1st Avenue North: Difference between revisions
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* 6013: [[Carver Apartments]] (vacant) | * 6013: [[Carver Apartments]] (vacant) | ||
* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]] | * 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]] | ||
* 6200: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]] | |||
* 6449: [[Birmingham Fire Station #12]] | * 6449: [[Birmingham Fire Station #12]] | ||
* 6712: [[Bama Motel]] | * 6712: [[Bama Motel]] | ||
* 6800: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]] | |||
* 6805: [[Ensley's Seafood]] | * 6805: [[Ensley's Seafood]] | ||
* 6909: [[Contri Brothers]] | * 6909: [[Contri Brothers]] | ||
* 7303: [[Roadside Bar BQ]] | * 7303: [[Roadside Bar BQ]] | ||
* 7501: former [[Big B Drugs]] | * 7501: former [[Big B Drugs]] | ||
* 7635: former location of [[Tucker's Barber Shop]] | |||
* 7700: former location of [[Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners]] | |||
* 7709: former location of [[Wood Bros. Feed Store]] | |||
* 7713: former location of [[C. E. Franklin Coal Yard]] | |||
* 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]] | |||
* 7901: [[St Barnabas School]] | * 7901: [[St Barnabas School]] | ||
* 8301: former location of [[Gibbs Drug Company]] | |||
* 8302: former location of [[Ma Camp's Cafe]] | |||
* 8325: [[American Legion Post 171]] | * 8325: [[American Legion Post 171]] | ||
* 8400: [[Express Oil Change]] store #27 (East Lake) | * 8400: [[Express Oil Change]] store #27 (East Lake) | ||
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* 8420: [[Anchor Motel]] | * 8420: [[Anchor Motel]] | ||
* 8429: [[Double Dog Dare]] | * 8429: [[Double Dog Dare]] | ||
* 8443: former location of [[Little Orphan Annie restaurant]] | |||
* 8500: [[Green Acres Cafe]], East Lake location | * 8500: [[Green Acres Cafe]], East Lake location | ||
* 8501: former location of [[Porter Landrum's Service Station]] | |||
* 8506: [[El Girasol Mexican Tienda]], former location of [[Lou-Jac Drive-In]] | * 8506: [[El Girasol Mexican Tienda]], former location of [[Lou-Jac Drive-In]] | ||
* 8518: [[Electronic Repair Company]] | * 8518: [[Electronic Repair Company]] | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 27 May 2008
First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.
Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.
U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.
In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.
The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park.
See also
Notable locations
For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.
- 830: Rib-It-Up
- 14th Street intersection (Catch-out Corner)
- 17th Street intersection
- 1709: former location of He & She Scene nightclub
- 1710: Birmingham Police Headquarters
- 1731: Center for Regional Planning and Design
- 18th Street intersection
- 1820: former Tanner & Elledye saloon
- 1827: Jemison Flats/Stallings Building (Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio), formerly the Chamber of Commerce Building. Former site of the Chalifoux Building
- 1840: former location of O'Brien Opera House
- 19th Street intersection
- 1900: former location of Morris Hotel and Morris Jewelers
- 1904: Corporate Realty Development
- 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of Allen Building and Lighthouse nightclub)
- 1915: former location of Britling Cafeteria No. 1
- 1922: former location of Porter's Clothing
- 1926: Toby's (formerly Top that Chick, Chris' Place Café Seven Seas Seafood and Empire Steak House)
- 1927: Woodward Building
- 1928: Empire Building (former site of Bank Saloon)
- 20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth
- 2000: Brown Marx Building (former site of National Bank of Birmingham building)
- 2001: John A. Hand Building
- 2013: McAdory Building
- 2015: Caldwell-Milner Building
- 2017: former offices of Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects
- 21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)
- 2100: Landmark Building (former site of Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building)
- 2101: Steiner Building (KPS Group), (former site of William Nabors residence)
- 2106-8: former location of Doster-Northington Drug Co.
- 2121: Body & Soul Fitness
- 22nd Street intersection
- 2200: Wine Loft, former location of the Caldwell Hotel
- 2202: Goodall-Brown Lofts
- 2201: Transportation Building (Wee Care Academy)
- 2209: The Fanaei Building (formerly Slater Sales)
- 2213: former location of Steve Watson Restaurant
- 2226: former location of Europa
- 23rd Street intersection
- 2310: Neighborhood Market
- 2316-2318: The Avenues Lofts
- 2329: Wooten Lofts
- 24th Street intersection
- 2429: Blackwell Furniture
- 25th Street intersection
- Carraway Boulevard intersection
- 2600-3400: 1st Avenue North Viaduct
- 2800-3100 blocks: Sloss Furnaces
- 3300: U.S. Pipe headquarters
- 3400: Concordia Club
- 3401: Sloss Docks
- 3600: Birmingham Water Works
- 3921: M & M Barbecue
- 4265: Kingdom Kare
- 4924: One Stop Environmental
- 5310: Woodlawn Post Office
- 5422: Dino's Hot Dogs
- 5525: Woodlawn City Hall
- 5528: Smiles for Keeps
- 5530: Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop
- 5535: City Meats, formerly Mill's Restaurant
- 5349: former location of The Red Nek/Wheeler Dealer
- 5620: Woodlawn High School
- 5701: Birmingham Fire Station No. 12
- 5704: Interfaith Hospitality House
- 5709: Woodlawn Library
- 5712: Grace Episcopal Church
- 6000: Sky Inn
- 6013: Carver Apartments (vacant)
- 6021: Pacific Seafood
- 6200: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6449: Birmingham Fire Station #12
- 6712: Bama Motel
- 6800: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6805: Ensley's Seafood
- 6909: Contri Brothers
- 7303: Roadside Bar BQ
- 7501: former Big B Drugs
- 7635: former location of Tucker's Barber Shop
- 7700: former location of Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners
- 7709: former location of Wood Bros. Feed Store
- 7713: former location of C. E. Franklin Coal Yard
- 7718: former location of Sligh Coal & Transfer Company
- 7901: St Barnabas School
- 8301: former location of Gibbs Drug Company
- 8302: former location of Ma Camp's Cafe
- 8325: American Legion Post 171
- 8400: Express Oil Change store #27 (East Lake)
- 8401: Bob's Discount Meats
- 8420: Anchor Motel
- 8429: Double Dog Dare
- 8443: former location of Little Orphan Annie restaurant
- 8500: Green Acres Cafe, East Lake location
- 8501: former location of Porter Landrum's Service Station
- 8506: El Girasol Mexican Tienda, former location of Lou-Jac Drive-In
- 8518: Electronic Repair Company
- 8629: SOS Lounge