I drove past this abandoned car once or twice already, I think it’s only been left there in the last few days.  It’s on the 4600 block of Large parked next to Simpson.  It just occurred to me that this is an excellent opportunity to highlight SeeClickFix.  My father used this to get an abandoned van next to his side alley removed.  Allegedly you just log into the website, give the address of your issue and what the problem, obviously a photo would be awesome.  Of course I have 7:

So here’s my issue logged with SeeClickFix. It looks like Philly’s 311 service monitors it and will take care of it.  I’m loving the idea of this service since in neighborhoods like Frankford you may have only a few really dedicated residents that are willing to stay diligent on quality of life issues.  So let’s see where this goes.  I’d love for all who care about Frankford to start using this service.

UPDATE: This car was gone pretty quick.  I was away for a few days but when I came back it was gone.  I’m almost positive it had something to do with my submitting this issue.

[link] http://seeclickfix.com/citizens

From Lynda:

Now that the summer is  winding down plans to clean up the old Jack’s Camera and Video store site on Frankford Ave are beginning to get started. The extreme heat this summer delayed our start but we are at it again. If you or your group have any interest in seeing a top notch community arts organization on Frankford ave please get in touch! Right now we need to clean up the site and do some demo work to get started. We will later on need a good piano and musical items and instruments, we need artists and teachers, performers and volunteers and we need patrons! Are you an artist who needs a place to call your own? To join our mailing list e-mail: lynda_desouza@msn.com !

Julia A. Manokhina, from the Office of Parent, Family and Community Engagement of the School District of Philadelphia shares the following: “…the School District of Philadelphia is hosting its BACK TO SCHOOL BLOCK PARTY on Friday, August 6, 2010 from 8 am to 6 pm at 440 North Broad Street – rain or shine. There will be fun activities for kids, including interactive games, arts and crafts and face paining. We will also have a wealth of information, workshops and give-aways for parents. Please share this information with students, parents and community and invite everyone to come…Everybody is WELCOME!” We are grateful to Patricia Green, the Parent Ombudsman for Frankford High School who shares all of the School District happenings with us!!!

Should you need other translations of this flyer, please click here.

Phil Pappas, left, and Mike Mawson, of West Frankford Town Watch, outside the Thriftway at Frankford Avenue and Pratt Street around 2 a.m. Sat. July 10.

NEast Philly demonstrates again what a real hyper local news outfit should be about as it rides along with the the West Frankford Town Watch.  Friend of Frankford Chris Wink was out with Phil Pappas and Mike Mawson as they patrolled the surrounds of Frankford on July 10th.  The profile shows their dedication while noting how other neighborhood town watches have their memberships eb and flow over the years.  Great work guys.

To contact the West Frankford Town Watch:

• Smedley School is on the road to Mastery [NE Times]
• Safety ambassadors get busy in Frankford [NE Times]
• Frankford Civic to meet next week [NE Times]
• Dream Girls proprietor Jose “Jun” Zaye gets profiled [NE Times]
• Cop is under investigation for theft from Pat’s Cafe [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Woman dies after fire on 4600 block of Horrocks Street [WPVI Channel 6]
• Shooting on the 4200 block of Penn St [NE Times]
• A nod from Plan Philly on the Overington Park dog chewing tree fiasco [Plan Philly]
• Harding High School gets a recent review [greatschools.org]
• 1317 Wakeling goes on sale for $199K [trulia]

photo: Erie Ave and Kensington Ave via davidwilson1949′s flickr photostream