I reported last week about how we are reviewing the real estate transactions on Frankford Avenue. One of the largest took place July 16 of 2007 with the purchase of 4243-47 Frankford Avenue for $510,000 by Berkley Property LLC.

The legal address for Berkley is 1010 Shepard Road in Blue Bell. This is the same address as the Wedge Med Corporation a major provider of substance abuse services. They are making significant improvements to the property.

We have no more accurate information at this point but we’ll continue to research the issue.

Katrina Travis, Administrative Coordinator
Historical Society of Frankford
1507 Orthodox Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone: 215-743-6030
Cell: 215-805-2809

From Tom Waring of the Northeast Times this week:

State Rep. John Taylor feels welcome again at Northwood Civic Association meetings.
Taylor (R-177th dist.) had a strained relationship with Joe Menkevich, the colorful former president of the group.
Now, with Barry Howell as president and a united board of directors, Taylor thinks the meetings are now more warm and respectful.

Read the entire story here.

St. Joachim’s has a new web site. It’s good. Check it out here.

nbc10.com reported on their web site that a shooting in the 5900 block of Horrocks was in Frankford. Wherever you might call it, it’s not Frankford.

This is the original report, I asked them to make the correction. We’ll see how that goes.