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Skyway
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and other sources as noted:

The numbers

Square miles: 4

Population: 15,410

Median household income: $33,000

Median house value: $97,000

Median apartment rent: $460

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 35.5

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 2,347

Completed four-year college or higher: 14.2 percent

Below poverty level: 3.8 percent

Home ownership: 63.9 percent

Renters: 36.1 percent

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Saturday, December 18, 1999

New:

The Otani Family: Generations put hearts and labor into Bryn Mawr nursery

Extended family cooks up variety of Mexican favorites

Previously: People try to overcome their 'identity problem'

Businesses also looking for their niche

Locals bristle when the subject is crime

Change is coming, but residents holding out

Jon Hahn: Nursery's deep roots make it a community mainstay

Things to do

Scenes of Skyway

Skyway by the numbers

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