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'''Lomb Avenue''' is a major connecting street in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Arlington-West End]] and [[Rising-West Princeton]] neighborhoods. It splits off from [[Montevallo Road Southwest]] as [[6th Street Southwest]] and runs north, then northwest past [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]] and over [[Valley Creek]] to [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]) at [[Fair Park]].
'''Lomb Avenue''' or '''Lomb Avenue West''' (formerly '''South Street''') is a major connecting street in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Arlington-West End]] and [[Rising-West Princeton]] neighborhoods. It splits off from [[Montevallo Road Southwest]] as [[6th Street Southwest]] and runs north, then northwest past [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]] and over [[Valley Creek]] to [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]) at [[Fair Park]].


The commercial zone of Lomb Avenue has been targeted for revitalization efforts under [[Bernard Kincaid]]'s "[[BEACON]]" program and through [[Main Street Birmingham]]. Changes to buildings, signs and landscaping in the resulting [[Lomb Avenue Commercial Revitalization Area]] are subject to approval from the [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]].
The commercial zone of Lomb Avenue has been targeted for revitalization efforts under [[Bernard Kincaid]]'s "[[BEACON]]" program and through [[Main Street Birmingham]]. Changes to buildings, signs and landscaping in the resulting [[Lomb Avenue Commercial Revitalization Area]] are subject to approval from the [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]].
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==Notable addresses (east to west)==
==Notable addresses (east to west)==
* street merges into [[Montevallo Road (Elyton)]]
* street merges into [[Martin Luther King Jr Drive]] / [[Montevallo Road (Elyton)|Montevallo Road Southwest]]
** 386: former location of [[WAYE-AM]]
* [[McMillan Avenue Southwest]] intersects
* [[McMillan Avenue Southwest]] intersects
* [[Cotton Avenue Southwest]] intersects (location of [[Harambee Festival]])
* [[Cotton Avenue Southwest]] intersects (location of [[Harambee Festival]])

Revision as of 08:48, 25 September 2015

Lomb Avenue or Lomb Avenue West (formerly South Street) is a major connecting street in Birmingham's Arlington-West End and Rising-West Princeton neighborhoods. It splits off from Montevallo Road Southwest as 6th Street Southwest and runs north, then northwest past Princeton Baptist Medical Center and over Valley Creek to Bessemer Road (U.S. Highway 11) at Fair Park.

The commercial zone of Lomb Avenue has been targeted for revitalization efforts under Bernard Kincaid's "BEACON" program and through Main Street Birmingham. Changes to buildings, signs and landscaping in the resulting Lomb Avenue Commercial Revitalization Area are subject to approval from the Birmingham Design Review Committee.


Notable addresses (east to west)

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