Tom Waring of the Northeast Times covered the great debate last week and his report is linked here. This is an important election for our community, keep informed.
Savage website here.
Sanchez website here.
Month: April 2011
Coming Up in Frankford
- Frankford Garden Club
When – Saturday, Apr 23, 2011Where – Wissinoming Park (map)Description – Frankford Garden Club members will volunteer with the Friends of Wissinoming Park for their Annual Flea Market. - Frankford Garden Club Meeting
When – Tue, April 26, 6:30pm – 7:30pmWhere – Wissinoming Park Recreation Center (map)Description – Frankford Garden Club Meeting at Wissinoming Park Recreation Center
- PSA Area 1 Meeting
When – Wed, April 27, 7pm – 8pmWhere – 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA (map)Description – Location: Frankford Hospital, 2nd Floor Conference Room Agenda: PSA
- Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group
When – Thu, April 28, 5:30pm – 7:30pmWhere – Aria Hospital’s Frankford Campus (4900 Frankford Avenue) in the 2nd floor meeting room. Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – The ultimate goal is to create a process that enhances the community’s ability to solve issues surrounding truancy, domestic violence, child safety and substance abuse.
- Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House
When – Sun, May 1, 12pm – 5pmWhere – 4278 Griscom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – Presentation at 1:30 PM: NO PROGRAM – NESHAMINY REENACTMENT
- Frankford Special Services District Quarterly Board Meeting
When – Mon, May 2, 8:30am – 9:30amWhere – St. Mark’s Church (Griscom St Entrance) (map)Description – All meetings are open to the public.
- 611 Action to Keep the Bar at Hawthorne and Margaret Closed
When – Mon, May 2, 10am – 11amWhere – Courtroom 426 at City Hall (map)Description – The 611 Action hearing to keep the Hawthorne Street bar shut down is May 2nd, at 10am, in . Courtroom 426 at City Hall. Concerned citizens are encouraged to attend.
- Friends of Overington Park
When – Tue, May 3, 7pm – 8pmWhere – CORA Neuman Center at 1000 Orthodox Street (map)Description – Come out and discuss our park and what we an do to make it a safe and pleasant place for everyone.
- Frankford CDC’s Mother’s Day jewelry and craft show,
When – Wed, May 4, 5pm – 7pmWhere – Simply Flawless Salon (4616 Frankford Avenue) (map)Description – Come celebrate Mother’s Day at the Frankford CDC’s Mother’s Day jewelry and craft show, being held at Simply Flawless Salon (4616 Frankford Avenue) on May 4th from 5pm to 7pm!
- Frankford Civic Association Meeting
When – Thu, May 5, 7pm – 8pmWhere2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
- Frankford Garden Club Annual Day-Before-Mother’s Day Plant Sale
When – Sat, May 7, 10am – 1pmWhere- Frankford Library at corner of Frankford Ave & Overington Street (map)Description- In front of the Frankford Library at corner of Frankford Ave & Overington Street Frankford Garden Club, Annual Day-Before-Mother’s Day Plant Sale.
- Northwood Civic Association Meeting
When – Tue, May 10, 7pm – 8pmWhere – St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street. (map)
- Historical Society of Frankford program
When – Tue, May 10, 7:30pm – 9:00pmWhere – 1507 Orthodox St., Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)Description – NE’s HARRY GOLD & ATOMIC ESPIONAGE Allen M Hornblum Author: “The Invisible Harry Gold: The Man Who Gave the Soviets the Atomic Bomb” Did you know that a crucial actor in the most disastrous case of espionage in the history of the world lived among us and within living memory? Noted author Hornblum shares the history-making story of NE Phila’s Harry Gold.
- Concerned Citizens of Northwood Meeting
When – Thu, May 12, 7pm – 8pmWhere – Simpson Playground – Orthodox St. (map)
- Frankford Garden Club
When – Sat, May 14, 10am – 1pmWhere – Overington Park, Orthodox and Leiper Streets (map)Description- Frankford Garden Club will volunteer with the Friends of Overington Park – planting seeds, perennials, shrubs.
Northwood Gives the Bridge the OK
At the Northwood Civic meeting on Tuesday, April 20, president Barry Howell noted that both the Northwood Civic Association and the Juniata Civic Association have signed off on the community agreement with the Bridge. That agreement will be submitted to the zoning board and become part of the public record. Frankford Civic will make a decision at its meeting on May5th.
Northwood Academy Charter school has obtained zoning approval for construction of a new additional building on the existing property on Castor Avenue.
Tony Payton announced that there has been some progress in finding a new use for the Frankford Y building and further news will be released when the deal has been finalized.
Joanne Ryles, representing the Concerned Citizens of Northwood addressed the group with an appeal for support. They meet the second Thursday of each month at Simpson Playground. Barry said that Northwood will take a more active role in working with the group because of the proximity to Northwood. Problems spill over.
The VOA house issue is being re-evaluated based on its current use as a residence. The end strategy is to bring the use of the property into compliance with the deed restriction.
Next month’s meeting will be moved to May 10th due to election day. Darrell Clarke will be at the meeting.
Historical Society of Frankford Program
I attended the Historical Society of Frankford program last Tuesday (April 12th) for the preview of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment. Considering the rain outside, the crowd was exceptional.
Standing in for Tony Payton who was delayed in Harrisburg on legislative business was Brittany Burwell. She made the introduction for Sam Katz. Sam founded History Making Productions back in 2008. His intention was to produce a multi part video on the history of Philadelphia and the project is moving along pretty well. The episode shown last week is a kind of a pilot intended to show what the final product will be like.
The pilot was great. It covered the period 1865 to 1876. That is an interesting period in the history of the city and was also the time when my many of my Irish ancestors were making the great migration to Philadelphia. The film brings that period to life very vividly. I know a lot of details about my family history but little about what their lives might have been like at that time. Films like this fill in the details.
Another great HSF program. Some stills below of the crowd and Sam Katz.
Phil Robinson Coordinates Outreach Programs
I’ve been catching up and found this on Philadelphia Neighborhoods.
But church trustees of the Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church said plates would be empty, volunteers wouldn’t be organized and the doors would be closed if Phil Robinson wasn’t organizing the cupboard every week.
“Phil’s a hero,” church trustee Wayne Smith said. “He makes himself the backbone [of the network].”
The story is by Megan Paolini and Ian Romano and you can read the full story here.
