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'''Avenue F''' is a business street five blocks south of the railroad tracks in downtown [[Ensley]]. The eastern end of the street continues from [[Carline Avenue]] in [[Central Pratt]]. It continues through [[South Pratt]] and Ensley proper, stopping short of [[I-59]] inside the [[Fairfield]] city limits just after [[36th Street Ensley]].
'''Avenue F''' is a business street five blocks south of the railroad tracks in downtown [[Ensley]]. The eastern end of the street continues from [[Carline Avenue]] in [[Central Pratt]]. It continues through [[South Pratt]] and Ensley proper, stopping short of [[I-59]] inside the [[Fairfield]] city limits just after [[36th Street Ensley]].


The northern section of the business district, between [[12th Street Ensley|12th]] and [[17th Street Ensley|17th Streets]] was once the heart of Ensley's "[[Little Italy]]" section, where as many as 40% of households were Italian-American in the early 20th century.


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==Notable addresses==
==Notable addresses==
===[[Central Pratt]]===
===[[Central Pratt]]===
 
* [[5th Street Pratt]] intersects
* [[Railroad Avenue]] intersects
* [[5th Place Pratt]] intersects
* [[5th Way Pratt]] intersects
** [[St James AME Church]]
* [[6th Street Pratt]] intersects (west only)
* [[6th Place Pratt]] intersects (west only)
* Railroad crossing
* [[6th Place Pratt]] intersects (east only)
** 633: [[The Gospel Warehouse]], former location of [[Quality Automotive Service]]
* [[Railroad Avenue (Ensley)]] intersects


===[[South Pratt]]===
===[[South Pratt]]===
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* [[7th Street Pratt]] intersects
* [[7th Street Pratt]] intersects
* [[10th Street Pratt]] intersects
* [[10th Street Pratt]] intersects
** 1008: [[Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ]]
* [[Avenue F Bridge]] over [[Village Creek]]


===[[Ensley]]===
===[[Ensley]]===
* [[11th Street Ensley]] (no access)
** north side:
*** 1130: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Food Store No. 6]] (opened before 1914)
** south side:
*** 1115: [[McAlpine Park]] / [[McAlpine Recreation Center]]
* [[12th Street Ensley]] intersects


* [[13th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[13th Street Ensley]] intersects
**  
** 1300: [[Jackson-Olin High School]]


* [[14th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[14th Street Ensley]] intersects
**  
** 1406: [[New Life Ministries]]
** 1428: former location of [[M & J Fruit & Vegetable Market]]
** 1430: former location of [[Avenue F Laundromat]]


* [[15th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[15th Street Ensley]] intersects
**  
** 1519: [[Church In Action Ministries]]


* [[16th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[16th Street Ensley]] intersects
**  
** 1630: former location of [[Luxury Car Wash]], [[The Pit Stop]] car wash
** 1625-1631: [[Low Riders Motorcycle Club]] (2011-), former location of [[Ensley Tobacco Candy]] (2009)


* [[17th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[17th Street Ensley]] intersects
** former location of [[Ranson & Son Grocery]] (1913-1930)
** former location of  (1898-1924)
** north side:
** north side:
***  
*** 1700: 2-story commerical building (built 1935), former location of [[Capitol Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[Magic City Printing Co.]] (1947), [[Michael's One Stop]]
*** 1714: [[Angwin Funeral Home]] (built 1924), [[Serenity Chapel Funeral Home]], former location of [[Echols & Angwin Funeral Home]], [[Angwin Service Funeral Company]], [[Perryman Serenity Funeral Home]]
** south side:
** south side:
***  
*** 1701: [[Accurate Ice]]
*** 1715: 2 1/2-story commercial building (built c. 1927), former location of [[Goodwill Industries]], [[Wings of Faith Apostolic Outreach Ministries]]


