A while back I told you about the Old Penalty Box at Front and Thompson being turned into “The Fu”. Well apparently it’s full name is Kung Fu Necktie and it’s open. The crew in Northern Liberties is discussing it here.
Why should we care? Cause it’s (probably) a hip spot sitting under the el and it’s in Kensington. Kensington!!!!!!!! I don’t care what anyone says, Kensington sucks way more than Frankford. But it’s in the path of prosperity and things have begun to grow there. So we’re paying attention.
There was a time when you could not walk down the street in almost any neighborhood in Philadelphia without seeing a Unity-Frankford Grocery store sign. Before the mega food store chains, mom and pop ruled the grocery business. The Unity-Frankford Grocers was an association of these stores. They benefited from group buying and established the Unity brand as unique to those little businesses.
Their warehouse, where several of my ancestors worked, was down on Griscom Street at Unity Street. You can still see the Frankford Grocery sign up at the top of the building. It later moved down to Erie Avenue.
Those Unity-Frankford signs have become collectors items over the years and people are looking to catalog where they can still be seen.
We checked, there are no signs at:
Mascher and Spencer
Torresdale and Magee, there could be one under the Grocery Queen awning, but we didn’t get too close to tell
Clout reports and Philebrity teases our own state rep Tony Payton Jr for being a Daily News sexy single . Here’s his sexy single bio. How does one become a Daily News Sexy Single by the way? We’re pulling for ya Tony, here’s hoping you find your soul mate.
I’m not calling a shorter distance with this entry of our series Frankford is Waiting. I’m just bringing some you filler.
Philebrity reports the news that at the corner of Front and Thompson, the Penalty Box is becoming “The Fu”. The Google street view of the Box sucks, so I might actually have to drive down there to get you people a picture, but you already know what I’m about to say. IT’S SITTING UNDER THE EL. I don’t think there’s a Northeast native that can imagine anyone who’s not a degenerate willing to sit under the el to drink, but some New York art type thinks differently and is traveling down 95 to bring “a heavy art vibe” to the joint. fricken what? And did I mention that this new spot is UNDER THE EL. It’s only a matter of time before some New Yorker comes up a little bit more and buys 2J’s, the Point After, or (my greatest dream) the former Jolly Post and we’ll have a proper lounge in Frankford. On that the day, the Gazette is buying.
The point is, and I know I’m repeating myself, that good things will grow under the El. It’s already started, just a little bit south of us.
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Isn’t that a pretty picture? Lofts up to 344K…NICE. That even beats out the Thompson Street Lofts. But why do we care? Check out the pic from under the El.
Awe man, what do you think? Is that 60 feet to the MF el? What do you think? Is anybody else noticing a trend? 4 dollar gas and the idea of mass transit start looking a whole lot more appealing. If they’ve started putting granite countertops into buildings in Kensington, Frankford will be soon to follow. We’re just 3.35 miles from the Frankford Creek. FRANKFORD IS WAITING!!
A while back I told you about the Old Penalty Box at Front and Thompson being turned into “The Fu”. Well apparently it’s full name is Kung Fu Necktie and it’s open. The crew in Northern Liberties is discussing it here.
