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Frankford Business and Professional Association

Jon Campisi, of the Northeast Times, reports this week on the most recent meeting of the Frankford Business and Professional Association.  The subject of the revitalization of the business corridor was discussed extensively. 

The group discussed using ideas in a report by the Urban land Institure (Ten Principles for Rebuilding Neighborhood Retail) as a starting point.  While it may seem like we have been down this road before, this is a new group of people very focussed on success.  Do not fall into that old comfortable cynicism that makes it easier to sit back and do nothing. 

Read the entire article from the Northeast Times here and also the report by the Urban Land Institute here.

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Next week in Frankford

  • Frankford Garden Club meeting
    When Tue, Apr 22, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
    Where Frankford Group Ministry
    Description Frankford Group Ministry 4620 Griscom St. Philadelphia, PA 19124
  • Internet Safety Workshop

    When Thu, Apr 24, 10:00am – 11:30am
    Where Frankford Group Ministry, 4620 Griscom Street
    Description Internet Safety Workshop Sponsored by Frankford Group Ministry’s – Neighborhood Parenting Program Location: 4620 Griscom Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 Time: Thursday, April 24th, 2008 10:00am – 11:30am What Are Signs That Your Child Might Be At Risk On-line? Does your child know more about the computer than you? Is your child on Myspace, Facebook, chatting in chatrooms? Come to our FREE Internet Safety Workshop to find out ways to protect your child online. Registration required please contact Rebecca at (215) 744-2990 ext. 212 Childcare will be provided!

  • Spring Into Your Park

    When Sat, Apr 26, 10am – 1pm
    Where Overington park
    Description On April 26th Overington park will join over 60 parks around the city for PHS, “Spring Into Your Park” event. Our third annual event. Last year we had 60 volunteers help make the park a better place. We will be working in the park from 10 to 1, Planting new beds along the wall running up Orthodox St., mulching trees and beds, and cleaning up our park. There will be free tee shirts for those who help! Please encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the park that day.

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Frankford crime map

We have updated the Frankford crime map with the most recent information provided by the police department, published in the Northeast Times this week.  The police still provide no information on sexual assaults or attempts which we think is valuable information for citizens to have.  Next month we’ll begin compiling a new map for the next 3 months as a way to see the trend.  You will find the map to the left on the list of pages.

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Lydia Darragh

One of the most frequent search terms that brings people to the Frankford Gazette is “Lydia Darragh”.  I am not sure why but, possibly, there are not many sources of information on the web and we have had a few posts featuring her.  So in that light, our Friend, Joe Menkevich, has offered to share some of his research with a wider audience.

This first installment is a PDF of the Lydia Darragh story done by the Center City Historical Society in 1910 or 1911.  It is provided courtesy of the Historical Society of Frankford and was digitized by Joe Menkevich.

Although Joe does not entirely agree with any of the accounts, he says of this account: “It is pretty much the most thorough investigation and explanation of Lydia’s Walk to Frankford. It is largely the foundation for many of the modern day accounts on Lydia Darragh.”

He has provided some other information that we will be posting in the future.   At some point Joe will summarize with the conclusions he has drawn and provide what he believes to be the definitive account the the Lydia Darragh story.

Follow this link to download the file.  click on the “Save a Copy” tab in the upper
left hand corner of the Adobe Acrobat window to save to your hard drive or desktop.

From Joe:  “Although this publication from 1916 may now be considered Public Domain, you have not found it until now, close to 100 years later.  Please give credit where credit is due. It takes time, labor, generosity to preserve the historical records of our heritage and digitizing the records.

The Historical Society of Frankford has been preserving the documents for over 100 years. It also costs money to keep a roof over their head, pay the gas electric, water and taxes. This PDF. is a promotional  in the hope that you will visit, join and support The Historical Society of Frankford.”

“Please join the Society or donate some money.  The history you save is your own. Thank you.”

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John Sharp of Frankford

The Daily News has a nice write up on the passing of John Sharp, a Frankford resident, but known throughout the city.  He was exactly as described and not one you would forget.  He came up to me once at some meeting and started talking to me as if he had known me forever.  After he left, I thought maybe we had met before and I could not remember.  We had not.  That was just the man that he was.