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==Notable locations== | ==Notable locations== | ||
** 1300: former location of the [[Birmingham Distilling Company]] | ** 1300: [[Airgas]] offices, former location of the [[Birmingham Distilling Company]] | ||
** 1413: [[Harris Early Learning Center]] | ** 1413: [[Harris Early Learning Center]] | ||
** 1420: [[Ballard House]], former offices of [[Formation Methods]] | ** 1420: [[Ballard House]], former offices of [[Formation Methods]] | ||
** [[St John African Methodist Episcopal Church]] | ** [[St John African Methodist Episcopal Church]] | ||
* Intersection with [[15th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[15th Street North]] | ||
** 1512: [[Automotive Friction Material]] | |||
** 1525: former location of [[Ulysses Mason residence]] | ** 1525: former location of [[Ulysses Mason residence]] | ||
* Intersection with [[16th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[16th Street North]] | ||
** former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]] | ** former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]] | ||
* [[Birmingham General Employees Credit Union]] | |||
* Intersection with [[17th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[17th Street North]] | ||
* Intersection with [[18th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[18th Street North]] | ||
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* Intersection with [[24th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[24th Street North]] | ||
** 2400: [[YMCA Youth Building]], [[New City Church]] | ** 2400: [[YMCA Youth Building]], [[New City Church]] | ||
** [[Marconi Park]] | |||
* Intersection with [[25th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[25th Street North]] | ||
** [[Jones Valley | ** [[Jones Valley Teaching Farm]] | ||
** 2521: former site of [[RolleRink]] | ** 2521: former site of [[RolleRink]] | ||
* Intersection with [[26th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[26th Street North]] | ||
** 2828: [[Anchor Packaging Company]] | |||
** 2930: [[Jim Harvey's Alignment Service]], [[D & H Auto Sales]] | |||
** 3000: former site of [[Richard McNally]] residence | ** 3000: former site of [[Richard McNally]] residence | ||
** 3100: former site of [[Children's Hospital]] | ** 3100: former site of [[Children's Hospital]] | ||
** 3101: [[1st Source Servall Appliance Parts]] | |||
* Intersection with [[44th Street North]] | * Intersection with [[44th Street North]] | ||
** former location of [[Anderson Electric]] | ** former location of [[Anderson Electric]] | ||
[[Category:7th Avenue North|*]] | [[Category:7th Avenue North|*]] | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 2 April 2015
7th Avenue North is a downtown street in Birmingham's northside.
The westernmost sections between Eufaula Avenue and 15th Street West and between 12th and 11th Street West near Birmingham-Southern College are known as 7th Avenue West. 7th Avenue North proper begins at 6th Street, but dies into the I-65 right of way after just two blocks.
The main stretch of 7th Avenue downtown picks up at 11th Street, just east of I-65, and runs straight into Birmingham City Hall at 19th Street. It picks up again on the other side of Linn Park, past Phillips High School and under the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, before ending at a railroad serving Sloss Furnaces just past 31st Street.
A one-block long section of 7th Avenue connects 41st Street to 42nd Place North at Whatley Elementary School. Another short section crosses from 43rd Street to Messer Airport Highway at 46th Street in Kingston. The easternmost segment runs through a residential area from southwest of 79th Street North to 83rd Street North, about four blocks northwest of East Lake. A single-engine plane crashed in that area on January 5, 2011, killing the pilot.
Electric lights were installed on 7th Avenue North from 19th to 21st Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.
Notable locations
- 1300: Airgas offices, former location of the Birmingham Distilling Company
- 1413: Harris Early Learning Center
- 1420: Ballard House, former offices of Formation Methods
- St John African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Intersection with 15th Street North
- 1512: Automotive Friction Material
- 1525: former location of Ulysses Mason residence
- Intersection with 16th Street North
- former location of Knesseth Israel Congregation
- Birmingham General Employees Credit Union
- Intersection with 17th Street North
- Intersection with 18th Street North
- 1806: former location of Johns Funeral Home
- 1808: Birmingham Fire Station No. 1
- 1820: Legal Services Building, Today to Tonight mural
- former site of the Young Men's Hebrew Association
- Intersection with 19th Street North
- Birmingham City Hall
- 1927: former location of Dale's Cellar
- Linn Park
- Intersection with 21st Street North
- 2100: former site of First Christian Church and Education Building
- 2126: former location of Edwin Stephenson's residence
- Birmingham Central Library
- Intersection with 22nd Street North
- Intersection with 23rd Street North
- 2316: Phillips High School (former site of Central High School and John T. Terry residence)
- Park Place (Hope VI project), former site of Metropolitan Gardens and Birmingham Conservatory of Music
- Intersection with 24th Street North
- Intersection with 25th Street North
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm
- 2521: former site of RolleRink
- Intersection with 26th Street North
- 2828: Anchor Packaging Company
- 2930: Jim Harvey's Alignment Service, D & H Auto Sales
- 3000: former site of Richard McNally residence
- 3100: former site of Children's Hospital
- 3101: 1st Source Servall Appliance Parts
- Intersection with 44th Street North
- former location of Anderson Electric