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Longevity

According to the most recent analysis from the City of Cincinnati, North Avondale and adjacent Paddock Hills have a slightly higher life expectancy than the citywide life expectancy. From data collected from 2007-2015, the life expectancy by combined North Avondale / Paddock Hills is 77.1 years while the overall citywide life expectancy is 76.1 years.

The Longevity series is an ongoing project to record the history and learn from those who have lived in the North Avondale the longest.


Longevity Posts

  • Longevity in North Avondale: 674 S. Crescent

    Longevity in North Avondale: 674 S. Crescent

    Let me introduce, David Tsevat! David was born at Jewish Hospital while his parents lived on 674 S. Crescent and later grew up at 764 Red Bud Ave. His parents pushed him home in a stroller via Harvey and Washington Avenues – his first tour of the neighborhood. Later, he […]

  • Longevity in North Avondale: 3953 Rose Hill Avenue

    Longevity in North Avondale: 3953 Rose Hill Avenue

    Mel and Lois Nizny moved into their home at 3953 Rose Hill Avenue April 1, 1971. But their story goes back a bit further…  Mel actually lived in North Avondale in l962 at 775 Clinton Springs Ave. while a medical student at UC. Lois would come to visit Mel and, […]

  • Longevity in North Avondale: 3923 Leyman

    Longevity in North Avondale: 3923 Leyman

    Get ready to meet longest resident, or at least that I know of to date – Wilhelmina Branson at 3923 Leyman Drive. Byron and Wilhelmina and their three children moved to North Avondale in June 1964. They came from a log house and 18 acres in Amelia. But Amelia could […]