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Endangered City Exhibit Coming to The Globe Dye Works

The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia is throwing a bash at the Globe Dye Works to benefit it’s Alliance Advocacy Fund.  Entitled Endangered City, the exhibition will showcase the expressions found in Philadelphia’s architectural history.  Help support local artists, celebrate our cultural past and future, and help protect historical architecture in our city.  A $10 donation is suggested.

[link] Press Release for Endangered City

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4403 Frankford Avenue

A stop work order on 4403 Frankford Avenue (L+I sticker is up) has been issued, but a crew of guys continues to work on the property.  It is a large property that starts on Frankford Ave and wraps around Unity Street.

From Jorge Santana to Sharon Krause, community relations officer, 15th district:

The neighbors are very concerned that the property will be a large recovery home or a beer distribution facility.  L+I instructed me to contact the 15th to have the men stopped.   I called the district and got a busy signal, so I am sending this email instead.  We need these guys to stop the work until it is fairly vetted by the community and approved by L+I.

Can you place a daily roll call on the property to ensure that work is not happening on the place.  I have been told that work was being done at odd hours, including at 10pm last night (probably to avoid an arrest or work stoppage).

Thanks in advance for addressing this issue.  A 3-1-1 complaint has also been filed.  The ticket numbers are1333382 and 1324831.

This property is buttoned up so tight, you can’t see what is going on inside.

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Frankford Chargers Advance to the Superbowl

The Frankford Chargers Midget football team is the three time Liberty Conference Football Champion, as well as the three time Eastern Region Pop Warner finalists and the 2008 Pop Warner National Champions.   On Saturday, November 27, the team won the Eastern regional championship game and will advance to the Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Florida.  The Super Bowl is an 8 region tournament to crown the National Champion.

From Jason Dawkins:

The Frankford Chargers has provided recreational activities for children since 1967. This year marks our 42nd year anniversary. Coaching our youth on football fundamentals and mentoring our young men and women to be decent citizens has made it exciting 42 years. Through our hard work and perseverance we won our first Pop Warner National championship in 2008, and have won multiple championships in football, cheerleading, basketball, and baseball throughout the years. Most of our youth go on to play for their high schools and colleges, and some even go as far as coaching community little league teams.

Rasheed Muhammad is the head coach, the win on Saturday November 27, 2010 in the Eastern Regional Championship was his 75th win in 7 seasons.  His overall record is 75-8-4.  He is the 3x Liberty Conference Champion and 3x Eastern Regional finalist.  Rasheed is a graduate of Frankford High School and a Frankford Charger’s Alumnus.

The Chargers need to raise $33,000 for this trip.  See their attached solicitation for donations.

Now can the Eagles be as good as the Chargers this year?

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West Jersey History Project

We try to stick to what is relevant to Frankford here so what does the West Jersey History Project have to do with us?  Joe Menkevich, the omniscient historian, tipped us to this site.

There are a group of 8 maps made during the Revolutionary war by the Hessians of South Jersey and the surrounding area.  The maps themselves are beautifully detailed.  The one that sticks out in my mind for showing the relationship between Philadelphia and Frankford is this one.  You can see the big city of Philadelphia to the south and the town of Frankford to the north on the highway.    Clearly it is the last stop on the stage coach line before getting to the big city.  Still out in the country but having some inns for lunch and a place to cool off before the heat and dirt of the city.  A place Jefferson might have fled to on a hot summer afternoon.

This is a link to the main page for the maps.  Thanks to Joe Menkevich for the tip, once again.