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We’re back at Jason Robert’s metal shop. This is a template he had on the floor during my visit.
I don’t really know what’s going on here, but I know eventually this idea will turn into something at Silk City. If you look on the right of the wooden template you’ll see that curved drawing. That’s left side of the door to the beer garden, looks neat. So stay tuned and one day we’ll see what it looks like in 3D.
Everyone is aware that we have a message board right? I’m reposting a couple events notices that have been brought to our attention:
The flea market in the Park on June 20th is taking shape, we have had a good response but plenty of space left. Its $5. a space and the money goes to keeping up the park and buying flowers. Come on in and sell where all the action is. Please conatct 215-537-5750 or claycarver@msn.com. WE have sun and plenty of shade to set up in. Thanks for looking.
John
From 8-3 pm on June 20th , Overington House will be holding a bake sale and if there are any groups or local companies who would like to make it a project for the day to have members or employees come to help out that would be super! Can you bake, help clean up, bag, or just be generally help full on that day? Its all for a good cause! There will aso be a Frankford Festival at Overington Park and a two block multi family yard sale going on that day. Face painting and hack sack demonstration too. Should be a pleasant day of fun and shopping! Also volunteers needed to pray for great weather as this is an out door event!! Call Ann Mason at 215-535-7680 to sign up.
Over the weekend I teased you about what Jason Roberts was working on over at the Dye Works. Well the wait’s over, because….
These doors
being constructed at the Globe Dye Works inside this building
are going to set up where the gate is here:
Anyone recognize this place? It’s Silk City.
Silk City is so cool it’s regularly listed in Philebrity. Take a second on all this. It’s shocking. It can’t be. Yet it is. Nothing grows in Frankford. Nothing. And it’s not the only example I have to show you.
You’ll have to excuse me for being a drama queen about this but this something good coming out of Frankford and I’m just trying to drill it home. I’ll have more on the metal work already setup tomorrowish. And I’ll have more the other stuff going on in the months to come.
I’ve never heard of Amuneal, nor was I aware they were in East Frankford down on Darrah St between Margaret and Foulkrod. But they made it to 51 on the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City‘s list of 100 fast-growing companies located in the “inner city” of a U.S. metropolis.
Taken from their website:
From building shielding components for space shuttle missions, to designing and manufacturing retail and architectural environments, amuneal has become a premier design collaborator and fabrication company with a fearless approach to business: THERE ARE NO LIMITS.
Kick ass guys, way to go.
Now, Neast Magazine wonders what our thoughts are on Competitive Inner City refering to Frankford as “inner-city”, well let see what they say is an inner city.
Inner cities have 20% poverty rate or higher, or two of the following three criteria:
- poverty rate of 1.5 times or more that of their MSAs
- median household income of 1/2 or less that of their MSAs
- unemployment rate of 1.5 or more that of their MSAs
Now MSA stands for “Metropolitan Statistical Area“. And Philadelphia’s is huge. So it’s not just Frankford getting compared to other Philadelphia neighborhoods. It’s matching up against Montgomery, Bucks, and all the other counties in the Deleware Valley. So alright, I’ll agree with that. You can call us inner city, just say it to our face. And don’t no one forget, it’s not where you’ve been, it’s where you’re goin’. And Frankford’s coming up.
Jason Roberts, 28, is a metal smith who has set up shop at the Globe Dye Works, it’s very first tenant, for more than a year and four months. He’s originally from Royersford in Montgomery County, and after studying fine metal and silver smithing at Kutztown University, he plied his trade in North Carolina, Illinois and England. What’s he do? Apparently tons of stuff that deals with working metal into cool stuff.
Jason is the real deal, and while he’s in Frankford doing his thing, we’ll try to keep up with him and show this city what great things are coming out of Frankford these days. Case in point, do you see what he’s standing in? Can you take a guess what it is? Or better yet, where it’s going to be installed. Cause when I found out, I was pretty impressed. You only have a few days to guess, cause I just gotta share this. Welcome to Frankford Jason, even though you’ve been here a while.
