Corp. of Vulcan]] (1964)
***** 1725: former location of [[Ross Brothers]] / [[Molton Transfer Co.]] (1904), [[Harvey Furniture Co.]] (1922), [[Thomas Willard Cafe]] (1929), beauty shop (1931), [[Johnson & Co.]] jewelers (1937-1959), [[Mutual Finance Corp. of Vulcan]] (1964)
**** 1727: former location of [[Donaldson Furniture Co.]] (1904), [[Ritz Beauty Shop]] (1937), [[Miami Permanent Wave Co.]] beauty shop (1953), [[Miami Beauty Salon]] and [[American Beauty College]] (1964)
***** 1727: former location of [[Donaldson Furniture Co.]] (1904), [[Ritz Beauty Shop]] (1937), [[Miami Permanent Wave Co.]] beauty shop (1953), [[Miami Beauty Salon]] and [[American Beauty College]] (1964)
***** 1727½: former location of [[Talbot House]] (1922), [[Talbot Hotel]] (1926), [[Ritz Billiard Parlor]] (1931), [[WBRC-AM]] studios / [[Birmingham Broadcasting Co.]] / [[International News Service]] (1953-1964)
****** 1727½: former location of [[Talbot House]] (1922), [[Talbot Hotel]] (1926), [[Ritz Billiard Parlor]] (1931), [[WBRC-AM]] studios / [[Birmingham Broadcasting Co.]] / [[International News Service]] (1953-1964)
**** 1729-1731: former location of [[Lantrip's Drug Co.]] (1929-1931), [[Woods Drugs]] (1937), [[Weatherly Cigar & Soda Co.]], [[Leon & Arnold's Inc.]] confectionary (1953)
***** 1729-1731: former location of [[Lantrip's Drug Co.]] (1929-1931), [[Woods Drugs]] (1937), [[Weatherly Cigar & Soda Co.]], [[Leon & Arnold's Inc.]] confectionary (1953)
***** 1729: former location of [[J. F. Ehrhart]] harnesses (1922), [[Channell Florist]] (1929-1937), [[Dorothy's Hat Shop]],
****** 1729: former location of [[J. F. Ehrhart]] harnesses (1922), [[Channell Florist]] (1929-1937), [[Dorothy's Hat Shop]],
***** 1731: former location of [[City Barbecue]] restaurant (1922-1926), [[Mehr's Music Store]] (1959), [[Allen's Record Bar]]
****** 1731: former location of [[City Barbecue]] restaurant (1922-1926), [[Mehr's Music Store]] (1959), [[Allen's Record Bar]]
***** 1733: former location of [[Weatherly Retail Foods]] restaurant (1959-1964), [[Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta]]
****** 1733: former location of [[Weatherly Retail Foods]] restaurant (1959-1964), [[Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta]]


====[[18th Street North]]====
====[[18th Street North]]====

Revision as of 11:21, 17 September 2020

1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in 2006. The Old Kress Building is prominent.

2nd Avenue North (Downtown) is the section of 2nd Avenue North running through downtown Birmingham's Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods, between I-65 and 26th Streets.

In the downtown area, 2nd Avenue North has an 80-foot right of way. It is a one-way street which carries three lanes of westbound traffic, with parallel parking at each curb.

The area surrounding 2nd and 3rd Avenue North near the Alabama and Lyric Theatres is considered the heart of Birmingham's Theater District. The section between 22nd and 25th Streets is part of the City Center Loft District, utilized for the annual ArtWalk festival.

The section of 2nd Avenue between 20th and 24th Street is part of the Downtown Birmingham Historic District. Until the mid-1980s, Red Mountain Expressway terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp. During that decade rows of Gingko trees were installed along 2nd Avenue as part of the city's urban tree planting project, guided by Nimrod Long & Associates. In general, female trees were planted on the north side of the street and males on the south side.

Locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 2nd Avenue North (Downtown) category.
Dates in parentheses indicate when the address was known to have been used, not necessarily the entire span of its use.

2nd Avenue North continues west through Smithfield to Center Street, continuing as Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest

Fountain Heights neighborhood

11th Street North

12th Street North

13th Street North

14th Street North

15th Street North

16th Street North

The Thomas Jefferson Hotel

17th Street North

1700 block of 2nd Avenue North with the Ritz Theater, c. 1950s

18th Street North

The Bell Building at 1814 2nd Avenue North in January 1912

Central City neighborhood

19th Street North

Hudgins' fountain in 1886
Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk Factory in 1939

20th Street North

BPA Deck No. 6 on 2nd Avenue North

21st Street North

The Zinszer Building at 2115-2119 2nd Avenue North

22nd Street North

23rd Street North

24th Street North

25th Street North

Carraway Boulevard (26th Street North)

References