The Frankford Avenue Commercial Corridor runs along Frankford Avenue, a major north-south corridor and the site of the Market-Frankford Line Elevated Structure, from Orthodox Street in the south to Bridge Street in the North. The corridor features two traffic lanes – one northbound and one southbound – as well as two parking lanes. The traffic lanes feature Bicycle sharrow icons to facilitate road sharing across modes.
Frankford is a working-class neighborhood that depends on a few key industries to support its economy. Household incomes in Frankford and Philadelphia have declined in recent years, but the drop has been more extreme in Frankford. A high percentage of both the adult and juvenile populations live below the poverty line as of 2014, and 55% of …show more content…
A few small bodegas were open, as well as one or two to-go food establishments, but there was little pedestrian traffic and there were very few cars.
The Frankford CDC announced plans to move their office to Frankford Avenue and Arrott late last year, and there are plans to open a park called the Frankford Pause in a currently-vacant lot next to their building. These developments may help to revitalize the corridor in the future, but for the time being the situation is sub-optimal for existing businesses and does little to encourage new business to open.
Along other commercial corridors throughout the city, waste management issues usually relate to restaurants and supermarkets. Because there is only one supermarket on Frankford Avenue, and very few restaurants, waste management along this corridor faces other issues.
One of the major problems throughout the neighborhood is a high rental rate and no alleys. This means that residents often have nowhere to take their household trash once their in- home receptical is full. The result is a high incidence of illegal dumping throughout the neighborhood, especially on streets just outside the commercial
Frankford is a working-class neighborhood that depends on a few key industries to support its economy. Household incomes in Frankford and Philadelphia have declined in recent years, but the drop has been more extreme in Frankford. A high percentage of both the adult and juvenile populations live below the poverty line as of 2014, and 55% of …show more content…
A few small bodegas were open, as well as one or two to-go food establishments, but there was little pedestrian traffic and there were very few cars.
The Frankford CDC announced plans to move their office to Frankford Avenue and Arrott late last year, and there are plans to open a park called the Frankford Pause in a currently-vacant lot next to their building. These developments may help to revitalize the corridor in the future, but for the time being the situation is sub-optimal for existing businesses and does little to encourage new business to open.
Along other commercial corridors throughout the city, waste management issues usually relate to restaurants and supermarkets. Because there is only one supermarket on Frankford Avenue, and very few restaurants, waste management along this corridor faces other issues.
One of the major problems throughout the neighborhood is a high rental rate and no alleys. This means that residents often have nowhere to take their household trash once their in- home receptical is full. The result is a high incidence of illegal dumping throughout the neighborhood, especially on streets just outside the commercial