29th Avenue South

29th Avenue South looking westward from 19th Street intersection, December 2012

29th Avenue South is a three-block (1/4-mile) long street in the Homewood Central Business District. The three-lane, east-west road runs from 18th Street South in the west to Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31) in the east. It features both angled, forward parking and parallel parking at various points along the road sides.

29th Avenue was originally part of Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31). From a southbound perspective, the highway curved east from 18th Street (although 18th continued south) to travel along 29th Avenue to what is now Independence Drive, where it curved south again. Highway 31 was rerouted to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, once the Red Mountain cut was completed in 1970. The western curve at 18th was converted to a standard T-intersection in the 1990s.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 29th Avenue South category.

• avenue begins at 18th Street South
  • north side:
    • The Curve
      • 1802: Collage
      • 1804: Oyama Karate
      • 1808: former location of Your Kidding, Eighteenth Street Orientals (1990–2017)
    • 1818: former location of the Domino Lounge
    • 1820: former location of Toranto Bros. wholesale shoes (1956)
    • 1826: former location of Chic Coiffeurs (1969)
    • 1830: SoHo Square
  • south side:
    • 1801–1807: 1-story strip shopping center
    • 1809: former location of Homewood Grill (1940)
    • 1811: one-story gabled commercial building (built 1988) / Wallace-Burke Fine Jewelry & Collectibles (2015–), former location of The Hogue-Lacey Company (1940), Monty Stabler Galleries (2001–2011)
    • 1817
      • 1817-A: Saxx Hair Design (2008–)
      • 1817-B: Fab'rik (2015–), former location of Happi boutique (Andrew & Nicole Thorp & Antonio Minnifield 2008–), Centuries (2011)
    • 1819: Dave's Pizza, (1990–)
    • 1825: former location of Generation Dog (2008–2015), dk2 Gallery (2016–), Kellum & Co.
    • 1827–1829: Eighteenth Street Orientals / AMW Inc. jewelers (2018–)
      • 1827: AMW Inc. jewelers, (1980–2018)
      • 1829: former location of Briarcliff Shop (2011), Kellum & Co. (2016–2018)
    • 1831: Kathy's Designer Kitchens / Katrina Blades interior design (2011–)
    • 1833: Homewood Police Department, former location of Jack's No. 1 drive-in restaurant (built 1960)

• 19th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1900: BB&T branch, formerly Colonial Bank
    • 1906: former location of Pasquale's Pizza
    • 1920: Urban Cookhouse (2018-), former location of Classic Wine Company, proposed location of Farm Bowl & Juice Co. (2018)
    • 1922: Real & Rosemary restaurant (March 2016-)
  • south side:
    • 1903: Aloft Birmingham SoHo Square, former location of Homewood City Hall

• 19th Place South intersects (north only)
  • north side:
    • 1924: Williams & Elliott Attorneys
    • 1926: Big Bad Breakfast (2016-), Red Lion Lounge, former location of Lafitte Restaurant and Mammy's Pancakes (1960s-), Cathay Inn (Ray Lindsay, John Sowell & David Lam 1981–1988)
    • 1930: Independence Plaza, former location of Vulcan Motor Lodge
  • south side:
    • 1917: Salon 46 (2022–), former location of Audio Video Excellence (AVX)
    • 1923: McKinney Technologies, former location of Cafe.Mac
    • 1925: Palmer's Lamps
    • 1927: Pastry Art Bake Shoppe, former location of Earrol's Coiffures
    • 1931: Sanctuary, former location of Little Southerner Supper Club (1937-1951)

• avenue ends at Independence Drive