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[[Image:2nd Avenue North.jpg|right|thumb|275px|1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in 2006]]
[[File:1990s Metro Auto.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Wilborn Service Station and Wilborn Construction Co. at 830 2nd Avenue North]]
'''2nd Avenue North''' (or '''Second Avenue North''', formerly just '''2nd Avenue''') is an east-west street running through downtown [[Birmingham]]. The street is so named from [[Center Street]] in the west (where it becomes [[Tuscaloosa Avenue]]), continuously through downtown, to [[29th Street North]], after which it dead ends.
'''2nd Avenue North''' (or '''Second Avenue North''', formerly just '''2nd Avenue''') is an [[east-west avenue|east-west street]] running through [[Birmingham]], one block north of, and parallel to [[1st Avenue North]]. The street is so named from [[Center Street]] in the west (where it becomes [[Tuscaloosa Avenue]]), continuously through downtown, to [[29th Street North]], after which it dead ends.


Sections of 2nd Avenue North reappear between [[32nd Street North|32nd]] and [[35th Street North|35th Street]]s, between [[47th Street North|47th]] and [[52nd Street North|52nd Street]]s, between [[53rd Street North|53rd]] and [[54th Street North|54th Street]]s, and again east of [[Trotwood Park]] between [[71st Street North|71st]] and [[78th Street North|78th Street]]s. A short stub of 2nd Avenue North runs toward [[East Lake Park]] from [[80th Street North|80th Street]] near [[I-59]], then resumes between [[85th Street North|85th]] and [[86th Street North|86th Street]]s near [[Roebuck]].
Sections of 2nd Avenue North reappear between [[32nd Street North|32nd]] and [[35th Street North|35th Street]]s, between [[47th Street North|47th]] and [[52nd Street North|52nd Street]]s, between [[53rd Street North|53rd]] and [[54th Street North|54th Street]]s, and again east of [[Trotwood Park]] between [[71st Street North|71st]] and [[78th Street North|78th Street]]s. A short stub of 2nd Avenue North runs toward [[East Lake Park]] from [[80th Street North|80th Street]] near [[I-59]], then resumes between [[85th Street North|85th]] and [[86th Street North|86th Street]]s near [[Roebuck]].
The area surrounding 2nd and [[3rd Avenue North]] near the Alabama and Lyric Theatres is considered the heart of Birmingham's [[Theater District]]. The section between [[22nd Street North|22nd]] and [[25th Street North|25th Street]]s is part of the [[City Center Loft District]], utilized for the annual [[ArtWalk]] festival.


The area north of 2nd Avenue between [[11th Street North|11th]] and [[14th Street North|14th Street]]s was once known as [[Baconsides]], and was particularly hard hit by the [[1873 cholera epidemic]]. 2nd Avenue North is the setting for the fictional "Olympia Gym" in the novel and film, ''[[Stay Hungry]]''.
The area north of 2nd Avenue between [[11th Street North|11th]] and [[14th Street North|14th Street]]s was once known as [[Baconsides]], and was particularly hard hit by the [[1873 cholera epidemic]]. 2nd Avenue North is the setting for the fictional "Olympia Gym" in the novel and film, ''[[Stay Hungry]]''.


The section of 2nd Avenue between [[20th Street North|20th]] and [[24th Street North|24th Street]] is part of the [[Downtown Birmingham Historic District]]. Until the mid-1980s, [[Red Mountain Expressway]] terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp.
The section of 2nd Avenue between [[20th Street North|20th]] and [[24th Street North|24th Street]] is part of the [[Downtown Birmingham Historic District]]. Until the mid-1980s, [[Red Mountain Expressway]] terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp.  


[[MAX Transit Route 1]] and [[MAX Transit Route 3]] take 2nd Avenue westward to [[Elyton]].
[[MAX Transit Route 1]] and [[MAX Transit Route 3]] take 2nd Avenue westward to [[Elyton]].


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:2nd Avenue North|2nd Avenue North category]].
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Date disclaimer}}
 
