International exchange promotes communication, cooperation
Families in Avondale, San Marco host students from Norway The Taylor family of Riverside can greet you in five languages: Hallo, Hej, Olá, Ciao and, of course, Hello. While knowing a little bit of Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese and Italian might serve Will, 18, Caroline, 15, and Kristin, 13, well as game show contestants, the […]
Barbara Gann Spurlin
The day after her seventh birthday in 1940, Barbara Gann – along with her mother, grandmother and sister – left Atlanta in a Model T Ford for a 12-hour trip to Jacksonville, where her father had secured a new home on St. Johns Avenue. Recalling that time of transition as easy, Barbara Gann Spurlin said, […]
Community reacts to shooting, rallies to support family
Councilman Love requests more street lights Over 100 people from the Riverside Avondale community turned out for a candlelight vigil July 23 on the Kickbacks Gastropub patio. They gathered despite the downpour to pay their respects to Daniel Rowe, 20, a former Kickbacks employee who worked as a bus boy across the street at […]
Yesterday’s goes down quickly; work begins on South Kitchen & Spirits
Residents were surprised at how quickly the former Yesterday’s Sports Bar was reduced to a pile of concrete. On June 30, the building was razed in less than a day. “Yesterday’s was standing last night. At around 2 p.m., it was gone! A huge pile of rubble and debris remains,” said Elaine Starling, a […]
Residents question progress on over-budget, incomplete project
Residents living near Willow Branch Creek would like to wrap up a nearly three-year-long bridge project before further damage is done. The rainy spring and summer which plagued most of the Riverside Avenue/Willow Branch Creek bridge project during 2013 promises to be a matter of déjà vu this year and fears of flooding are […]
