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===[[Fountain Heights]]===
===[[Fountain Heights]]===
* [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]])
* [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]])
* [[15th Street North|15th Street]] intersection
* [[16th Street North|16th Street]] intersection
:* 1631: former location of [[C. D. Kenney Coffee Company]]
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection
** 1709: former location of [[He & She Scene]] nightclub
:* North side ([[Block 97]])
** 1710: [[Birmingham Police Headquarters]]
::* 1700: former location of [[Sinclair Filling Station]]
*** [[Birmingham Pledge mural]]
::* 1710: [[Birmingham Police Headquarters]] ([[Birmingham Pledge mural]]), former location of [[McKesson-Doster-Northington, Inc.]] wholesale drugs
** 1731: [[Center for Regional Planning and Design]]
::* 1714: former location of [[Boyd Manufacturing Company]]
*** [[Region 2020]]
::* 1722: former location of [[Alabama Barber Supply]]
*** [[Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies]]
::* 1728: former location of [[American Life Insurance Company of Alabama]]
*** [[Scenic Alabama]]
:* South side
::* 1701: former location of [[Lee Rodgers Garage]]
::* 1703: former location of [[Watts-Newsome Company]]
::* 1705: former location of [[Alabama Paper & Metalware Company]]
::* 1709: former location of [[He & She Scene]] nightclub and Standard Oil gas & garage
::* 1725: former location of [[Birmingham Woodenware Company]]
::* 1731: [[Center for Regional Planning and Design]] ([[Region 2020]], [[Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies]], [[Scenic Alabama]]) - formerly [[Young & Vann Supply Company]] mill & mine warehouse
* [[18th Street North|18th Street]] intersection
* [[18th Street North|18th Street]] intersection
** 1820: former [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon
:* North side ([[Block 98]])
** 1827: [[Jemison Flats]]/[[Stallings Building]] ([[Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio]]), formerly the [[Chamber of Commerce Building]]. Former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]
::* 1808: former location of Chinese restaurant
** 1840: former location of [[O'Brien Opera House]]
::* 1810: former location of [[State #12 Liquor Store]]
::* 1812: former location of [[Majic City Barber Supplies]]
::* 1814: former location of [[Shook & Fletcher Supply Company]]
::* 1818: former location of [[Sokol Brothers]] department store
::* 1820: former [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon
::* 1840: former location of [[O'Brien Opera House]]
:* South side
::* 1801: former location of [[Alabama Appliance Company]]
::* 1807: former location of [[Veltex Company]]
::* 1809: former location of [[National Birmingham Garage]] (with [[Highland Cleaners]] and [[Roberts Electric]])
::* 1817: former location of [[Matthews Electric Company]]
::* 1827: [[Jemison Flats]]/[[Stallings Building]] ([[Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio]]), formerly the [[Chamber of Commerce Building]]. Former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]


===[[Central City neighborhood]]===
===[[Central City neighborhood]]===

Revision as of 23:43, 13 July 2009

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.

Smithfield

Fountain Heights

  • South side
  • South side

Central City neighborhood

  • South side
  • South side
  • South side

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake

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