===[[Smithfield neighborhood]]===
:''Not all intersections are listed.''
* [[Center Street]] intersects (road continues west as [[Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest]])
** 1: [[Starlight Ballroom]], former location of [[Elyton Masonic Hall]]
*** 1: former location of [[Ward Drug Co.]] (1964)
*** 1a: former meeting location of [[Elyton Lodge No. 835]], [[Farrar Lodge No. 8]] & [[Horace J. Salter Chapter No. 340]] (1964)
*** 3: [[Instant Tax Service]], former location of [[Toledo Scale Co.]] (1964)
** 6: [[Center Street Food, Gas & Diesel]]
** 9: former location of [[Newsom Termite & Pest Control]]
** 11: [[Robertson Glass Company]]
** 28: [[Lollipop Lane Foundation]] day care center
** 29: former location of [[McBride Sign Co.]] (1964–1973)
** 45: former location of James M. Russell, Attorney at Law (1882)
* [[1st Street North]] intersection
** 100: [[Birmingham Gear]], former location of [[Parker Tool & Die Co.]] (1964)
** 129: former location of [[Elyton Community Center]] (1937-)
* [[1st Place North]] intersection (North only), access to [[Jefferson County Family Court]]
[[File:St Johns Episcopal Elyton.jpg|right|thumb|375px|St John's Episcopal Church]]
** 109: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 21]] ([[Elyton]]), former location of [[West End Civitan Club]] (1964)
** 110: former location of [[St John's Episcopal Church]], [[Elyton Shoe Shop]] (1964)
** 118: former location of [[Henry L. Moore Poultry Co.]] (1964)
** 120: [[Precision Lighting]]
** 140: former location of [[Herbert J. Orr Enterprise]] rental agents and [[Good Housekeeping Store]] (1964)
** 143: former location of [[Dennis & Co.]] dry goods (1964)
** 145: former location of [[Dennis Grocery]] (1964)
* [[2nd Street North]] intersects
** 200½: former location of [[Dr A.N. Ballard]] (1887), [[Exchange Cigar Manufacturing Co.]] (1904)
** 208: [[Magic City Plywood]]
** 217: former location of [[Newman Sausage Co.]] (1964–1978)
** 228: [[JCCEO|JCCEO Community Services Building]]
** 238: [[Birmingham Chapter No. 4]], [[Disabled American Veterans]] (1961–)
* [[3rd Street North]] intersects
** 301: former location of [[Alabama Overall Service]] commercial laundry, [[Mid-State Printing]]
** 308: [[Hico Helium Balloon Distributors]], former location of [[Southeastern Sewing Machine Distributors]] and [[Southeaster Food & Freezer Distributors]] (1964)
** 319: [[Jackson's Upholstery Shop]]
** 320: former location of [[Straight Furrow Productions]] (-1985)
** 322: former location of [[Saia Pet Supply Co.]]
** 324: former location of [[Saia Pet Supply Co.]] warehouse
** 329: former location of [[Elyton Hardware Company]] (1964)
** 333: [[Right Price Auto Sales]], former location of [[Dixie Industrial Equipment Company]] (1964), [[Curtis Body Shop]]
** 339: former location of [[Supreme Super Market]] (1964)
* [[4th Street South]] intersects
** 400: [[Foxx Trap]] (former location of [[Supreme Super Market]])
** 401: [[Real Thorough Contractors]], former location of [[St Lucy's Catholic Mission]] (1946), [[Dundee Cleaners]] / [[The Poodle Salon]] barber shop (1964), [[Johnson Cleaners]] (1977)
** 406: former location of the [[W. L. Wilson residence]]
** 416: former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1922)
** 417: [[Labor Finders]] employment agency
** 418: former location of [[Ward Drug Co.]] (1922)
** 420: former location of [[R. A. Vaughan]] grocery (1922)
** 423: former location of [[Sahid Bahakel]] grocery (1922)
** 426: [[Elyton Cemetery]] (addressed as 510 in 1922)
** 437: [[Custom Counters]]
** 440: [[Best Rate Appliances]]
* [[5th Street North]] intersects
** 501: former location of [[P. Monella]] grocery (1922), [[Contempo Creations]] furniture manufacturer (1964)
** 506: former location of [[C. M. Bitz]] grocery (1922)
** 538-544: former location of [[Lewis Bakery]] (c. 1934)
*** 538: former location of [[T. J. Beresford]] grocery (1922)
** 540: [[Birmingham Vending Company]]
** 542: former location of [[Dispatch Printing & Stationery Co.]] (1964)
** 544: former location of [[Cavu Club]] ([[Burdett Tarrant]] 1958)
** bridge over tributary to [[Valley Creek]]
** [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] tracks
** 608: [[Dinkey's Auto Collision Center]]
 
* [[6th Place North]] (north) / [[1st Court North]] intersects
** north side:
*** 600-652: [[Firehouse Shelter]] (built 2020), former location of [[Firehouse Ministries]]' community garden (-2019)
**** 620: former location of [[Deluxe Body Shop]] auto painters (1964)
**** 624: former location of [[C. W. Stewart Machinery Co.]] (1964)
**** 630-632: former location of [[Highland Ice Cream Co.]] and bakery (1926)
**** 636: former location of [[Lowry Premiere Corp.]] printers (1964)
**** 650-652: former location of [[Art Sign Co.]]
** south side:
*** 613: [[Birmingham Autobody]], former location of [[Meer's Building Supply]] (on 1st Court North, 1964)
*** 631: former location of [[Dixie Neon]] (1959-1964)
*** 645: [[Midsouth Installers]], former location of [[Birmingham Tractor Co.]], [[General Welding Co.]]
 