* [[18th Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[18th Street Ensley]] intersection
** former location of [[Cunningham Hospital]] (1899-1919)
** north side:
** north side:
***  
*** 1800-1810: [[Fast & Clean]] auto detailing
*** 1814-1816: [[Pastime Billiard Parlor]] (built c. 1927), [[Tree of Life Christian Church]] (2009-), former location of [[Pastime Billiard Parlor]] / [[Pastime Barber Shop]] / [[Carl Tucker]] confectioner (1930), [[Dichiara's Steak House]] (opened 1948), [[End Times Ministries]] (2009-2011)
*** 1822: barber shop
*** 1830: [[Play VIP Lounge]] (2011-), former location of [[Low Riders Motorcycle Club]] (2009)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 1801-1809: [[Ensley Bible Church]]
*** 1801-1809: 1-story commercial building (built c. 1927), [[Ensley Bible Church]], former location of [[Drayton Truck]] grocery store (1930), [[A & P Supermarket]] (mid 1930s-)
**** 1805-1809: [[Waters Building]]
**** 1805-1809: [[Waters Building (Ensley)]] (built 1927), former location of [[Truck's Food Store]] (1930s), [[Club Fifty Grand]] (2010s)
*** 1811: [[Hood-McPherson building (Ensley)]] (built 1926) former location of [[Hood-McPherson Furniture Co.]] (1926-1940), [[Braswell's 1811 Shoppe]] (1960-)
*** 1815-1819: 1-story commercial building (built c. 1927)
**** 1815: former location of [[City Wide TV]] (2009-2011), former location of [[Daisy's]] (1940)
**** 1817: [[Fulani African Hair Braiding]] (2011-), former location of [[Coffee Pot Cafe]] (1940), [[Phillips Lee Clothing Boutique]] (2009)
**** 1819: former location of [[Fulani African Hair Braiding]] (2009)
*** 1821-1831: [[Ellis Building]] (side)
**** 1821: [[I'm Bossy Boutique]] (2018-), former location of [[BCMA Studios 2]] (2015)
**** 1831: former location of [[Alil of Everything Fashion Plus|ALil' of Everything Fashion and Then Some]], [[Birmingham Black And Minority Artists And Arts Alliance]] ([[BBMAAA]])


* [[19th Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[19th Street Ensley]] intersection
** former location of [[Nimrod Scott]]'s brick yard (1880s)
** north side:
** north side:
***  
*** 1900: [[V G's Hair Studio]], former location of [[Nicole's Creations]]
*** 1912: former location of [[Alabama Power Co.]] Ensley district office (built 1959)
*** 1928: [[Case Tire]]
** south side
** south side
***  
*** 1901-1907: former location of 2-story commercial building (demolished 2010s)
*** 1909: commercial building (built c. 1955)
*** 1911: [[Alil of Everything Fashion Plus]], former location of [[Ensley Fairfield Laundry Co.]] (1925-1930), [[Troy Cleaners]] (1930-)
*** 1913-1915: one-story commercial building (built c. 1950)
**** 1913: [[Legacy Consignment]] (2015), former location of [[Rehoboth Deliverance Ministries]] (2011)
**** 1915A: [[Hope With Grace]], former location of [[J & R Variety Store]], [[Any Bodies Plus Size]] (2011), [[Kuttin It Close]] barber shop (2015)
**** 1915B: [[Lametria Hair Design]] (2009-)
*** 1917-1931: [[Wavaho Gasoline]] station (2009-)


* [[20th Street Ensley]] ([[Alabama State Highway 269]]) intersection
* [[20th Street Ensley]] ([[Alabama State Highway 269]]) intersection
** north side:
** north side:
***  
*** 2000-2010: [[Morgan Pediatrics]]
*** 2020-2030: [[A-1 Products]] laundry suppliers (1984-)
** south side:
** south side:
***  
*** 2001-2009: [[Family Dollar|Family Dollar #7423]] (2011-)
*** 2017: [[Mariam African Hair Braiding]] (2015-)
 
* [[21st Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[21st Street Ensley]] intersection
** former location of [[Berney's Drug Store]] (1898-1959)
** north side:
** north side:
***  
***  
** south side
** south side
***  
*** 2101: [[God's House]] (2015-), former location of [[Ensley Christian Church]] (built 1914)


* [[22nd Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[22nd Street Ensley]] intersection
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* [[23rd Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[23rd Street Ensley]] intersection
** north side:
** north side:
***  
*** 2300-2330: [[Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church]] (rear)
** south side:
** south side:
***  
***  


* [[24th Street Ensley]] intersection
* [[24th Street Ensley]] intersection
** 2901-2931: [[Greater New Antioch Baptist Church]] (rear)
** 3013-3039: former location of [[Baker Elementary School]] (built 1910, demolished 2000s)
** 3112: [[J & B Automotive Concept]]
** 3501: [[Bible Way House of Prayer]]


==References==
* {{Schneider-2009}}


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Latest revision as of 21:15, 26 October 2021

This article is about the street in Ensley. For the downtown Birmingham street, see 6th Avenue South.

Avenue F is a business street five blocks south of the railroad tracks in downtown Ensley. The eastern end of the street continues from Carline Avenue in Central Pratt. It continues through South Pratt and Ensley proper, stopping short of I-59 inside the Fairfield city limits just after 36th Street Ensley.

The northern section of the business district, between 12th and 17th Streets was once the heart of Ensley's "Little Italy" section, where as many as 40% of households were Italian-American in the early 20th century.

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Notable addresses

Central Pratt

South Pratt

Ensley

References

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