New Terminal May Help Frankford Businesses
26 January 2001 - 5:00am
Community leaders of Frankford, PA, hope new transportation center will help struggling businesses.
"When the $180 million Frankford Transportation Center opens in the summer of 2003, community leaders hope it will prop up the teetering Lower Northeast neighborhood and its struggling business strip...Some merchants worry that the disruption caused by the construction will drive away customers..."
Source:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 25, 2001
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