* [[7th Street North]] intersects
** 700: [[Business Machines, Inc.]], former location of [[Birmingham Cooperative Stores]] (1964)
** 703: former location of [[Giles Memorial Baptist Church]] (1927)
** 706: [[Victory Missionary Baptist Church]], former location of [[Mount Calvary Baptist Church]] (1964)
** 716: [[Washer & Refrigerator Supply Co.]] (1964-)
** 717: [[Collins Automotive]], former location of [[Acme Appliance Service]] (1964)
** 721: former location of [[Second Avenue Grocery]] (1964)
** 724: [[Washer & Refrigerator Supply Co.]] repair shop (1964-)
** 731: former location of [[G. V. DiGiorgio]] grocery (1922), [[Jackson Electric Co.]]
 
* [[8th Street North]] intersects
** 801: [[Buffalo Electric Supply Co.]]
** 810: former location of [[Reese Service Co.]] (1964)
** 811: former location of [[John McQueen]] residence (1904)
** 812: former location of [[Sadler's Garage]] and [[Shipp Upholstery & Glass]] (1964)
** 816-818: former location of [[AAA Letter Service]] (1964)
** 816: [[Lace & Things]]
** 818: [[Platinum Styles & Cuts]], former location of [[Real Records]]
** 821: [[Platinum of Birmingham]] nightclub, former location of [[Fox's Animal Hospital]] (1964)
** 830: vacant lot, former location of [[Wilborn Service Station]] and [[Wilborn Construction Co.]] (1957), [[Metro Auto & Detail]] (2000s), [[Swagg Automotive and Detail]]
 
* [[9th Street North]] intersects
** 900: former location of [[Sloan Service System & Garage]] (1958), [[Escape Lounge & Restaurant]] (1964), [[Tootie's Cabaret]], [[Downtown Corral]] country nightclub (1972), [[Glenn's Social & Savings Club]] (burned 2010)
** 901: former location of [[Southern Carpet & Rug Cleaners]] (1964), [[K. U. Jones]] veterinary infirmary
** 910: former location of [[Hunter Built]] stock brokers (1964)
** 911: [[Reliable Formed Plastics]]
** 912: former location of [[Pierce-Taber Paint Co.]] wholesale (1964)
** 917: [[Classic Printing & Signs]] former location of [[Bomar Printing Company]] (1964)
** 921: [[Faith Chapel Care Center]], former location of [[Birmingham Brick Cleaning & Waterproofing Co.]] (1964), [[Paramount Auto Sales]]
** 925: former location of [[Dixie Coverall Supply]] (1964)
** 930: former location of [[Cowin Equipment Co.]] (1964)
 
* [[10th Street North]] intersects (south only)
** 1009: former location of [[Southeastern Bolt & Screw]] (1964)
** 1010: former location of [[X Auto Parts]] (1957)
** 1021: former location of [[Brice Building Company]] (1964)
** 1030: former location of [[Bush Oil Co.]] gas station (1964)
** 1031: former location of [[Hammock's Service Station]] (1964)
 
* [[Interstate 65]] passes above
 
===[[Fountain Heights]] neighborhood===
{{Main|2nd Avenue North (Downtown)}}
 
===[[Central City neighborhood|Central City]] neighborhood===
{{Main|2nd Avenue North (Downtown)}}
 
* [[Seaboard Railway]] crosses
* [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] crosses
* [[Southern Railway]] crosses
* 2701: former location of [[Donahoo Horse & Mule Co.]] (1925)
* 2714: [[McCorquodale Transfer]] ([[Bart McCorquodale]] 1995–), former location of [[Herman J. Downey  Sons]] auto parts (1964)
* 2720: former location of [[Herman J. Downey & Co.]] manufacturer's representative (1964)
* 2721: former location of [[Alabama Probation and Parole Birmingham Office]] (-2019)
** former location of [[Brice Building Company]] (1985)
* 2728: [[ABC Supply Co.]]
* [[28th Street North]] intersects
** 2831: [[Southland Trailer Service]] (2019-), former location of [[Marc Steel Company]] (1964), [[FleetPride]] (2015-2017)
* [[29th Street North]] intersects (north only)
* [[Central of Georgia Railway]] crosses
** 2906: former location of [[Kirkpatrick Sand & Cement Co.]] (1964)
 
