The details of the shooting last night at Orthodox and Torresdale have been well publicized. The only positive is that the undercover cops were not killed. No thanks to the shooter, he did his best. I posted a new poll over to the right. Take a look and voice your opinion.
Author: Gil
New Link
We have a new link posted over under Frankford Links. Pennsylvania Environmental Council provides some information on the TOD (Transit Oriented Development) concept.
Frankford home of the week
It’s true that sometimes I do some cropping to frame the image of a house to cut out those on either side. Sometimes I find a gem in the middle of a group that are just ordinary. The homes this week are actually 4 in an entire row that overall is outstanding. There are others in Frankford, to be sure, but these homes on Church Street are the homes of the week.
You always see a theme here. On this cool Fall day it’s Halloween but Christmas will be going up probably in a few weeks now. It’s interesting to see how these four identical row houses have evolved over their lifetimes.
Councilman Dan Savage
This week’s Northeast Times brings us an article on Dan Savage’s accomplishment’s during his time in office. It does a better job than I could in listing them and I have to admit I did not know about all of the things noted in the story.
The most important thing he has given Frankford is some long needed attention. He clearly sees Frankford as important to the health of the Northeast and has worked hard to get some things done.
From the very visible things like the Deni Playground and derelict building demolition to the less exciting but very important Transit-Oriented Development zoning changes. So far he has introduced or co-sponsored 38 bills in City Council and he has not left office yet. I’m sure we will be hearing from Dan in the future.
Now let’s hope Maria Quinones-Sanchez hits the deck running and keep the momentum going.
Frankford Special Services District
Thanks again to the folks at www.hallwatch.org we have notice of a bill to change the number of persons on the board of directors of the Special Services District. Given the difficulty in finding good people to hold these positions, that makes sense.
Also included are the names of the people who will be on the board:
BOARD MEMBERS
Nancy Cherone
James McCarthy
Dr. Harry Kaplan
Ralph Lewis
Elizabeth McCollum Nazario
Anthony Stephens
Paul Mundy
James T. Nulty
Terry Tobin
You can read the full text of the bill here.
