Author: Jim

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The Revolution Is Here: New Urbanism and Frankford

Globe Dye Works has a nice updated website.  And they put up a pic and a link for an architectural firm out of center city about the plans for their building.  It looks, dare I say, awesome.  According to  DIGSAU, who list urbanism and enviornmental design as some of their specialties,  plans are in the mix for landscaped roofs, walkable gardens and planted courtyards.  I’m floored.  I always thought the revolution would start along Frankford Ave.  But is it starting here?  I really feel out of my league even talking about this.  But I am so happy to be able to report it.

And let’s not forget there’s this art exhibition starting May 9th.  Very interesting things going on here.

[link] http://globedyeworks.com/index.html

[link] http://www.digsau.com/

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Bullet Through Screen Door Strikes Man on Dyre Street

crime graphicCBS3 is reporting that at 5:30 am this morning, a bullet went through the screen door of a residence on the 1600 block of Dyre Street and struck a man inside in the head.

You know, it’s relatively quiet for so long, and then this wierd stuff happens.  It’s a shame too because Darrah Street from Dyre to Harrison have some really nice, well kept homes.

From the crime statistics you can see the guns are running rampant all over the city.  I updated our crime page with the latest data.  You can have a look at it here.