Park Place

This article is about the downtown street. For other uses, see Park Place (disambiguation).

Park Place is a five-block east-west city street in the heart of downtown Birmingham between 6th and 7th Avenue North. The street begins in the west at 19th Street North, continues along the southern border of Linn Park, and then cuts through the Park Place Hope VI housing development.

Early maps of Birmingham label the street as Park Avenue, maintaining the scheme of naming east-west as avenues. The street originally only ran from 19th to 21st Street North, but was later extended to 22nd Street using the existing alley. During the Hope VI project, it was extended to 24th Street. The new, two-block section is one-way east.

Major locations

• 19th Street North intersection
  • north side:
    • Birmingham City Hall
  • south side:
    • 1901-1905: 1905 Park Place, one story commercial building
      • 1901: Avadian Credit Union branch, formerly Alabama Telco Credit Union
      • 1905: former location of Sneaky Pete's
      • 1909: former location of Park Place Cafe

• Nina's Way intersection (north only)
  • north side:
    • Eternal Flame of Freedom monument, southwest corner of Linn Park
  • south side:
    • 2001: Park Place Tower

• 20th Street North intersection (south only)
  • north side:
    • Memorial to the Spanish American War, 20th Street North entrance to Linn Park
    • Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument, 20th Street North entrance to Linn Park
    • Mary Cahalan statue, southeast corner of Linn Park
    • 2020: Linn-Henley Research Library
  • south side:
    • 2015: Birmingham Board of Education Building (proposed location for the Westin Grand Bohemian)
    • 2021: Tutwiler Hotel (1986) and Icon restaurant, formerly the Ridgely Apartments (built 1913), former location of the Enslen Building, Birmingham High School (1890-1906), Birmingham Public Library (1891-1903), Park Hotel (-1913)

• Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North (21st Street North) intersection
  • north side:
    • 2100: Birmingham Public Library
  • south side:
  • 2101: Energen Building (built 1998), former location of Essex House (built 1951, demolished 1997)

• 22nd Street North intersection to 24th Street North intersection
  • Park Place Hope VI housing development