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Townhouses Proposed in ummm….Frankford Valley?

Item number 17 for this Tuesday’s meeting of the City Planning Commission is a “preliminary plat” for a gateway townhouse development at Aramingo Ave and Church Street.  Although the writeup on philly.com is reporting this location as Port Richmond, it’s north of the Frankford Creek and so is safely within Frankford’s borders.

But aside from the nitpicking, it’s interesting the news that’s been coming out of east Frankford these days.  That someone would even consider building townhouses down, there I find impressive, but as we’ve been  covering the buildup that’s happened south of the Frankford Creek has been going on for a few years, and the new Aramingo Crossings shopping center is about as close to Frankford as you can get.  So it was probably only a matter of time before the semi vacant industrial sites down there would be reclaimed.

[link] http://www.philaplanning.org/pubinfo/agendas/agenda090519.html

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2nd Mayfair May Fair & 1st Mayfair Fallen Heroes Run Press Release

Mayfair Business Association

Contact: Lisa Greco FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone: 215-327-4756
Email: bellalisa3530@msn.com
Web: www.mayfairbiz.com

MAYFAIR BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO HOST SECOND ANNUAL “MAY FAIR” AND FIRST ANNUAL FALLEN HEROES RUN
Festivities Kick-Off At 7:30AM at Ryan and Sackett Sts.
On Saturday May 16th, 2009

The Mayfair Business Association is excited to announce its Second annual “May Fair” festival along Frankford Ave and its First annual “Mayfair Fallen Heroes Run”. Association President Mike “Scoats” Scotese, owner of the Grey Lodge, is extremely happy with the success of this event and looks forward for many to come home to Mayfair and for our neighbors to celebrate our rich history and civic pride. Scotese said, “I am proud at how the neighborhood has rallied around this endeavor and am already excited to see the growth for next year. I want to thank the members of the Business association that have worked tirelessly to make this possible, they truly are the backbone of this community and without them we would have nothing to celebrate. I’d also like to thank the Mayfair CDC for their never ending commitment to this community and to the Mayfair Civic Association and our countless numbers of sponsors and finally to our men in Blue, in whose honor we launch the first annual Fallen Heroes Run.”

We will start by celebrating Mayfair via our Fallen Heroes Run and Walk. All proceeds from this race will go to the Heroes Thrill Show which benefits the education of the survivors of Police and Fire that were lost in the line of duty. This year our association will celebrate the life of our very own Officer Gary Skerski whose life was tragically cut short just three short years ago. He will be missed and we will make this year’s donation in his name and will honor his legacy with a plaque to his family. The race will kick-off at 8:30AM at Ryan and Sackett Sts where we will have a bagpiper and a vocalist before the many participants compete in our first ever 5K run which is organized by the Northeast Roadrunners.

The Second Annual May Fair will commence with the award presentation to the winners of the 5K followed by sidewalk sales, face paintings, fire engines, music, prizes, free giveaways, and a day long scavenger hunt with the opportunity to win Five Hundred ($500) Dollars in Mayfair shopping. Free parking along Frankford Avenue will be provided by the Philadelphia parking Authority from 10AM to 4PM.

These events are helping highlight an exciting year for Mayfair and are just another reason that Mayfair is a great place to live, work and play.

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I’m Just Giddy Over The Globe Dye Works Brochure

globe-dye-works-signI am such a Globe Dye Works fanboy it’s ridiculous.  We spent 2 years with this blog documenting the troubles of Frankford it feels so good to be able to blog about something good.  So anything I get about the Globe Dye Works I just throw up on the net.  They were passing out such a finely crafted brochure at the Layers event that I started sending emails around to see if I could get a PDF of it that I could share on the net.  After a couple days of searching, Kristie Landry of L Squared Studios sent it to me and now I’m showing it to you.

It’s got words like “move here and prosper.”  Move here as in come to Frankford.  And prosper, as in…Frankford.  Go figure.  And check out this long drink of water:

Frankford is an historic and architecturally rich neighborhood.  Its location and building stock make it the perfect neighborhood for an artistic hub.  The neighborhood is 10 minutes from Northern Liberties and Fishtown, 15 minutes from Center City and Bala Cynwyd and one hour from the Holland Tunnel.  Globe Dye Works is a short walk from the Market/Frankford El and one minute off the Aramingo Exit of I-95.

I know its marketing material and all, but damn, I’m drinking the cool-aid.

[PDF] Globe Dye Works Brochure (1.31MB)

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That House On Harrison Street Is For Sale

1338 Harrison is for sale for $35,000, so says Homevestors, the next chapter in its storied history.  So why do I care about one house on one block in Frankford?  They say this is there are other board ups on this block but I can’t see any.  And they say if you get one, soon there will be two and then there goes the block.  So what’s the deal with this kinda thing?  Why does it happen?  I don’t really know how this stuff works, it seems to me to be a money thing.  Why would someone take the time to rehab this property when they could go northeast or south and put the time and materials into better neighborhoods.  But I dunno, whatever.  There it sits… for sale.

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