Frankford residents keep an eye on former T&T bar
Mention of the T&T bar once again raised eyebrows at the Frankford Civic meeting on Thursday night.
Neighbors have been watching with concern as work has been going on at the now-closed bar at Margaret and Hawthorne streets. It has been not quite a year since young Christopher Spence lost his life there in a senseless shooting.
Jason Dawkins, Councilwoman Sanchez representative at the meeting assured everyone that the building was not ever going to open up as a bar again. The building is for sale and the community will have input as to its future use.
Read the rest of this story at the Frankford Gazette for more on what took place at Thursday’s meeting.
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