Frankford is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia located about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Center City. Although the borders are vaguely defined, the surrounding environment is limited by the original path from Frankford Creek, now roughly Adams to Aramingo Avenues, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Cheltenham Avenue. Nearby neighborhoods are Bridesburg, Kensington, Juniata, Oxford Circle, Summerdale, and Wissinoming. Historically, Frankford has an unofficial division separating Frankford (the right one) from East Frankford which covers the eastern area of ​​Frankford Avenue. The division divides the first community along the racial line, with African-Americans east of Frankford Avenue and Caucasus in the west. When communities become less homogeneous, division is more a remnant of the past.
In 2005, ZIP code 19124, which roughly contained Frankford and Juniata, had an average home selling price of $ 81.075, an increase of 22% over 2004.
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History
The village of Frankford was founded by Quaker in about 1682 in an area already occupied by Swedes and Germans. The land known as the Manor of Frank was purchased by the Society of Free Traders, a group of Quaker entrepreneurs in England. The original settlers were Henry Waddy, Thomas Fairman, Robert Adam and Edward Seary. The village is very likely to take its name from the title of the Frankfurt Company, which takes the land there, along what is now known as Frankford Creek, at the bottom of Oxford City. The upper tributaries of Frankford Creek are Tacony Creek and Wingohocking Creek. Frankford is an early suburb of Philadelphia. William Penn set a trail through the village that flows from his original city (now Center City) to New York City, passing Bucks County near his home site, Pennsbury Manor. The trail was later known as "Frankford Pike" (later Frankford Avenue) and was the main street of the city.
The village was incorporated into a district on March 2, 1800, bordered by Leiper Street to the northwest, Little Tacony (or Tackawanna) Creek to the south and east, and Frankford Creek to the west. By acting on April 4, 1831, district borders expanded to include land to the northwest of Leiper Street, the connecting lane along Harrison Road and Horrocks, to the point at Frankford Creek under Wyoming Avenue. In 1853, a section of Whitehall Borough was lying between Torresdale and Frankford Avenues under what Whitehall Common now added, to cover a total of 1,468 square miles. In 1854, the borough was annexed by the city of Philadelphia through the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Frankford is historically a manufacturing center, starting with a gristmill built in the 1660s. This same factory became famous during the American Revolutionary War because of the heroism of Lydia Darrah.
Before and during the Revolution, two lesser known milling factories were operating in a tributary over the city of Frankford.
In 1771, Robert Morris (a miller) bought a factory at the junction of Tacony Creek and Frankford Creek.
On November 25, 1773, after obtaining permission to stem a tributary from Quaker named Nicholas Waln, a femme-sole merchant named Mary Peters also set up a small mill. He worked with Richard Whitman from Oxford Township, Philadelphia County.
Frankford also has a distinction in playing a role in the Declaration of Independence.
"There is also a tradition that that afternoon, or maybe a day or two before, there was a wonderful personal celebration of that great event, by Jefferson and others, in the garden of a chair in the state of Frankford (near Philadelphia), then occupied by Dr. Enoch Edwards, a leading patriot at the time. "
Frankford is also the site of the gunpowder factory that became famous for its relationship with Oswald Eve and Paul Revere.
In the 19th century, the city became a center for textile production. Other manufacturing industries are also growing. Initial industry description in 1837:
Borough of Frankford, in Delaware, is where numerous manufacturing companies, including several cotton factories, blueprints and bleaches, wool mills, ironworks, & amp; etc. Here is also Arsenal from the United States, and a Friends Lunatic Asylum.
Frankford Arsenal rivaled the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. It provides more than 22,000 jobs and at its peak, generating 8 million bullets per day.
In 1922, the Frankford Elevated Line opened, connecting to Market Street Elevated to provide quick transit access to Center City and West Philadelphia. The current SEPTA Market-Frankford Line terminus, now known as the Frankford Transport Center, is a major transit point, with connections to the bus and trolley routes that extend into Northeast Philadelphia. Frankford residents live within walking distance of the terminal. The SEPTA flyover ("El") runs through the neighborhood above Frankford Avenue.
