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Precious places – Frankford

If you have Comcast digital cable you have access to channel 241 which is WHYY Arts.  They are featuring a show in the Precious Places series this week.  It is worth a look.  This is the schedule for the next few days.

Tuesday, April 15, 8:00am

 Tuesday, April 15, 5:30pm

Tuesday, April 15, 10:30pm

Thursday, April 17, 11:30pm

Friday, April 18, 9:30am

Saturday, April 19, 7:30pm

Sunday, April 20, 10:00pm

Tuesday, April 22, 3:30pm

Tuesday, April 22, 4:00pm

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Home of the week

We are on the 1600 block of Wakeling Street.  This block is lined with neat well cared for homes which makes it hard to pick one.  Our featured home is on the corner which is a bigger challenge for the homeowner because of that situation.  More area to collect debris and more windows and paint to maintain.  Still these folks do a great job of taking care of this house.

 

 

To view the slide show of all the homes of he week follow this link.

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Next week in Frankford

  • SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL DINNER
    When Sat, Apr 12, 4pm – 7pm
    Where at St. Joachim Church,Church & Griscom Streets,in Fitzmaurice Hall
    Description SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL DINNER at St. Joachim Church, Church & Griscom Streets, in Fitzmaurice Hall, on Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Menu: Salad, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Italian Bread and butter, Complimentary Beverage, Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea, Jello or Cake. Cost: Adults – $8.00, Children (4 yrs to 12 yrs.) – $3.00, Children under 4yrs. are free.
  • Northwood Civic Association Meeting
    When Tue, Apr 15, 7pm – 9pm
    Where St. James Lutheran Church

     

  • Frankford Friends Open House
    When Wed, Apr 16, 9am – 11am
    Where 1500 Orthodox Street
    Description Frankford Friends Open House Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:00 am 1500 Orthodox Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.frankfordfriendsschool.org

     

     

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Twins at PowderMill

Update on construction at Castor and Cayuga.   As you can see the houses on Cayuga are moving right along.  Some of the houses are fully framed outside.  House wrap going up as fast as possible and some roofing is finished.  One pair has windows going in today.

Wingohocking Street has been closed for a few days while they do road work.  The slabs are poured on that side of the project but no framing so far has started.

Views of the rear of the properties from Wingohocking shows the road work ongoing.

You can see the entire slide show here.

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William H. Sliker Photo and Arts Studio

The Norteast Times this week has another facinating (to me anyway) story on Northeast history.  The subject is the William H. Sliker Photo and Arts Studio in Bridesburg.  It is more personal to me because I grew up living on the opposite side of the street from the studio and remember the comings and goings of the studio very well.

The story is authored by Dr. Harry C. Silcox and Jack McCarthy of the Frankford Historical Society.  It is thanks to Sliker that we have so many views of Frankford and the Northeast surviving today.  These photographs were printed on postcards and offered for sale all throuthout the Northeast.  Back in that day when the telephone was rare it was at all unusual for people to send postcards the way we might call someone today.  To say, hey I got home ok or I’ll be coming to see you next month.  Many of them for sale on ebay still have those interesting messages

This is a Sliker image of the old police station and fire house in Frankford.  The fire house is now the Police Athletic League building.  They were a bit casual about the captions for their pictures and wrote them on the original negative in india ink which when printed came out white on the print.
Read the entire story here.