You can find this one on Horrocks street in the 5300 block. It was a nice afternoon but a little overcast. These folks had an interesting treatment of the front lawn. Map
Author: Gil
Who is Andrew Altman and why should Frankford care?
Ed Bacon (Keven Bacon’s father to you young folks) inspired Andrew Altman to become a city planner. The Philadelphia native has landed back in Philadelphia to become mayor Nutter’s deputy mayor and commerce director.
What is city planning? It is what good cities do to plan for their growth. That is something we haven’t seen in Philadelphia in, well a long time.
Altman’s credentials are being touted as evidence that Nutter is serious about making planning important again, and ending years of seat-of-the-pants deal-making that marginalized the city’s professional staff.
This means that we are going in a new direction. There will be plans for the entire city.
Nutter has also talked about the riverfront as a “huge opportunity,” Altman said. “He told me about all the failed plans and said now is the time to get it done.” But, he said, he also expects to focus on neighborhoods bypassed by the recent development boom.
It would be an understatement to say we have been bypassed. Yes folks it’s time to get serious. Read the entire story from the Inquirer here.
Frankford rehab center uses video games to improve therapy
From the Philadelphia Business Journal:
Patients at the Transplex Center (map) for Medicine and Rehabilitation don’t just stretch, lift weights and use stair-climbers during therapy sessions.
They also play baseball, golf, bowl and even box — all without leaving the Frankford health-care center in Northeast Philadelphia.
Read the entire story here.
Presbyterian Church of Frankford set to enter its third century
Next week in Frankford
- Butch Ballard
WhenSun, Feb 17, 8pm – Mon, Feb 18, 12amWhereWRTI 90.1 on your FM dialDescriptionWill be on the air and encourages all his friends and neighbors to listen and call in.
- Northwood Civic Association Meeting
WhenTue, Feb 19, 7pm – 9pmWhereSt. James Lutheran Church
- From the GAR museum -5th Annual Temple University: Underground Railroad & Black
WhenFri, Feb 22, 4pm – 7pmWhereTEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Philadelphia, PA – Gladfelter HallDescriptionFebruary 2008 Civil War & Black History Event in Philadelphia! 5th Annual Temple University: Underground Railroad & Black History Conference “Journeys of Discovery in 19th Century African-American History” Friday, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 Conference at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Philadelphia, PA CHAT Suite (Center for the Humanities at Temple) 10th Floor Gladfelter Hall 11th & Berks Sts. Philadelphia, PA 19122. 4:00 (registration) – 7:00PM Pre-registration: $15 or ($20 for on-site); Light Refreshments Temple students are FREE Panel of distinguished scholars; Keynote Address; Symposium and Refreshments included; book displays & signings by authors! Center for the Humanities Temple University Gladfelter Hall, 10th Floor 1115 West Berks Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 e-mail: humanities@temple.edu Dr. Andy Waskie: 215-204-5452 Our program will feature presentations by Nat and Yanna Brandt, Allison Dorsey, Bettye Collier-Thomas, and Diane Turner; our focus is on the research process (how scholars move from topics to arguments). ALL Welcome!
