Tag: Frankford Is Waiting

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Yet Another Cool Bar Opening Up Under The El, it’s 3 miles from Frankford, but still

Philadelphia Brownstoner reports that the owners of Shenanigan’s Saloon is opening up a second location under the El at Front and Cecil B Mooore.  It’s three and a half miles from Frankford but it still bolsters the case that businesses will open up under the El.  For too long, probably since I’ve been born, I’ve been hearing that having the El sit over Frankford’s main drag is a big reason for Frankford’s business issues.  Talk to me about the lack the crime.  Talk to me about the poverty, and talk to me about better parking in mini malls.

There’s already Kung Fu Necktie, the El Bar is a regular hipster hangout and now comes news of Shenanigan’s Too.  So let’s be real here and note that at least somewhere under the el, normal businesses can thrive.

photo credit: philly.brownstoner.com

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Kyle Dunleavy’s Steel Drums

kyle-dunleavyI haven’t actually been able to catch up with Kyle Dunleavy but I knew he existed because the Carters and Jason Roberts have workshops next to him.  And I couldn’t post about him because I didn’t have a picture, and I never post without pictures.  So it was a nice find when I came across an article on Philly.com by Diane Mastrull talking about new uses for industrial sites and Kyle shows up in one of the photos.  So I’ve appropriated it.  The Carters said you could tell how close he was to finishing the drums because the noises that came from his shop would get more and more musical.  He makes steel drums!  That is so neat.  It’s a shame they run to three grand or I’d take them up.

[link] http://www.kdsteeldrums.com/

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Carter Studios Table Is Heading To The Philly Works Exibition

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I just got an email from Jess Carter of Carter Studios at the Dye Works.  Remember the table they put together out of a factory wall? Well it’s heading to the Philly Works exhibition at UPenn.  The event is open Oct 7,8, and 10 with an opening event on Friday October 9th 5:30 to 11.  And is a showcase of locally crafted goods.  Check out phillyworks about page:

Philly Works is an exhibit and installation of functional objects of all scales, quantities, and production techniques that are made in Philadelphia and the region. Philly Works is a survey of design, manufacturing, and craft exhibited through a showcase of prototypes, limited editions, and mass-produced goods. Along with the objects, Philly Works will include documentation of the production spaces and the people who make the objects on display. As part of the opening night event, the show will include a “corner store” where some of the many items can be purchased.

This is an interesting theme developing around East Frankford.  That once thrown away buildings are being refurbished into light industry shops.  STUFF IS GETTING MADE HERE.  Way to go Carters, I am impressed.

[link] Carter Studios

[link] Philly Works