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* [[Railroad Reservation]]
* [[Railroad Reservation]]
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
**2: [[Two North Twentieth]] building (former [[Relay House]], [[Linn's Park]], and [[L & N Station]])
** 2: [[Two North Twentieth]] building (former [[Relay House]], [[Linn's Park]], and [[L & N Station]])
**3: former [[Elyton Land Company]]
** 3: former [[Elyton Land Company]]
** [[Woodward Building]]
** 17: [[John A. Hand Building]], headquarters for [[Superior Bank]]
** [[John A. Hand Building]] ([[Superior Bank]])
** [[Woodward Building]], headquarters for [[First American Bank]]
*[[1st Avenue North]] intersection ([[Heaviest Corner on Earth]])
*[[1st Avenue North]] intersection ([[Heaviest Corner on Earth]])
** [[Empire Building]] (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
** [[Empire Building]], [[Colonial Bank]] branch (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
** [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[First National Bank Building]])
** [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[First National Bank Building]])
** 113: [[Cafe Dupont]]
** 113: [[Cafe Dupont]]
** 117: former [[King Tut Deli]]
** 117: former location of the [[King Tut Deli]], scheduled to become part of Cafe Dupont
** 121: [[New York Style Delicatessen]]
** 121: [[New York Style Delicatessen]]
** 123: [[Bromberg's]]
** 123: [[Bromberg's]]
** 124: [[Webb Building]] ([[Dude Saloon]], [[Yogo's]], [[Purple Onion]])
** 124: [[Webb Building]] (former site of the [[Dude Saloon]], [[Yogo's Frosty Frozen Yogurt]], [[Purple Onion]], and [[Pope Jewelers]])
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
** [[Webb Building]] (former site of the [[Dude Saloon]], [[Yogo's Frosty Frozen Yogurt]], [[Purple Onion]], and [[Pope Jewelers]])
** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 200: [[Roden Block]] ([[Parisian]])
** 201: [[Frank Nelson Building]] ([[Birmingham School of Law]], [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]])
** 201: [[Frank Nelson Building]], [[Birmingham School of Law]], [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
** 205: [[Roma's Italian Bistro]]
** 205: [[Roma's Italian Bistro]]
** [[218 20th Street North|218]]: Quizno's Subs, [[Classic Basket]]
** [[218 20th Street North|218]]: Quizno's Sub, [[Classic Basket]]
** 219: [[Bon Ton Hatters]]
** 219: [[Bon Ton Hatters]]
** 221: [[MedTown Pharmacy]]
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
** 300: [[Blach's Building]]
** 300: [[Blach's Building]]
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** 420: [[Wachovia Tower]]
** 420: [[Wachovia Tower]]
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
** [[Regions Center]]
** 500: [[Southern Club]]
** 500: [[Southern Club]]
** 502: [[Birmingham Athletic Club]]
** 502: [[Birmingham Athletic Club]]
** 505: [[Financial Center Building]], ([[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce]], [[Compass Bank]] branch  
** 505: [[Financial Center Building]], ([[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce]], [[Compass Bank]] branch)
** 529: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]]
** 529: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]]
** 530: [[AmSouth-Harbert Plaza]]
** 530: [[AmSouth-Harbert Plaza]]

Revision as of 10:35, 28 February 2007

20th Street North in November 2002

20th Street North, also known as Birmingham Green, is a north-south street in the center of downtown Birmingham which functions as Birmingham's "main street".

20th Street begins at the northern end of 20th Street South at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue, and then continues for seven blocks to Park Place where it is terminated by Linn Park.

Birmingham Green was a project covering those seven blocks which was completed in 1973. The project involved removing utility lines below street level and enhancing the street with tree planters, flower beds, and wide sidewalks. Parking on 20th Street is restricted mainly to loading zones. The $5 million cost was paid for by local business owners, as well as local and federal governments.

The street in front of Birmingham City Hall on the west side of Linn Park is called Short 20th Street. It once continued past Municipal Auditorium and the Birmingham Museum of Art to the present site of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. After the I-20/59 bridge was built, this section was closed to traffic and eventually converted into a landscaped walk and fountain. There are other short sections of the street in North Birmingham, north of Oak Hill Cemetery and near Finley Boulevard.

Notable Locations (south to north)

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

References

  • Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976 Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16.

External links

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