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Coming Up in Frankford

  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
    When – Sun, January 2, 2011, 12pm – 5pm
    Where4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
    Description – Presentation at 1:30 PM: The Election of 1860 – Rending the Union Asunder! (Tom Moran – Union League CWRT president) GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MUSEUM & LIBRARY Historic Ruan House • 4278 Griscom Street• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124 • (215) 289-6484 • Museum email: garmuslib@verizon.net FREE & Open to the public!
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting
    When – Thu, January 6, 2011, 7pm – 8pm
    Where – 2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
    Description – At their January meeting, members of the Frankford Civic Association will nominate and elect officers and board members, a task sure to be gloomy because of the recent death of the association’s president, Frances Clay.
  • Northwood Civic Association Meeting
    When – Tue, January 18, 2011, 7pm – 8pm
    Where – St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street. (map)
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Transit Oriented Development

The Philadelphia City Planning Commission has a really interesting web site.  There is lots of stuff to browse.  It is both good and frightening to know that somebody, somewhere is conjuring up plans for the city of the future.

There have been public meetings to get ideas and some of those ideas are available for your review.  Ian Litwin, from the Philadelphia Planning Commission was scheduled to make a presentation at the Northwood Civic this month.  Noteworthy is that TOD (Transit oriented Development) has not been forgotten.

One of the ideas floated again is the extension of the Broad Street subway south to the Navy Yard and north up the Boulevard.  Part of that plan would also run a spur from Bridge Street up Bustleton Avenue to connect the Frankford El with the Broad Street line.  Interesting ideas that have been discussed before.  Have a look at the Philadelphia 2035 presentation.

Why does this all matter when there is hardly enough money to collect the trash?  Well because these pie in the sky plans have a way of working themselves into public policy in one form or another that will shape the future.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

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Starting the New Year Engaged and Motivated – a Winning Combination to Me!

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy New Year! Feliz Navidad! The School District of Philadelphia is inviting you to a a presentation by Les Brown, renowned speaker, and a free continentatl breakfast on Saturday, January 8, 2011! This is one new year’s resolution you should most definitely keep! Details are below!

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Read Any Good Books Lately

John Loftus, of the Northeast Times, gives us the scoop from around the region in “Getting between the covers”:

So for all those people who get bookstore gift cards as Christmas presents, the Northeast Times asked scores of people – regular Janes and Joes to public figures – to recommend one or two good reads. Their ideas range from purely entertaining to thought-provoking, from classic to new, and only a few of their suggestions are on a current list of best-sellers.

Read the entire story here.  If Oprah has a book club, why doesn’t Frankford.