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* [[2nd Street Southwest]] intersects
* [[2nd Street Southwest]] intersects
** 201-239: [[Park Manor Apartments]]
** 201-239: [[Park Manor Apartments]]
** 220: [[House of Restoration United Methodist Church]] (formerly [[Walker Memorial Church]])
** 220: [[House of Restoration United Methodist Church]] (1996–), formerly [[Walker Memorial United Methodist Church]] (–1992), [[New Community United Methodist Church]] (1992–1996)
* [[3rd Street Southwest]] intersection (north only)
* [[3rd Street Southwest]] intersection (north only
** 300: [[L. W. Coffee residence]] (1909)
** 300: [[L. W. Coffee residence]] (1909)
** 304: [[L. K. Terrell residence]] (1909)
** 304: [[L. K. Terrell residence]] (1909)
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** 632: [[CVS Pharmacy]]
** 632: [[CVS Pharmacy]]
* [[Lomb Avenue Southwest]] intersects
* [[Lomb Avenue Southwest]] intersects
** 633: [[Queen's Beauty Supply]] (2019–), former location of [[Alley's Drugs]] (1984–2015)
** 633: [[633 Tuscaloosa Avenue|one-story commercial building]], [[Oak Street Health]] (2022–), former location of [[Alley's Drugs]] (1984–2015), [[Queen's Beauty Supply]] (2019–)
** 643: former location of [[Empire Building Co.]] (1961)
** 662: former location of [[Pasquale's|Pasquale's Food Co. of Alabama, Inc.]] (1961)
** [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]]
** [[Princeton Baptist Medical Center]]
** 706-710: former location of [[Birmingham Infirmary]] (1914)
** 706-710: former location of [[Birmingham Infirmary]] (1914)
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** 1116: [[Sheba Food]]
** 1116: [[Sheba Food]]
** 1125: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] grocery store
** 1125: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] grocery store
** 1133: [[Mt Calvary Baptist Church]], formerly [[West End Baptist Church]]
** 1131" [[West End Baptist Church]] recreation hall (1942)
** 1133: [[Mount Calvary Baptist Church (West End)|Mt Calvary Baptist Church]], formerly [[West End Baptist Church]]
** 1136: [[Cadillac Service]]
** 1136: [[Cadillac Service]]
** 1141: [[West End Baptist Church]] (1942)
* [[12th Street Southwest]] intersects ([[MAX Transit Route 1]])
* [[12th Street Southwest]] intersects ([[MAX Transit Route 1]])
** 1200: [[Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy]] (August 1, 2017-), former location of [[AmSouth Bank]], [[JCCEO]]
** 1200: [[Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy]] (August 1, 2017-), former location of [[AmSouth Bank]], [[JCCEO]]
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** 1429-1433: Apartment complex
** 1429-1433: Apartment complex
* [[15th Place Southwest]] intersects ([[Oakwood Place]] neighborhood boundary to north)
* [[15th Place Southwest]] intersects ([[Oakwood Place]] neighborhood boundary to north)
** 1529: [[West End Gospel Tabernacle]] (1942)
** 1562: [[Quick & Easy Food Mart]]
** 1562: [[Quick & Easy Food Mart]]
* [[16th Place Southwest]] intersects ([[Oakwood Place]] neighborhood both sides)
* [[16th Place Southwest]] intersects ([[Oakwood Place]] neighborhood both sides)
** 1632: [[Neighborhood Outreach Ministry]]
** 1632: [[Neighborhood Outreach Ministry]]
** 1655: former location of [[West End Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] (1942), [[New Fellowship Baptist Church]] (1985)
* [[Cleveland Avenue]] intersects west side only
** 1690: former location of [[Burger In A Hurry]]
** 1690: former location of [[Burger In A Hurry]]
** 1696: [[Stewart Insurance]]
** 1696: [[Stewart Insurance]]

Latest revision as of 14:04, 29 November 2023

Tuscaloosa Avenue or Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest is a major east-west street in West End, and a remnant of Tuscaloosa Road, which crossed the Huntsville Road, Georgia Road (Cotton Avenue), Arkadelphia Road, and other roads leading to Jasper and Selma at Elyton in the 1800s. It was alternately known as High Street or Main Street within Elyton. After the town's annexation by Birmingham, it became a continuation of 2nd Avenue North, running west from Center Street to 17th Street Southwest, where it merges with Pearson Avenue Southwest at Berney Points.

Most of the street runs within the Arlington-West End neighborhood, with the western end reaching into Oakwood Place.

Three blocks of Tuscaloosa Avenue, between 7th and 10th Avenue Southwest are owned by Baptist Medical Center Princeton. The Birmingham City Council approved a resolution to close that section on August 3, 2010, but Alley's Drugs owner Dave Alley filed a lawsuit which led to a temporary injection.

Notable addresses

1986 view looking west from 10th Avenue Southwest