I watch the happenings on Phillyblog daily and have noticed the interest that some of the posters have in the development of Frankford. The Northeast folks occasionally have a meet up where they get together face to face and have decided to make it to Mozaic on August 4th. This is a practical decision but also a show of support from a lot of folks who do not live in Frankford. When you get right down to it, we are all in this together. Cheers to the Phillyblog folks. http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/showthread.php?t=40325
Category: Miscellaneous
Toddler Falls From 2nd Story Window
by KYW’s Al Novack
Police were continuing their investigation into the circumstances that led to a two-year-old girl falling from a 2nd story window from her family’s apartment Wednesday night.
The incident happened around 7:30pm at an apartment building located at Harrison and Oxford Streets in the city’s Frankford section. The youngster was admitted to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children with non-life threatening injuries.
Number 236 is ours
Philly.com reports that the 236th murder this year occurred in the 2100 block of Wakeling street this morning.
“An unidentified 25-year-old male was found shot multiple times in the chest and arms, a police spokesman said.” (Other reports say he was 18 years old.)
I’m not sure how they determined his age was 25 but don’t know his name but that does not matter in the end. Another life is wasted on the streets on Philadelphia.
The CBS Evening News chose Philadelphia to top its week-long series on crime last night. It is not a distinction that we need but it is the reality. We are not alone in this. Violence is an escalating problem throughout the country. Talk is cheap and the solution is illusive.
Handguns are an easy target. They make it entirely too easy to kill on the spur of the moment. Making them illegal is not a practical solution though unless it is done universally and that is not going to happen.
Controlling them may be a step in the right direction though and that should happen. Should the city be allowed to make its own gun laws? Seems like a reasonable request but its not legal for us to do that in Pennsylvania.
Maybe the real question in the mind of many people is why should I care that these guys are killing each other. He was out at night in a park he must have been up to no good and that is the way it goes.
But the violence can and does reach out to others who are not involved in their foolishness. That danger can touch you unexpectedly. If we do nothing, we give our consent to these crimes and give the OK to the criminals. It’s just not the right thing to do.
New look today
The New look today is courtesy of our web wizard. Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.
Free Library
This is another of my old post card views of Frankford. It is hard to imagine but the building in the picture is the original library. I can remember seeing it when I was very young. At some time, in the 50s possibly, it was rebuilt in the modern style you see today. If you look on the side of the existing building you can still see part of the original foundation walls.
This was a Carnegie library. If you’re curious about that follow this link: http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=41240
