Front & Girard

Ongoing Concerns: A Dissection and Proposed Approach

Purpose
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Purpose
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Organized approach to the ongoing problems of Front & Girard

Smarter use of city resources (not default we need more police)
Major gateway to our communities via Girard, SEPTA MFL, trolley
and bus routes 5 and 15.

Scope
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West Girard Ave, Hope to Leopard

Crimes
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Litter
Loitering
Drug Sales
Theft
Assault (including recent shooting)

Challenges
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Shared Ownership
Geography / Setting
Outside Elements

Shared Ownership - Neighborhoods

SKCP
FNA

NLNA
*NKCDC

Shared Ownership City Council

Darrell Clarke

Mark Squilla

Shared Ownership Police

26th PSA 2

26th PSA 3

SEPTA Transit
Police
Department

Shared Ownership - Businesses

Northwest Corner
Address

Tenant

Owner

115

Jerusalem Grocer

Intisar, Razick

113

Cakes by Kharis

Moskowitz, Max

111

Bonnie & Clyde Tattoo

Aritan Fazil Vedat

109 ?

Pops Clothing

Delimseis, Anastasia ?

109

Apartment

Delimseis, Anastasia

107

Vacant (Obama office?)

Delimseis, Anastasia

105

Apartment

Rodriguez, Stephen

1204 N Frn

First Street Steaks

Rodriguez, Stephen

103

Apartment

Rodriguez, Stephen

101

SEPTA

City of Philadelphia

*All Public info, no implication of wrongdoing, strictly informational

Shared Ownership - Businesses

Southwest Corner
Address

Tenant

Owner

116

Insurance

Di Domenico, Aldo D

114

Mobile Zone (Empty?)

Ofidis, George & Evangelina

112

Signatures Du Mei (Salon)

Ofidis, George & Evangelina

110

Apartment

Delimseis, Anastasia

108

Spa , Nails, Wax

Delimseis, Anastasia

104-106

Paradise Pizzeria

Gregoriadis, Gregory & Penny

102

Saint Lazarus

JJG Enterprises Inc

*All Public info, no implication of wrongdoing, strictly informational

Shared Ownership - Businesses

East Side (000 block of W Girard)
Address

Tenant

Owner

37

SEPTA

City of Philadelphia

31-35

DEAL$

Fox Norman

23

7-11

Girard Real Estate LLC

34

Gold Club Signatures

Front & Girard Associates

32

Metro PCS

Didomenico, Justin

22-28

McDonalds (private franchise)

McDonalds Corp.

*All Public info, no implication of wrongdoing, strictly informational

Challenge # 2 Geography / Setting

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Under the el, compromised visibility

Vacant properties / No eyes on Front
High traffic and SEPTA transfer, highly populated

Challenge # 3 Outside Elements

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Girard Medical Center at Goldman Clinic (8th and Girard)

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Huge source of loitering, SEPTA transfers, drugs

Local Kensington Heroin Market

Socioeconomic divide

Proposed Improvements Shared

Ownership
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Encourage Ownership
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Police: Request rubric from Police re: SEPTA vs. 26th

Council: ?
Neighborhoods: ? Joint Meetings?
Businesses: Expectations clearly communicated

Proposed Improvements Geography /

Setting
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Under the el, compromised visibility

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Vacant properties / No eyes on Front

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Improve lighting, maintenance (Septa or city?)

Go underground
Increase security cameras
Upzoning
In zoning, encourage design with eyes on Front
Make more attractive to positive development

High traffic, highly populated

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Decrease loitering

Proposed Improvements Outside Elements

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Close clinic at 8th & Girard

Destroy opiate addiction as a society
Explore alternate / restricted transportation for clinic
Be realistic about capability, change what you can, avoid
being overwhelmed by the insurmountable elements

Proposed Resolutions - Loitering

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Responsibility resides on property owners

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10-603. Loitering. 104

Duties of Persons Controlling Private Property Used to Accommodate the
Public. The owner, lessee, manager or other person in control of any
real estate which is used to accommodate the public shall ask any
person violating this Section to voluntarily correct the violation and if
the violator neglects or refuses to correct his violation shall make a
report immediately to the Police Department and cooperate with
the police in removing any violator from the private property used to
accommodate the public.

Police directive encourages citizen questioning. Example: I

notice youve been standing here. Are you lost?
Pressure on SEPTA? (Time sensitive transfers via Key
program?)

Proposed Resolutions - Litter

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Reduce loitering
Increase trashcan availability
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Several cans, except on trolley platforms

Feed the Fish program
Discourage short-dumping, house waste

Property owner is responsible!

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Neighborhood groups to communicate to all owners in scope,

citing city code 10-700, requesting plan from repeat offenders.
Issue fines via L&I

Proposed Resolutions Drug Sales

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Police issue ultimately but

Decrease loitering
Surveillance camera, networked (NKCDC) or
independent

Proposed Resolutions Theft

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Police Issue ultimately but

Decrease loitering and drug sales
Continued communication to locals (awareness of
surroundings, hide valuables, etc.)

Proposed Resolutions Assault

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Police Issue ultimately but

Decrease loitering and drug sales
Surveillance camera, networked (NKCDC) or
independent
Increase police presence at the 2am hour

Recap
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Organize between neighborhood associations to express

responsibility to owners
Enforce said ownership
Encourage adoption of NKCDC camera program
Improve what you can
Delegate higher issues to 911