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Old Towns and Districts of Philadelphia

PennState’s online library has a 1941 paper about the old towns and districts of Philadelphia. It provides a nice history of the boroughs and townships of Philadelphia to the run up to the 1854 Act of Consolidation.

Of note is page 78, which is a map of the townships and districts of Philadelphia in 1854 and show’s us that Frankford was a little bit smaller then. It’s eastern border ended at Whitehall borough( which was centered at Bridge and Tacony Sts). And it shared a northern border with Oxford Township, along the Little Tacony Creek, Lieper, Harrison, and Horrocks streets.

[PDF] PennState’s library has a 1941 paper

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PPD Crime Map

I guess we could take credit for it but that isn’t true so I won’t even try.  (We have been mapping cirme for 2 months now)  The PPD crime map application now available online is a vast improvement over previous sources of information.  It has its limitations but compared to the access to new data, they are minor. 

One complaint we had with the information released to the Northeast Times in the past was that it did not include murder or rape for some reason.  That is vital information to all of us.  it is now available. 

Take a look at it here.

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Who’s got the Hummer?

Well, according to Philly.com, it’s not Gary Jackson.  They say he lives in Frankford but since they did not give his address, we’ll leave that alone.  The real question is – why is this news.  It should be standard practice.

The city-state Gun Violence Task Force announced yesterday that it has seized a 2003 Hummer in connection with a straw purchase of a handgun and intends to seek forfeiture of the vehicle.

“We intend to make straw purchasing as costly as possible to deter those who would otherwise involve themselves in this type of scheme,” District Attorney Lynne Abraham said.

The Hummer is owned by Gary Jackson, 41, of Frankford, a convicted felon who is alleged to have driven it to a gun store outside the city with Ronald McBeth, 41, who allegedly bought a handgun for Jackson.

Read the entire story here.

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A tribute to the Frankford Yellow Jackets

I have been trolling through Youtube setting things up so that we can post our video of the Frankford Festival. While I was at it, I tried to find other Frankford related videos that we might highlight. This one is a slide show with music and the quality is very nice. Wednesday is our history day so here it is, a tribute to the Frankford Yellow Jackets.