Avondale

The new .8 mile extension of the cycling and walking path runs across a deserted rail bridge between Woodburn Avenue in Evanston and Blair Court in Avondale.

La Ventura, a 1928 apartment building in Avondale and North Avondale, was designed by noted architects S.S. and George Godley in the Mediterranean style.

Deqah Hussein-Wetzel holds Listen and Learn sessions in Avondale, Evanston and South Cumminsville.

Negotiations with a design team ended after the city says it received "overwhelming feedback from community members."

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has two facilities in the city that will be consolidated into one.

Last Mile Food Rescue fights hunger by transporting excess, perishable food to nonprofit organizations to serve their clients. This summer, the organization found a way to get the food directly to neighbors who need it.

The coming memorial to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. depicts him in a human-scale, approachable way, while also honoring his enormous impact on America.

The Light of Hope will replace another memorial that sat at the corner of MLK Jr. Drive and Reading Road that was moved for the construction of an interstate interchange.

“We're drawing people at the sides, like kids holding a banner that says, like, different words on there, like 'Avdondale,' " said fifth grader Myloh Chambers. “And on the top, we are drawing or painting flowers and leaves.”

City Council voted Wednesday to sell about four acres on Alaska Avenue to Titan Real Estate Group for one dollar. City officials estimate the vacant lots are worth about $200,000.