Highland Park, Alabama

Originally developed as a suburb of Birmingham by the Elyton Land Company, it lies approximately two miles south of the city’s central business district and is one of the more prosperous and diverse neighborhoods within the city.

Homes and apartments built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries exist alongside contemporary condominiums and office buildings.

Prior to the 1930s, street cars ran in both directions along the length of Highland Avenue and into downtown Birmingham.

Historic Highland Park Golf Course, also named Boswell Park for the famed blind golfer Charley Boswell, is the oldest golf course in Alabama and the site of some of Robert "Bobby" Jones' first victories, and lies at the eastern end of Highland Avenue.

To the east is the historic Forest Park neighborhood of stately homes, and to the south is Red Mountain, atop which sits the Redmont neighborhood, once the abode of Birmingham's wealthiest industrialists.