Neighbourhood Watch: Trees, Flags, Pho
· PORT RICHMOND: This one gets us right where we live: Police ask that you be on the lookout for bartender John McLaughlin who is wanted for the murder of beloved fellow bartender Seamus O’Neill, savagely murdered over the holidays at his corner bar. [NBC10]
· KENSINGTON: Ah, progress: Proposed mixed-use green project is opposed by business owners who want to keep American Street gritty. [Inky]
· FRANKFORD: But not everybody on the north side is in the dark ages: Banners were hung along Frankford Avenue to welcome you to the neighborhood. Also added were 84 much needed trash cans and 30 trees. Maybe the trees will make up for the lack of green buildings in Kenso. [Northeast Times]
· CHINATOWN: Two historic builidings on North Broad street received at least two more weeks of life during a hearing yesterday. The buildings are in the way of a Convention Center expansion and are next in line to come down. [KYW]
· WEST PHILLY: The people of West Philly have spoken, and they demand Vietnam! Confidential to Benny: WE WANT SOME TOO. [Phillyblog.com]
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January 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
you have spelled kensington incorrectly, sir.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
The two buildings on North Broad are not “in the way”. The PCC expansion included those buildings the plan and now they want to renig on the original plans.