Although Frankford Line helped to drive Frankford Avenue to the main shopping district in the early 20th century, the traditional working class neighborhood declined in the 1950s when many Philadelphiamen moved to the suburbs. The white flight eventually took control of the region during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, more than 30% of storefront stores on Frankford Avenue were empty. From now on, Frankford has seen a push for improvement. In 1993, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission adopted the Frankford Plan as a blueprint for revitalizing the environment. Despite the many empty storefronts left, businesses that serve new customers have opened in recent years.
Within the boundaries of Frankford there is a bag known as Northwood. Northwood was built almost entirely from twin shelter and single pre-World War II families. Northwood is bordered by Harrison Street to the south, Roosevelt Boulevard to the west, and Oxford Avenue to the east, the northernmost point is Sanger Street, just below the junction of Castor Avenue, Roosevelt Blvd (USA), and Oxford Avenue. However, Northwood's broader definition will be extended to Adams Avenue in the south, including the location of Northwood Park and the mansions on Castor Avenue south of Harrison Street.
Three Frankford schools are located in Northwood. Other facilities in Northwood include the Frankford High School War Memorial Stadium, built in honor of the region's World War II dwellers, and Baldwin Field, named after Matthias W. Baldwin of the former Baldwin Locomotive Works and his family.
This neighborhood is home to the majority of the middle class population. The neighborhood is also home to former Philadelphia mayor and Representative of 5 (then 3) Congressional District William J. Green, III, and late Edward Roy Becker, former court in Third Circuit Court of Appeals for the United States.
Deed Burk Restrictions
In 1881, Alfred and Louis Burk founded Louis Burk, Inc., a Philadelphia meatpacker, and also built the original Atlantic City Pier in 1898. Several other brothers were involved in this family-run business. (Another brother, Henry Burk, is a well-known local politician.)
As investors and real estate developers in Philadelphia, they buy and sell large quantities of land in Northwood. To protect environmental integrity, Louis Burk places several restrictions on the various tracts it sells. One form of variant:
BURK DEED RESTRICTION, AS TO 900 ROAD HERBER ROAD -
LIMITATIONS as in the Deed Book of J.M.H. 317 pages 63
BELOW AND SUBJECT keep that no bldg. shall be erected or built or permitted to be erected or built on any one of the given lands or parts thereof except for use as a private residence or private garage in respect of residence or mandatory bldg. then established is converted or used for any other purpose to which there shall be a wooden guardrail between the division of this section by the division of land which can be made by iron fences not exceeding 4 'high or a fence suitable not to exceed the height and that no dwelling shall be established should cost less than $ 2500 to build that no garage built in 75 'of bldg. good line sd. (word) Herbert Street or sd. Ramona Avenue also will not be built garage except rock, brick or concrete that is not much fronting on sd. Herbert Street will be established in 25 's. Bldg. line and on many fronting in sd. Ramona Avenue no where to stay will be established in 30 'from bldg. line sd. Ramona Avenue though the covered veranda (temporary enclosure by screen and sashing glass excluded) can extend into 20 'from sd. bldg. line and that for the first, second and third tracts here before the desc. (described) resp. (Respectively) no shelter is established on any lot that has less than 25 'front with 100' in depth nor will there be any garage erected on each lot having less than 35 'front with 100' in depth which on many fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, resp. no more than one dwelling will be established on each.
Northwood Civic Association
The Northwood Civic Association received the merger charter as a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation during a meeting held at City Hall, Room 577, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 25, 1963, at 3:00 pm EDST, was present: ISRAEL STIEFEL, ESQ., THE MASTER: BECKER & amp; BECKER BY EDWARD R. BECKER, ESQ., For the Applicants.
J. WALTER KLINE testified:
The company originally started in the spring of 1954, and its main purpose was to try and uphold the quality of the environment - to keep the real estate from depreciation, to promote and preserve the civil, social and moral welfare of the community known as Northwood in Philadelphia City, to maintaining and improving the quality of land use there, to maintain and enhance the value of real estate therein, to prevent degrading infiltration and harmonious land use therein, to do all other things necessary to maintain and maintain the facilities and high standards of society , to engage in peaceful activities including legal process institutes required for the promotion of purpose, and this is a company that does not contemplate the profit of money or profits, incidents or otherwise, to its members.
CONSTITUTION and BY LAW
NORTHWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Adopted on October 19, 1976. Effective February 15, 1978 (Amended 19 May 1981)
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTIVE
Part 1 . The Association's name is the Northwood Civic Association.
