Pennsylvania Avenue

On November 16, 2008 ESTELLA E. Friends may call at the CHATMAN- HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road Sunday 1-8 p.m. The family will receive friends at Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, Pennsylvania Avenue and Dolphin Streets, Monday 10 a.m. Funeral Services will begin 10:30 a.m. Interment Carroll Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, MD.

On November 17, 2008, ATLEATHA. She is survived by two brothers, one aunt, a special niece, four sisters-in-law, a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and relatives. Visitation Friday, October 21, 1 to 7:45 P.M. at Estep Brothers Funeral Home, 1300 Eutaw Place. Family will receive friends Saturday, 10 to 10:30 A.M. at Pennsylvania Avenue A.M.E. Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue. Funeral service to follow. Interment Mt. Zion Cemetery.

On October 29, 2008, TIMIA J. HYMAN; survived by her father, Timothy Hyman. The family will receive friends Friday November 7, 2 to 7 P.M. at the family owned and operated Howell Funeral Home, 4600 Liberty Heights Avenue. The wake will be held on Saturday, November 8 from 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. at the Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue with funeral service to follow at 11:30. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.

On October 25, 2008, BEVERLY GAMBLE-HYMAN; survived by her husband Timothy Hyman. The family will receive friends on Friday November 7 from 2 to 7 P.M. at the family owned and operated Howell Funeral Home, 4600 Liberty Heights Avenue. The wake will be held on Saturday November 8, 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. at the Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue with funeral service to follow at 11:30 A.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.

On October 21, 2008, FREDERICK L.; beloved brother of Milton Shelton and Jean Wheeler. He is also survived by two step daughters, numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may visit the JAMES A. MORTON & SONS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 1701 Laurens Street, Monday, 2 to 7 PM. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Pennsylvania Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue. The family will receive friends 10 to 11 AM. Funeral service 11 AM.

On October 5, 2008, ROBERT COWAN. Friends may visit at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue, on Monday after 8:30 a.m. The family will receive friends at Pennsylvania Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Funeral Services will follow at 11:30 a.m.

The area has been vacant for years, just a large patch of grass and a few scattered trees enclosed by a fence at Fremont and Pennsylvania avenues. But city officials are planning to transform the blighted spot into a plaza, complete with a stage for outdoor performances, called Legends Park. "Grass and a couple of trees are good, but we can do better," M.J. "Jay" Brodie, president of the Baltimore Development Corp., said at an event yesterday to break ground on the new project. "It was all dirt for a long time."

The storied Sphinx Club on Pennsylvania Avenue could be reborn as a museum, arts center, shops, housing or another community use, say Baltimore economic development officials, who are seeking redevelopment proposals for the now-vacant site in West Baltimore. The Baltimore Development Corp., which earlier this year acquired the former club in the 2100 block of Pennsylvania Ave., said it hopes to attract proposals that incorporate the cultural significance of the former club located a few blocks north of city produce market The Avenue Market.

On June 28, 2008; JUDY ANGELINE SHAW JACKSON. She is survived by her daughter Jade Michelle Jackson, Michael Ronald Jackson, her parents Anesther O. Shaw and William Alphonso Shaw and a host of other relatives and friends. On Saturday, a Memorial Service will be held at Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue at 10:00 A.M. Inquiries to (410)655-0015

Every day, Derek Kang used to chase 20 to 30 people he suspected of dealing drugs out of the vestibule of Sweet Sixteen, a women's clothing store he manages on Pennsylvania Avenue. Now it's down to just one or two, he said, after Baltimore police began a new strategy to eradicate one of the city's largest open-air drug markets: Take away the parking. Business has been down since late fall, when orange "No Stopping" bags first appeared on the meters lining four blocks of the West Baltimore commercial district, and Kang and other merchants along the strip have felt the impact on their bottom line.