Christmas Eve hotshot: T-shirt clad Whaki Fox, 12, shoots a few hoops Monday on a sunny and mild Christmas Eve while visiting his grandmother in the Randolph neighborhood during his winter break from school. High temperatures are expected to rise again to the 60s on Friday and Saturday before dipping to the 40s to close out 2018. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Holly at Richmond Hill in Church Hill (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

New concrete structures rise on land in the 1600 block of North 31st Street where the former Armstrong High School once stood. These are the first steps in the creation of 105 new apartments — 45 for seniors and 60 for families, a majority of whom currently live nearby in the Creighton Court public housing community. The $26 million development is being undertaken by a partnership involving a nonprofit developer, The Community Builders of Boston, and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The development is located near Nine Mile Road, about six blocks east of a residential, retail and commercial complex going up at Nine Mile Road, 25th Street and Fairmount Avenue that is to include a full-service grocery store. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)