Category: Business

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The Frankford spirit

The lead, front page story in the Northeast Times this week is Frankford.  Jon Campisi gives us a once over and comes up with a balanced view of what is going on along the Avenue.  It’s business, with its ups and downs and it’s Frankford. 

The businesses that are covered are good examples of what works.  Now how, with the assets we have in this community, can we attract more businesses.  People don’t want to have to drive with gas at $4.xx per gallan if they don’t have to.  The walkable community is here waiting to be discovered. 

The next great neighborhood in the next great city.

Read the entire story here.

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Art Holiday

Time to put this to bed for a while.  I talked to the folks at Compu City in Brooklyn and they said they had nothing to do with what is going on at the old Art Holiday.  Then this afternoon as I was going by I saw a new dumpster was on site so I stopped and talked to the man in charge.

The name of the business is Bald Eagle Sanitary Ware.  This is a picture of their brochure which is posted on the front of the Art Holiday building.  The building is gutted inside but the screen is still in place.  They are going to make it into a warehouse for their products.  The product being high end shower bath shower enclosures.

Well at least it’s not porno.

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Art Holiday

Trying to scope out some more information on the Art holiday transaction, we Googled the location listed on the BRT site for the owner.  6103 5th Avenue in Brooklyn is listed as the address for Compu City, a computer sales and service company.  The web site is basic and not very functional.  The business telephone is active.  The New  York department of state has no record of a corporation by that name.  This may mean nothing or it might mean a real business is coming to Kensingtin Avenue.

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Frankford Civic Association

Jon Campisi of the Northeast Times reports on last weeks meeting. 

Members of the Frankford Civic Association, who have opposed the recent influx of drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in the neighborhood, addressed a member of Mayor Michael Nutter’s staff at their meeting last week, attempting to seek resolution to the issue.
Roland Lamb, director of the Office of Addiction Services in the Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation Services, sought to dispel some of the myths tied to these types of facilities, although he also told the group he could relate to their concerns over quality of life.

Rehab centers is a subject of interest to everyone.  Read the story here.

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Art Holiday

Part of the story about the Art Holiday has now emerged thanks to a tip from a reader.  The BRT web site shows it was sold on April 28th of this year to Eaglehead Realty Inc. a Pennsylvania corporation established in the same month.  The mailing address for the owner is Brooklyn New York.  The link to the BRT record is here.  Several Properties along Frankford Avenue are now in the hands of New Yorkers.  They know a bargain when they see one.

The unanswered question is what use do the new owners plan for this key building in the community.