- Frankford Civic Association Meeting
When Thu, Apr 3, 7pm – 9pmWhere Frankford Hospital – 2nd floor conference room
Northeast history center
From the Northeast Times:
Excitement is building around the Center for Northeast Philadelphia History. Local historians held their third meeting at the Historical Society of Frankford last week to discuss the project that would preserve and promote the history of Northeast Philadelphia.
When asked if there is a defining line for what might — or might not — be considered historical, Harry Silcox, retired Lincoln High School principal, historian and co-director of the project, said that while most people think of history as when George Washington walked down Bristol Pike, to Silcox “it’s yesterday.”
The session also included discussion of the history center’s Web site. The site will feature information, photos and links to each neighborhood, an overview of houses of worship, parks and watersheds, along with information related to sports and the history of ethnic groups and religions in the region. The historians discussed ways to get the community involved, as well as the benefits of undertaking possible partnerships with other organizations.
Read the entire story here.
Another day in the city
From CBS3 today:
A suspect is in police custody after a brief standoff following a bomb scare in the Frankford section of the city Thursday.
Philadelphia Police were called to the 5200 block of Marlow Street after reports of man constructing bombs in his home.
The suspect’s girlfriend told authorities she smelled some type of accelerant and that there were bomb making materials in the home.
The Bomb Squad was called to the home as a precaution.
Read the entire story here.
SCRUB
I started this out thinking it would be titled “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore” but I’m not really that mad. SCRUB is the Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight. The subject arises because once again I found one of these signs on my street. I take it as a personal insult and generally rip the damn things down as soon as I can. However the genius who put it up did such a good job that I did not have time to get my ladder up there and unscrew it from the utility pole for several weeks.
Now it has grown on me so that I’ve decided to see how the city enforces it’s laws since these things are clearly illegal. Each sign can result in a $75 fine and there are at least 4 of them in a three block area that I have documented.
SCRUB has gone to court against the giants who have despoiled our city with blight and I asked their advice. They promptly invited me to supply locations and I went one better and took pictures and addresses. SCRUB will submit them to L&I and we will see how the system works.
In the meanwhile if you have any on your street and would like to add them to our collection, take a picture and email it to us.
It’s not the big things that kill the neighborhood, it happens piece by piece. Rebuilding the neighborhood happens the same way, one step at a time.
Northwood Civic Association Meeting
Tom Waring of the Northeast Times reports on last week’s meeting of the Northwood Civic. Read the story here.
