We had two businesses that were nice on the Avenue ? there was a cafe, then it switched to a framing shop, but she left. This is what the goal was, to get more antique dealers here to create a destination.

He bought two other buildings on Frankford Avenue, too. But it would be nice to have more developers here. There's a lot of opportunity here. We have old buildings where the architecture and the interiors are really interesting.

I don't know what the answer is. I think getting the history out, getting the word out [that] Frankford's the next place to be. I think in a year's time, there's going to be a big turnaround.

The history is immense down here. We're one year older than Germantown Avenue.

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

We're working every avenue we can.