Why is there a Bridesburg flea market at Margaret and James Sts inside the borders of Frankford?
Frankford home of the week
All decked out for Valentines day is this house on the 1500 block of Harrison St. The owner has made a lot of improvements over the years.
Did I Mention That We Have a Community Message Board?
Cause we do, it’s right here. You know what the funny thing about blogs is? Other than the response comments it’s all one way communication. I’m talking to you, and I’m the one dictating what gets talked about. Now that’s fine, I love being in the driver’s seat. But there’s a ton of stuff to know about Frankford that I’m just plain ignorant of.
Someone knew of the impending conversion of the Frankford Day Nursery before I did. Someone knew about Wedge Medical and NET opening up under the ave before I did. Someone knows about some other impending travesty about to be done to Frankford that I don’t know about. So go over to the message board and say it.
There is a lot to talk about in Frankford. Did someone offer you weed while you were walking down the street? Go over to the message board and say where. I’m not a fan of our counsilwoman, maybe you are so go over there and change my mind. The thing I would really love to hear about are you stories of Frankford. What it is today is the way it’s kinda been all my life, go over to the message board and tell the stories of the things you remember. Where were the stores you shopped at? Tell us the history of this place because it goes back too far for me to relate it all by myself.
I dictate what gets said on this blog, go over to the message board and talk about what you want to talk about.
Flashback 1952: Accident in Frankford Creek Project
1952 Accident at Frankford Creek Project
Deal Street
In the late fifties, the city was planning to build the Pulaski Expressway from the Betsy Ross Bridge to Roosevelt Boulevard. Someone on Wikimapia actually mapped out it’s path. Awesome idea, except if you lived on Deal Street. That’s because the city was going to eminent domain your house so the highway could go there. Neighborhood backlash(presumably from Frankfordites) stopped the project, but not until years of debate took place. And in that kind of situation you really don’t want the fate of your house up in the air for a couple decades. You can’t sell it because no one wants to buy a house that’s going to be seized. And you can’t move because the city hasn’t given you any money for taking it yet. So what do you do? You let your house rot. See those houses down the street next to that first car? They’re wrapped in a metal chain mail that I’m guessing is keeping them from falling over and spilling in into the streets. So what’s going to save Deal Street? It’s the Frankford Greenway Project. Here’s the nitty gritty.
