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Jefferson, Frankford hospitals finalize deal

From the Philadelphia Business Journal:

Jefferson Health System and Frankford Hospitals finalized their previously announced realignment agreement Wednesday.

While Frankford — which operates hospitals in the Torresdale and Frankford sections of Philadelphia and a third in Falls, Bucks County — is not longer part of the Jefferson group, it will remain closely affiliated with the health-care system.

Frankford is pursuing plans to build a new Bucks County hospital in Lower Makefield to replace its existing medical center across from the Oxford Valley Mall.

The realignment agreement required Frankford to pay the Jefferson Health $67 million for its portion of the system’s overall bond debt.

Jefferson Health is now comprised of six acute-care and two rehab hospitals operated by Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Main Line Health, and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.

Frankford’s departure followed a similar move by the Philadelphia-based Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, which left the Jefferson system in September.

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Real estate transactions

This is a list of some of the real estate transactions in Frankford in December of 2008.

5432 Discher St $14,900
2044 Margaret S $79,800
1237 Adams Ave $76,900
5282 Glenloch St $93,900
1144 Anchor St $100,000
5014 Saul St $183,000
1138 Brill St $102,000
4539 Tackawanna St $27,500
5434 Large St $60,000
1113 E Sanger St $103,000
4554 E Stiles St $67,500
4360 Bermuda St $68,000
5401 Torresdale Ave $120,000

4931-35 Charles St $248,000
1118 Kenwyn St $74,500
1119 Kenwyn St $165,000
1440 E Bristol St $104,787
4643 Leiper St $147,000
1111 Fillmore St $124,900
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Real Estate Transactions

I have been wanting to get some information on real estate sales in Frankford for quite a while now.  Working through City Hall to get what should be public information is a joke. This information came by way of Remax Cityspace and it is more current than what is available online at the BRT web site.  It does seem to be accurate though.  This list includes sales from the end of October and through November.  So for what it is worth, here you go.

5233 Akron St $97,500
890 Granite St $92,000
1934 Church St $58,000
4606 Horrocks St $75,000
5445 Claridge St $112,000
2022 Bridge St $38,000
2041 Carver St $136,000
5455 Marsden St $47,000
5419 Valley St $99,000
5106 Frankford Ave $130,000.00
1210 Fillmore St $115,000
1322 Harrison St $50,000
1360 Gillingham St $31,000
1384 Dyre St $91,000
1638 Worrell St $62,000
1912 Haworth St $45,000
2015 Wilmot St $36,000
2032 Buckius St $88,500
4279-81 Paul St $119,900
4734 Frankford Ave $250,000.00
5220 Horrocks St $107,000
5263 Sylvester St $42,000
1646 Haworth St $65,000
1912 Briggs St $19,500
1322 Sellers St $58,000
1759 Brill St $33,000
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Northeast News Gleaner is shuttered

From the Daily News today”

Without so much as a word of warning to their readers or employees, the Journal Register Co. on Thursday closed three longtime community newspapers in Philadelphia.

Staffers of the Olney Times, News Gleaner and Northeast Breeze were told all three weekly publications were going to be shut down immediately during an impromptu morning meeting, said Stuart London, the News Gleaner‘s sports editor.

Read the rest of this sad news here.

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Pigeons prefer pizza

I am not a “birdwatcher” but I do watch birds now and then at the bird feeder out on the back deck.  I see a sparrows and cardinals and a blue jay sometimes.  Every day the doves come over and walk around on the deck and wait for the smaller birds to spill seed from the feeder down so they can pick it up.  Those doves were just not made for hanging on the side of the feeder but they know if they are patient something will fall their way.

Pigeons look a lot like doves and you would think they might share some of the same feeding habits but I have never had a pigeon stop by the deck for a handout.  They seem to prefer Frankford Avenue and Leandro’s pizza when they can get it.

At one time the avenue was probably a better place for them but now it is cleaned up quite a bit and very rarely do you see a scene like this.  Might force the pigeons to join the doves on my deck.