Who? Well I didn’t know either till I read the facinating story in last week’s Northeast Times about the early history of photography in the Northeast. Thanks to Harry Silcox and Jack McCarthy for this ongoind series. Read it here.
Month: January 2009
Trivia question
- Do you know who is buried under this headstone?
- Where is it?
- What does “A great scout” mean?
Leave your replay as a comment.
Crime map page update
We have updated the crime map page through the period January 4, 2009. You can follow this link.
Real estate transactions
This is a list of the real estate transactions in Frankford from October of 2008. Thanks to the folks at ReMax Cityspace:
| 1428 E Cheltenham Ave $73,500 |
| 4237 Castor Ave $63,000 |
| 4635 Milnor St $260,000 |
| 5001-11 Oxford Ave. $715,000.00 |
| 5411 Charles St $82,900 |
| 5417 Oakland St $80,000 |
| 4643 Penn St $99,127 4U |
| 4701 Hawthorne St $30,000.00 |
| 1837 Foulkrod St $40,000 |
| 1916 Buckius St $57,000 |
| 4637 Milnor St $130,000 |
| 5105 Oxford Ave $137,800 |
| 1711 Plum St $154,500 |
| 1740 Margaret St $62,900 |
| 4438 E Wingohocking St $114,900 |
| 4512 Bermuda St $103,000 |
| 4569 Melrose St $82,500 |
| 1371 Dyre St $66,000 |
| 4277 Orchard St $37,000 |
| 5252 Oakland St $113,000 |
| 5314 James St $125,000 |
| 1629 Wakeling St $89,000 |
| 2032 Buckius St. $22,000 |
| 2032 Plum St $80,000 |
| 4431 Oakland St $110,000 |
| 1880 Pratt St $64,900 |
| 2054 E Cheltenham Ave $105,000 |
| 4235 Salem St $21,500 |
| 5153 Saul St $99,900 |
| 1145 Herbert St $77,500 |
| 5151 Oakland St $115,000 |
Frankford Special Services District public meeting
Frankford Special Services District held their annual public meeting this morning with about 20 people in attendance. It was universally agreed by all attending that the appearance of the district is much improved over what it was before with no cleaning services. Some in attendance made suggestions for improvements that could be made and the members of the board responded to those questions. There was also concern expressed about the methods of assessing the business owners and the lack of understanding about what was going on along the avenue.
Some of the other issues discussed:
- Even though there are plenty of trash containers, people still walk by them and litter. Hopefully in the future the city can launch an education campaign to combat this.
- Why are there no liners in the trash cans? This is by design. It is a budget consideration and also operationally makes it more difficult to empty the containers. Other special service districts use a the same procedure.
- There are people who use the area behind the pawn shop at Frankford and Margaret as a dumping ground. That can be called in to the 15th district police and made a roll call issue.
- People who own the barber shop near Frankford and Margaret would like another trash can. It is a high traffic area.
- Some folks are not getting notices from the district.
- People would like to see the ambassadors program come back. The cost of that program cannot be covered by the tax assessments but funding may be available through a grant and the board is working to make that happen.
- How do you get on the board of the special services district? All that information is available on the web site.
- Can a public toilet be made available since no public facilities are available? Difficult to do this but more businesses should provide facilities to their customers even if it for a small fee.
For further information about the Frankford Special Services District go to their web site here.
