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The Times, they are a changin’

Just a few of the many notable happenings over the decades in Northeast Philadelphia.

1934

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The Northeast Times publishes its first-ever newspaper, then called the Mayfair Times, with one employee. The paper was four pages.

1940

Frances Burke, of Sheffield Street in Mayfair, is crowned Miss America.

1941

Saint Hubert High School is established.

1942

Hollywood production crews spent weeks in Tacony preparing and shooting the movie Pride of the Marines, which told the story of Al Schmid, a World War II hero from Tacony.

1942

Mayfair Diner moves to a new location at Bleigh and Frankford avenues.

1945

Northeast Philadelphia Airport is completed.

1952

The first department store groundbreaking occurs in Northeast Philadelphia. It was a branch of Lit Brothers at Castor and Cottman avenues.

1954

Holy Family University is founded.

1956

Cardinal Dougherty High School opens to freshman and sophomore students. By 1965, it was the largest Catholic high school in the world.

1958

Northeast High School moves to its current location on Cottman Avenue.

1963

Liberty Bell Park horse racing opens at Knights and Woodhaven roads.

1977

Frankford Arsenal closes. Opened in 1816, it was the center of U.S. military small-arms ammunition design and development.

1985

Wilson Goode, the first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, builds a “mini-City Hall” in the Northeast Shopping Center along Roosevelt Boulevard.

1989

Franklin Mills mall opens. At the time, it was one of the largest malls on the East Coast.

1990

Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry closes.

1994

Sears Merchandise Center on Roosevelt Boulevard is demolished.

2005

The first red-light cameras are installed at three intersections in Northeast Philadelphia.

2008

President Barack Obama visits the Mayfair Diner.

2009

Frankford Hospital changes its name to Aria Health.

2010

North Catholic High School closes after 84 years of education.

2010

Liddonfield Homes housing project is demolished.

2013

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 opens new union headquarters.

2014

State Sen. Mike Stack is elected lieutenant governor.

2014

The Northeast Times turns 80 years old.

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