Chris Wink for NEastPhilly did a great report on the Northwood Civic Meeting today so I’ll point you in that direction and hope you enjoy reading it.

The subject of the Frankford Y building at 4704 Leiper Street took up the better part of the meeting.   A suggestion was made that the Civic should petition in Orphans Court to have a receiver appointed who would then be able to take control of the property.  That action might give the community some leverage in the disposal or reuse of the building.

Nominations were opened for board members and only one person volunteered.  That does seem unfortunate and not a good sign for the future of Northwood.

 

The Frankford Civic met Thursday night, October 6th, with about 20 people in attendance.  There were some routine zoning issues updated from the past.  The only new item of significance was an idea being discussed by the owners of the Quickie Mart at Frankford and Unity Streets to expand the

useable space of the store for the purpose of creating a sit down eating area and offering take out beer for sale.  Improvements to the shopping area would be part of the project.  The owners are trying to gauge community support and have not made a formal presentation to the civic as yet.

The next meeting of the Frankford Civic Association will be on Thursday, November 3rd.

 

With news that the New Frankford Community Y building has been listed for sheriff sale set for October 4th, I found myself unsure of what that meant.  It’s been no secret that the Y was in serious financial troubles for some time before it closed it’s doors permanently, including at one point, the Northwood Civic voting to file a suit in Orphan’s Court to the past financials of the center.  So I reached out to Northwood Realtor Mike Galdi to see if he could shed some insight.  Mr Galdi noted “a sheriff sale would clear title and allow for the sale of the building”.

Without knowing the specifics of the building, Mr Galdi noted several possible reasons for the property to hit sheriff sale now.  The first mortgager of the property most likely instigated the process out of the belief that the property was of value to someone.  Either they were approached by an outfit interested in the property or they believe that once it clears all liens and taxes, that they’d be able to put the property up for sale and find a buyer.

An astute poster from the Northwood Civic conversation has noticed that the New Frankford Y is listed for sheriff sale October 4th, 2011.

The New Frankford Y had been a hotly talked about property during the recent Northwood Civic Association meeting as it has fallen into disrepair after closing down last year.  The property had been slated to go to sheriff sale last December but it is unclear at this time what the result was.  The Y’s last executive director Terry Tobin passed away this January from an accidental fall, since then the facility’s financial situation has been murky.

Read the entire current listing for the October 4th sheriff sales here(PDF).