Welcome to the Parkside District.

The Parkside District is in the heart of downtown Birmingham, adjacent to Regions Field, Railroad Park, and within walking distance of UAB. Parkside is a place that brings people together in an environment that pays tribute to the region’s rich industrial past, yet is also fresh, vibrant and new.

 
 

Centrally located.
Easy to reach.

Birmingham has long been the geographic center of the South. A transportation hub where rails and roads shuttled goods from field and factory to points far and wide.

 
 
 

The Urban Connector

Parkside plays a lead role in the rebirth of Birmingham. Central to the whole city, it links important green spaces and neighborhoods from east to west—north to south. Parkside is the urban trail head for the Jones Valley Trail.

Birmingham is made up of 99 neighborhoods and 23 communities—a prosperous vision laid out in Freshwater Landtrust’s Red Rock Trail System.

Learn more about its 700 miles of planned connection.

Home to the Birmingham Barons baseball team, this state-of-the-art ballpark continues to host around 400,000 visitors annually. It’s the perfect place for family and friends from all over the city to share America’s pastime together, too.

Home to the Birmingham Barons baseball team, this state-of-the-art ballpark continues to host around 400,000 visitors annually. It’s the perfect place for family and friends from all over the city to share America’s pastime together, too.

Birmingham is a city reconciling its future with its past, and the Negro League Museum presents the proud legends of Rickwood Field next to the bright hopes of Regions Field.

Birmingham is a city reconciling its future with its past, and the Negro League Museum presents the proud legends of Rickwood Field next to the bright hopes of Regions Field.

International light artist Bill FitzGibbons installed a gorgeous spectrum of LED lights to illuminate the viaducts connecting north and south, creating a little piece of magic called LightRails.

International light artist Bill FitzGibbons installed a gorgeous spectrum of LED lights to illuminate the viaducts connecting north and south, creating a little piece of magic called LightRails.

The former Merita bakery provides the district with office spaces and a restaurant that overlooks Railroad Park and Regions Field.

The former Merita bakery provides the district with office spaces and a restaurant that overlooks Railroad Park and Regions Field.

A cornerstone of Parkside’s future as a mixed-use district are all of the immediately accessible multi-family residences. People are calling Parkside home.

A cornerstone of Parkside’s future as a mixed-use district are all of the immediately accessible multi-family residences. People are calling Parkside home.

Downtown Birmingham had been without a full service grocery for decades. Now at the corner of 20th Street and Third Avenue South is one of the city’s best retail hubs.

Downtown Birmingham had been without a full service grocery for decades. Now at the corner of 20th Street and Third Avenue South is one of the city’s best retail hubs.

In a city often defined by its food, Good People Brewing Co. spearheaded a beer renaissance, creating nationally beloved—and more importantly, delicious—ales in the heart of the South.

In a city often defined by its food, Good People Brewing Co. spearheaded a beer renaissance, creating nationally beloved—and more importantly, delicious—ales in the heart of the South.

The historic plant that powered the burgeoning Magic City more than one century ago is getting a second chance. Click the link to learn more about the history of this Parkside landmark.

The historic plant that powered the burgeoning Magic City more than one century ago is getting a second chance. Click the link to learn more about the history of this Parkside landmark.