Part 2 . The purpose of the Association is to improve the people's social, social, and moral well-being: to conserve and maintain community facilities and to peacefully protest against the use of unhygienic lands that tend to reduce and diminish property values ​​in society and side by side. area.
Part 3 . For the purposes of the Association, community boundaries will run along the East side of Roosevelt Boulevard from the Southern Friends Hospital line to Castor Avenue and Sanger Street; Sanger Street to Oxford Avenue; West side of Oxford Avenue to nearby Leiper Street; near Leiper Street to Orthodox Street; The southern side of the Orthodox Road to Castor Avenue, Castor Avenue to Wyoming Avenue; Wyoming Avenue to Ramona Avenue; Ramona Avenue to Fishers Lane, Fishers Lane to the Southern Line from Friends Hospital North to East side Roosevelt Boulevard.
Note: Historical records from the Northwood Civic Association are now spread across several states, local & amp; personal archive.
Maps Frankford, Philadelphia
Crime
Frankford is a hunting ground for "Frankford Slasher", which lurks the victims between 1985 and 1990.
The crossroads of Hawthorne Road and Bridge Road are number six on the list of ten drug towns in the city according to an article by Steve Weekly Steve Weekly reporter.
Demographics
Frankford is a diverse working class neighborhood, containing numerous ethnic groups, including large numbers of Irish Americans, Polish Americans, Italian Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, in particular from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and West Indian States, mainly from Trinidad and Tobago , Jamaica and Haiti.
At the 2010 census, Frankford's racial makeup was 31.8% African American, 30.8% White, 29% Hispanic, and 8.4% more.
The population of Frankford grew by 3% between 1990 and 2000 census.
Famous citizen
- Butch Ballard, jazz drummer and band leader
- Edward Roy Becker, US Appellate Court Judge for the Third Circuit.
- Stephen Decatur, Sr. to temporarily make a house here.
- Dr. Enoch Edwards, Dr. Medical's first student. Benjamin Rush, who went to see general practitioner George Washington, also a French correspondent for Jefferson and Monroe, lived in the summer house here.
- William Walker Foulkrod, Member of the US Congress
- Dr. Benjamin Rush, a member of the Continental Congress and a signatory to the Declaration of American Independence, has a summer home here.
Education
Frankford, like all areas of Philadelphia, is served by the School District of Philadelphia. In particular, the Frankford High School has been a public high school community since 1910. In addition to public schools, the Frankford Friends School, private kindergarten through the 8th grade school, is in Frankford [1]. The Free Library of Philadelphia also operates the Frankford Branch in the neighborhood.
Sports
The community is the home of Frankford Yellow Jackets, the National Football League team that won the championship in 1926 but folded in 1931. Frankford is also home to N.E. Frankford Boys and Girls Club Legion of America Pos 224 Drill Team, which won the AMA Nationals Championship in 2005 and 2006. Also part of the community for decades is the Frankford Boys Club. It was the organization that gave the Frankford youth a chance to learn how to play soccer, baseball and basketball as part of NESAC. The Boys Club is one of the main organizations of NESAC and participates in many playoff and championship games.
See also
- Frankford Special Services District of Philadelphia
References
External links
- "Under El", Duane Swierczynski, Philadelphia City Paper
- "The Opportunity Window on the Frankford Business Line", Tom Waring, Northeast Time
- "Fond of Frankford", Diane Villano, Northeast Times
- New Frankford El Terminal Philadelphia
- "Lydia Darragh", frankfordgazette.com
- The Frankford History Society
- "Frankford Chronicles Agent Lydia Darragh - Operations Intelligence", Joseph J. Menkevich, "self-publication"
- "The house and the land on July 1" was celebrated. " Enoch Edwards, Womrath property; 4216 Frankford Ave. ", ca 1870, P.9062.53b (Brenner) 7 1/8" ÃÆ'â € "9Ã,½" Note: Reduced image in HSP: Bd 862 N447, Series 6 with printed label.
- Dripps, M. Map of Oxford Township, Boroughs Frankford and Bridesburg, 1849.
- Hopkins, G. M. Philadelphia Atlas Town, 23 Ward, 1876 (including Frankford)
- [2] "Map of Restricted Deeds Tracts of Northwood"
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