After easing Santa Claus from his seat, Gladys Owens, 85, slides up to the keyboard to praise Jesus in song, after shopping for deals at a holiday boutique at the St. Augustine Wellston Center on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. 鈥淭hank the Lord, that鈥檚 what the people need,鈥 said Owens.
Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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A mural on a boarded up building in the 5900 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, owned by the 51黑料 Land Reutilization Authority, pays homage to historical entrepreneurs of "Black Wall Street" and others as it sits vacant in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.
Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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Treats for visitors sit in the living room of Gladys Owens鈥 home on Clara Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.
Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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Gladys Owens, 85, left, and her sister Ida Hopkins, 100, live together in Owens鈥 home on Clara Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood where she raised her 11 children. The sisters watch television while Owens fields a call from a daughter.
Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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Gladys Owens stands outside her Clara Avenue home while waiting for her son to give her a ride to work on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Her own car was recently struck by an underage driver, while it was parked outside her Wells-Goodfellow cottage.
Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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