Tag: Frankford
4-alarm Frankford fire under control after hours-long blaze ripped through 2 commercial buildings
Several roads are also closed in the area due to the massive response.
2 months ago
A new health center in Frankford aims to alleviate a ‘primary care desert’
Residents in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood say the area has become a primary care desert, and lacks options for healthy foods.
1 year ago
The Frankford El celebrates its centennial: 100 years of connecting neighborhoods to Center City
Residents have simultaneously appreciated and disdained the Frankford El since it debuted in Philadelphia 100 years ago.
2 years ago
Listen 5:14Frankford residents hope new affordable housing complex is a sign of things to come
“We wanted this project to feel like Frankford, to be about Frankford, and be for Frankford,” said City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sanchez.
2 years ago
Sadeek Clark-Harrison loved to build things, says uncle of 12-year-old killed in his Frankford home
The boy’s uncle described a child who enjoyed solving problems before he was killed by a person who shot through his front door.
4 years ago
Why Frankford residents supported Rite Aid’s plea to demolish a neighborhood icon
The Historical Commission unanimously approved Rite Aid’s plan to demolish the midcentury modern Penn Fruit landmark.
4 years ago
Gunmen kill one, injure 6 others in mass shooting in Philadelphia
A 29-year-old man was shot in the back of the head and taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m.
4 years ago
Gunman dead after shootout with police in Frankford
Pennsylvania state parole officers were serving the man a warrant for his arrest for violations of his parole.
5 years ago
After shooting of 10-year-old, activists call on communities, city officials to end the violence
For many, the shooting of innocent bystanders, especially children, is a call for outrage at both community complacency and institutional failure.
5 years ago
Frankford Y’s new owner promises he won’t bring opioid recovery center to historic mansion
Ostroff said that while he doesn’t know how he will repurpose the former community center, he hopes to use it as a school or a daycare.
6 years ago
Public now welcome to stroll 50 acres along Tacony Creek in Northeast Philly
50 acres preserved for public on Northeast Philly mental health hospital grounds.
6 years ago