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Austin celebrates one-year anniversary of Mandela Road designation

By Terry Dean | July 20, 2015

More than 100 attended the July 18 street party outside Westside Health Authority’s offices.

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Celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday Saturday

By AustinTalks | July 15, 2015

There will be music, dancing, food and more at Chicago and Cicero avenues starting at 10 a.m. July 18.

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Street to be renamed in honor of Nelson Mandela

By AustinTalks | July 16, 2014

The dedication will be held at 4800 West Chicago Avenue 10:30 a.m. Friday, which would have been the South African leader’s 96th birthday.

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CTA train upgrades underway, improved bike lanes slated for Austin

By Paris Lewbel | November 5, 2012

Watch the video to learn about changes being made to make it easier to commute in and around the West Side.

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Rod Blagojevich recalls his father’s laundromat in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 27, 2011

In his first day of testimony, the ex-governor briefly mentions the business as well as what happened on the West Side after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

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