This is Dallas Custalow’s memorial at the Irish Kitchen. He was the victim of gun violence here last week. Here’s his obituary. Crazy what it feels like standing at these makeshift memorials.
Web Entrepreneur Calls Frankford Home
I’m always suprised but never amazed when I find interesting people living in Frankford. So to hop on the internets this morning and finding a Technically Philly article of Kevin Kiene, a Frankford resident that is climbing the e commerce world was pretty cool but didn’t catch me off guard. The article details the founder of ezLandlord Forms and his bid to provide a better way for landlords to keep track of their tenant interactions. Super cool.
But on top of that, we can hop over to NEast Philly and catch up with his interview with a more northeast oriented perspective. He talks about growing up in Fox Chase and then ending up at a home around the Smedley School. But then it turns absolutely brilliant and talks about how he’s building real wealth by living below his means. Splendid! I always thought it was really interesting that Frankford has such die hard fiscal conservatives living here, but this is the first case I’ve found of a thoughtful effort to choose Frankford coming from the outside based on the idea of living below ones means.
Frankford Home of the Week
I finally found a dry day and some time to tour historic East Frankford which was coincidentally my first stop after being born at Episcopal Hospital. Today we are at the corner of Tackawanna and Kinsey Streets.
Another Frankford Quiz Question Over On The Message Board
I got a hot tip that turned into another question for our ongoing thread over on the message board. Head over and check it out, and if you have something that might make a good head scratcher, post your own.
Published Every Friday, $1.00 Per Year
Joe Sherlock sent us an undated ad for the Frankford Gazette(the original). Subscribed for a buck a year, that must have been a while ago. Their printing house is shown as 4432 Frankford Ave, I wonder if it’s this building here, looks kinda small.
Thanks Joe, and anyone looking for a good read on Philly history and Northeast Philly in particular, check out his History of Philadelphia. It strikes me as a personal account but seems so universal to the Philly experience.