===[[North Avondale]]===
* 3420: [[Thomas School]]/[[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
* 3431: former location of [[New Hope Baptist Church]] (1892-c. 1899, 1912-1964)
* 4022: former location of the [[Cameo Theatre]] (1927)
* 4030: former location of [[Avondale Tailoring Co.]] (1927)
* 4143: former location of [[Frederick Barden]] restaurant (1928)
* 4360: former location of [[Mt Pleasant Baptist Church]] (1940)
* 4367: former location of [[Estelle Phillips]] lunch room (1927)
 
===[[Woodlawn]]===
* 4600: former location of [[Merit Oak Flooring Co.]], [[Charles F. Melcher]] monuments, and [[Coleanor Coal Co.]] (1925)
* 4735 [[Corpus Christi Faith Church]], former location of [[Full Gospel Church]] (1940), [[First Assembly of God]] (1955, 1971)
* 5012: former site of [[Gibson School]] (1904-1943), which was converted into apartments. Later the [[D'Orleans Condominiums]] (1986, demolished before 2012)
* 5900: former location of [[Woodlawn Livery Co.]] stables (1910)
 
===[[Wahouma]]===
* 6221: former location of [[Alabama Glastek]] (demolished 2020)
* 7721: former location of [[John Ray's Supper Club]]
 
===[[North East Lake]]===
* 8515: [[Wesleyan Methodist Church]] (1940)


** 109: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 21]] ([[Elyton]])
=== Unknown addresses ===
** 631: [[Dixie Neon]]
* [[R. H. Roberts' Hardware]], former location of [[Birmingham Art Association]]
** 717: [[Collins Automotive]]
** 818: [[Real Records]]
** 830: [[Metro Auto & Detail]]
** 901: former location of [[K. U. Jones]] veterinary infirmary
** 1200: [[Innovation Depot]]
** 1300: [[ACME Building]] ([[Magic City Motor Scooters]])
* Intersection of [[16th Street North]]
** 1616: [[Brother Bryan Mission]]
** 1630: former location of [[Playpen]] toy store
** 1631: [[Thomas Jefferson Hotel]]/[[Cabana Hotel]]/[[Leer Tower]]
* Intersection of [[17th Street North]]
** 1710: [[Phoenix Building]]/[[Phoenix Lofts]]
** 1706: former location of [[Phoenix Bowling Center]]
** former location of [[Ritz Theatre]]
** 1722: former location of [[American Laundry]]
** former location of [[Pasquale's]]
* Intersection of [[18th Street North]]
** 1802: former location of [[Rumore's Record Rack]]
** 1805: former location of [[Excelisor Laundry]] (sic)
** former location of the [[New Ideal]] Department Store
** 1808-10: former location of [[Ullman Hardware Company]]
** 1809: former location of the [[Climax Bar]]
** 1813: former location of [[Tennessee Distilling Company]]
** 1816: former location of the [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]]
** 1818: former location of [[Cable-Shelby-Burton Piano Co.]]
** 1828: former site of [[Florence Hotel]]/[[Louis Saks Clothing Company]]
* Intersection of [[19th Street North]] (former site of [[Hudgins' fountain]])
** former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]]
** former studios of [[WBRC-AM]]
** former location of [[Holiday's Fine Shoes]]
** original location of [[Pizitz|Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company]]
** 1900: former location of the [[Peerless Saloon]]
** 1901: former site of [[Hughes Drug Store]]
** former location of [[Morton's Photo Studio]]
** former site of the [[Alcazar Theater]]/[[Capitol Theater]]
** former site of the [[Trianon Theater]]
** former site of the [[Vaudette Theater]]
** former site of the [[Newmar Theatre]]
** 1905: former location of [[Cinderella Shoe Store]]
** 1910: former location of [[W. T. Grant Company]]
*** 1910 1/2: former location of [[Shepherd and Scott]] photography studio
** 1914: former location of [[Burt's Shoe Store]]
** 1919: former location of the [[Galax Theater]]
** 1925: [[Pete's Famous Hot Dogs]]
** 1924: former location of the [[Caheen Building]]
** 1925: former location of [[Loventhal]] clothing store
** 1928: [[Roden Block]], currently housing [[Hendon & Huckestein Architects]]. Former site of [[Liggett's]] drug store and soda fountain and [[Baker's Shoe Store]]
** 1931: [[Webb Building]], former location of the [[Dude Saloon]]
* Intersection of [[20th Street North]]
** former site of [[Odeon Two Theater]]
** 2000: former location of [[A. & A. Ash Jewelers]]
** 2001: [[Bromberg's]] (former site of [[Drennen Department Store]])
** 2003-2005: former location of [[D. C. Redington]]'s Photographic Studios
** 2008: [[Garett Building]]/[[Singer Building]]
** 2010: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 6]]
** 2013: [[Meelheim Building]], [[Dobbs Gallery]], former site of [[Sublett Hall]]
** 2020: former location of [[Shoe Center]]
** 2022: former location of [[Melba Theater]]
** 2024: former location of [[J.C. Marks Liquor Co.]]
** 2025: [[Butler's Executive Grooming Lounge]]
** 2027: former location of [[Terreson's]] photo printing and [[Dollar Shoe Box]]
*** 2027 1/2: former location of [[Magic City Copying Co.]]
** 2028: [[Comer Building]]/[[City Federal Building]]
** 2031: former studio of [[A. C. Oxford]]
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
** 2101: [[Florentine Building]] ([[Vulcan Loan & Discount]]), former site of the [[Jefferson County Bank Building]]
** 2115-19: [[Zinszer's Peter, Mammoth Furniture House]]
** 2117: Offices of [[Arlington Properties]]
* Intersection of [[22nd Street North]]
** 2210: Offices of ''[[Black & White]]'', former office of [[Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds]]
** 2211: former location of [[Bragon Brothers]] furnace and tin shop
** 2226: [[Athens Building]]/[[Athens Flatts]]
* Intersection of [[23rd Street North]]
** 2306: [[What's on 2nd]] (formerly [[Gallery 2306]], [[Lamar's Gallery]])
** 2309: [[Ben Erdreich townhouse]]
** 2318: [[Freunde Deutscher Sprache und Kultur]]
** 2320: [[2nd Row]] ([[Urban Standard]], [[Faith Skate Supply]], [[Travel Scene]], [[Jason Wallis Photography]], [[Erdreich Architecture]])
** 2329: [[Charm]]
** 2341: former site of [[AEC Recycling Center]]
* Intersection of [[24th Street North]]
** 2409: [[Space One Eleven]]
** 2431: former location of [[Jack Daniel Distilling Company]]
* Intersection of [[25th Street North]]
** passes under [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]]
* Intersection of [[Carraway Boulevard]]
** north side: Elton B. Stephens Expressway north off-ramp
** 2601: former location of [[Nuncie's Music]]
* East of downtown
** 3420: [[Thomas School]]/[[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
** 7721: former location of [[John Ray's Supper Club]]


