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* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
** West side ([[Block 62]])
** West side ([[Block 62]])
*** 400: former location of [[W.C. Bulger]] grocer (1887), [[Home Bakery]] (1904)
*** 400-422: [[1729 5th Avenue North|Corner]]: [[Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse]] (built 1987), former site of [[Roden Hotel]] (1913-1917), [[A & P]] grocery store, and [[Adamson Ford]]
*** [[1729 5th Avenue North|Corner]]: [[Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse]], former site of [[Roden Hotel]], [[A & P]] grocery store, and [[Adamson Ford]]
**** 400: former location of [[W.C. Bulger]] grocer (1887), [[Home Bakery]] (1904)
*** 402: former location of [[Easonville Creamery]] (1904), [[City Restaurant]] (1920)
**** 402: former location of [[Easonville Creamery]] (1904), [[City Restaurant]] (1920)
*** 406: [[New Florence Hotel]], [[New Florence Cafe]] (1937)
**** 406: former location of [[New Florence Hotel]], [[New Florence Cafe]] (1937)
*** 418: former location of [[Aloia Studio]] photography (1920)
**** 418: former location of [[Aloia Studio]] photography (1920)
*** 422: former location of [[B. F. Roden]] (1904)
**** 422: former location of [[B. F. Roden residence]] (1899-1904)
*** [[Federal Reserve building]], proposed site of [[Federal Reserve tower]]
*** [[Federal Reserve building]], proposed site of [[Federal Reserve tower]]
** East side
** East side
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*** 405-409: former location of [[United Electric Co.]] (1904)
*** 405-409: former location of [[United Electric Co.]] (1904)
*** 411: former location of [[Page & Hicks]] grocers (1887), [[Blue Bird Cafe]] (1928)
*** 411: former location of [[Page & Hicks]] grocers (1887), [[Blue Bird Cafe]] (1928)
*** 417: former location of [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] (1904)
*** 417: former location of [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] (1899-1904)


* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
** 500: [[Happy John Bollas]] barbecue (1928-1969)
** West side
** [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 7]]
*** 500-512: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 7]], former location of [[Central Presbyterian Church]] (1899), [[Happy John Bollas]] barbecue (1928-1969)
** [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]]
*** 514-530: parking lot
** 519: former location of [[St John Studio]] (1923)
**** 520: former location of [[F. S. White]] attorney (1899)
** 529: former location of [[E. & H. Film Distributing Corp.]] (1925)
**** 530: former location of [[Herman Saks]] merchant (1899)
** East side
*** 501-513: [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]]
*** 519: former location of [[St John Studio]] (1923)
*** 529: former location of [[E. & H. Film Distributing Corp.]] (1925)


* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
** 600-614: [[Alabama Power Building]] (built 1925)
** West side
** 616-630: [[Alabama Power Company Headquarters Complex]] (built 1990)
*** 600-614: [[Alabama Power Building]] (built 1925)
** [[AT&T Building]]
**** 610: former location of [[Isaac Hochstadter]] merchant (1899)
*** 616-630: [[Alabama Power Company Headquarters Complex]] (built 1990)
**** 630: former location of [[J. Loveman]] merchant (1899)
** East side
*** 601-615: [[AT&T Employee Parking Deck]]
*** 617-631: [[Alabama Power Company]] visitor parking


* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
** 714: former location of [[Morris Infirmary]] (1904)
** 714: former location of [[Morris Infirmary]] (1904)
** 715: former location of [[Morris Newfield residence]] (1904)
** 715: former location of [[Samuel Ullman residence]] (1899), [[Morris Newfield residence]] (1904)
* [[Alabama Power employees parking deck]]
* [[Alabama Power employees parking deck]]


Revision as of 13:10, 16 March 2019

18th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.

18th Street begins at the northern end of 18th Street South, at the 18th Street underpass underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north until ending for Oak Hill Cemetery at 11th Avenue North. Between 1st Avenue North and the cemetery, the downtown section of 18th Street is one-way for north-bound vehicular traffic.

North of the cemetery, 18th Street resumes from an eastern shift by 17th Street North and continues to 17th Avenue North. North of I-65 the street picks up at 19th Avenue and crosses Village Creek before it runs into the interstate onramps at Finley Avenue. At 24th Court North, 18th Street resumes, paralleling I-65 as far as 37th Avenue North.

Electric lights were installed 18th Street North from Morris Avenue to 6th Avenue North in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

One block of 18th Street, between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue was converted from one-way to two-way traffic on December 5, 2016, allowing for better access to the Pizitz parking deck as the reopening of the Pizitz Building neared.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street North category.

Fountain Heights

  • 13th Court North intersection (road resumes from 17th Street North)
  • 14th Avenue North intersection
  • 14th Court North intersection (east only)
  • 15th Avenue North intersection
  • 16th Avenue North intersection (west only; main road turns west as 16th Street North)
  • 17th Avenue North intersection (east only)/17th Court North intersection (road continues as 19th Street North)

Evergreen

  • 19th Avenue North intersection
  • 20th Avenue North intersection (west only)
  • 21st Avenue North intersection (east only)
  • Crosses railroad tracks

Acipco-Finley

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