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'''Park Place''' is a five-block east-west city street in the heart of downtown [[Birmingham]] between [[6th Avenue North|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 project)|Park Place]] [[Hope VI]] housing development.
:''This article is about the downtown street. For other uses, see [[Park Place (disambiguation)]].''
'''Park Place''' is a five-block [[east-west avenue|east-west city street]] in the heart of downtown [[Birmingham]] between [[6th Avenue North|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 project)|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.
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==
==Major locations==
*[[19th Street North]] intersection
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
:*1901: [[Alabama Telco Credit Union]] branch
** north side:
:*1905: [[Sneaky Pete's Hot Dogs]]
*** [[Birmingham City Hall]]
:*1909: [[Park Place Cafe]]
** south side:
:*[[Birmingham City Hall]]
*** 1901-1905: [[1905 Park Place]], one story commercial building
*[[20th Street North|Short 20th Street]] intersection
 
:*[[Eternal Flame of Freedom]] monument, southwest corner of [[Linn Park]]
* [[20th Street North|Nina's Way]] intersection (north only)
:*2001: [[Park Place Tower]]
** north side:
*[[20th Street North]] intersection
*** [[Eternal Flame of Freedom]] monument, southwest corner of [[Linn Park]]
:*2015: [[Birmingham Board of Education]]
** south side:
:*[[Mary Cahalan statue]], northwest corner of Linn Park
*** 2001: [[Park Place Tower]]
:*2020: [[Linn-Henley Research Library]]
 
:*2021: [[Tutwiler Hotel (1986)]], formerly [[Ridgely Apartments]]
* [[20th Street North]] intersection (south only)
:*2021: [[Icon]]
** north side:
*[[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] (21st Street North) intersection
*** [[Memorial to the Spanish American War]], 20th Street North entrance to Linn Park
:*2100: [[Birmingham Public Library]]
*** [[Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument]], 20th Street North entrance to Linn Park
:*2101: [[Energen]] headquarters
*** [[Mary Cahalan statue]], southeast corner of Linn Park
*[[22nd Street North]] intersection to [[24th Street North]] intersection
*** 2020: [[Linn-Henley Research Library]]
:*[[Park Place (Hope VI project)|Park Place]] [[Hope VI]] housing development
** 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 project)|Park Place]] [[Hope VI]] housing development


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Latest revision as of 12:41, 16 February 2024

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