* Address unknown: [[R. H. Roberts' Hardware]], former location of [[Birmingham Art Association]]
==References==
* Ervin, Mark (December 1, 2016) "[https://bigcom.com/2016/12/birmingham-2nd-avenue-ginkgo-trees/ Birmingham in Bloom: An Analysis of the 2nd Avenue Ginkgo Trees]" Big Communications


[[Category:2nd Avenue North|*]]
[[Category:2nd Avenue North|*]]

Latest revision as of 13:37, 23 April 2024

Wilborn Service Station and Wilborn Construction Co. at 830 2nd Avenue North

2nd Avenue North (or Second Avenue North, formerly just 2nd Avenue) is an east-west street running through Birmingham, one block north of, and parallel to 1st Avenue North. The street is so named from Center Street in the west (where it becomes Tuscaloosa Avenue), continuously through downtown, to 29th Street North, after which it dead ends.

Sections of 2nd Avenue North reappear between 32nd and 35th Streets, between 47th and 52nd Streets, between 53rd and 54th Streets, and again east of Trotwood Park between 71st and 78th Streets. A short stub of 2nd Avenue North runs toward East Lake Park from 80th Street near I-59, then resumes between 85th and 86th Streets near Roebuck.

The area north of 2nd Avenue between 11th and 14th Streets was once known as Baconsides, and was particularly hard hit by the 1873 cholera epidemic. 2nd Avenue North is the setting for the fictional "Olympia Gym" in the novel and film, Stay Hungry.

The section of 2nd Avenue between 20th and 24th Street is part of the Downtown Birmingham Historic District. Until the mid-1980s, Red Mountain Expressway terminated at the 2nd Avenue North offramp.

MAX Transit Route 1 and MAX Transit Route 3 take 2nd Avenue westward to Elyton.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 2nd Avenue North category.
Dates in parentheses indicate when the address was known to have been used, not necessarily the entire span of its use.

Smithfield neighborhood

Not all intersections are listed.
St John's Episcopal Church

Fountain Heights neighborhood

Main article: 2nd Avenue North (Downtown)

Central City neighborhood

Main article: 2nd Avenue North (Downtown)

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma

North East Lake

Unknown addresses

References

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