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==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
* 233: [[Niki's West]] restaurant
===Finley Avenue North===
* 302: [[Adams Produce]]
* [[Center Street]]
* 342: former site of [[Southway]] Super Food & Drug Discount Center
** 1100: former location of [[Finley Avenue Service Station]] (1964)
* 344: [[Birmingham Farmers Market]] ([[Jefferson County Truck Growers Association]])
** 1109: former location of [[McBride Texaco]] (1964)
* 348: [[Taqueria La Herradura]]
** 1111: former location of [[Ensley Roofing & Sheet Metal]] (1964)
* 413: former site of [[Home Baking Company]]/[[Flowers Baking Company]] distribution center and retail store
* [[11th Place North]] intersection (north only)
* [[Finley School]]
** 1137: former location of [[Hammonds Cleaners]] (1964)
* [[12th Street North]] intersection (south only)
** 1208: [[Harold Long]] residence (1964)
* [[13th Place North]] intersection (north only)
* [[13th Street North]] intersection (south only)
* [[Finley Boulevard]]/[[14th Street North]] intersection (access from 13th Street North)
** 1431: former location of [[Spano Grocery]] (1964)
* [[15th Street North]] intersection (south only)
** 1501: former location of [[People's Service Station No. 92]] (1964)
** 1514: former location of [[Finley Avenue Bonding]], [[Finley Avenue Barber Shop]] (1964)
** 1516: former location of [[McDowell's Beauty Salon]] (1964)
* [[16th Street North]] intersection (avenue continues as [[22nd Avenue North]]
 
===Finley Avenue West===
* [[Center Street]]
** 1: former location of [[Gaillard Co.]] general contractors (1964)
** 2: former location of [[Southern Bonded Warehouse Co.]] (1964)
** 21: former location of [[Finley Avenue Garage]] (1964)
** 100: [[Mill Steel]], former location of [[American Transfer & Warehouse Co.]] and [[Ferralloy Southern Corp.]] steel splitters (1964)
* [[1st Street West]] intersection
** 128: former location of [[Knapp Sales Co.]] food brokers (1964)
** 130: former location of [[Jefferson Warehouse & Cold Storage]], [[Pedigo Brokerage Co.]], [[Bill Lawrence & Co.]] food broker, [[Rockett Brokerage Co.]], [[Reuel S. Petagna Dairy & Poultry Products]], [[Precision Dixie Co.]], [[Borden Foods Co.]], [[Anheuser-Busch Inc.]], [[McMeekin Brokerage Co.]], & [[W. T. Sims Co.]] food brokers (1964)
* [[1st Place West]] intersects (south only)
** 135: former location of [[Finley School]] (1964)
* [[2nd Street West]] intersects
** 201: [[Aletheia House]]
* [[2nd Place West]] intersects (south only)
** 233: [[Niki's West]] restaurant (formerly [[Niki's Cafe No. 2]])
* [[3rd Street West]] intersects (south only)
** 302: [[Adams Produce]]
** 331: former location of [[Finley Avenue Housing Project]] (1964)
** 337: former location of [[Barrack Hideaway]] restaurant (1964)
** 342: former site of [[Southway Discount Center]] (1964)
** 344: [[Alabama Farmers Market]] ([[Jefferson County Truck Growers Association]]), former location of [[Shaw & Whatley City Service]] gas station (1964)
** 348: [[Taqueria La Herradura]], former location of [[Smoke House Restaurant]] (1964)
* [[3rd Place West]] intersects
* [[4th Street West]] intersects
** 412: former location of [[Farmers Market Seed & Supply]] store (1964)
** 414: [[Farm House Produce Co.]], former address of [[Alabama Farmers Market]] ([[Jefferson County Truck Growers Association]])
** 413: former site of [[Home Baking Company]]/[[Flowers Baking Company]] distribution center and retail store
** 446: former location of [[Alex Kontos Fruit Co.]] (1964)
** 448: former location of [[Produce Service Co.]] (1964)
** 450: former location of [[Jones Tomato House]] (1964)
** 456: former location of [[George Bros. Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 458: former location of [[Cole Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 460: former location of [[Gustin Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 464-466: former location of [[Smith's Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 472: [[Bama Tomato]]
** 474: former location of [[Woody Harris Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 475: [[Flavor-Pic Tomato Co.]]
** 484: former location of [[Tanory Produce Co.]] (1964)
** 486: former location of [[Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries]] office and [[Ken Perolio Brokerage Co.]] (1964)
** 492: former location of [[G I Produce Co.]] (1964)
* [[5th Street West]] intersects
** 516: former location of [[Elliot's Sinclair Truck Stop]] (1964)
** 600: [[Wheel Source]], former location of [[Ray's 66 Service Station]] (1964)
* [[5th Place West]] / [[6th Way West]] intersects (formerly [[Finley Circle]], south only)
* [[7th Street West]] intersects
* [[8th Street West]] intersects
** 820: [[Dale's Discount Tires]]
** 829: former location of [[Finley Avenue Curb Market]] (1964)
** 832: former location of [[Allen Motors]] used cars (1964)
* [[Arkadelphia Road]] intersects
* [[New Bankhead Highway]], [[U.S. Highway 78]] intersects
 


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Revision as of 20:03, 21 February 2015

Finley Avenue is a street running along Possum Valley in North Birmingham just north of the East Thomas Yards and Village Creek and south of the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railroads.

Finley Avenue West runs from Arkadelphia Road/Bankhead Highway on the west to 11th Place North. It then changes to Finley Avenue North and merges with 22nd Avenue North at 16th Street North.

Six-lane Finley Boulevard was constructed parallel to Finley Avenue.

Notable locations

Finley Avenue North

Finley Avenue West


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